•Dr Priscilia Imade I welcome all my readers to the month of March, every year March is tagged glaucoma awareness creation month both locally and internationally. We are going to celebrate March by discussing glaucoma in details including stories of hope and despair of people living with glaucoma in Nigeria. What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is [&he...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has appealed to protesters to grant the Tinubu-led federal government more time for the ongoing reforms to yield the desired results and meet their demands. The appeal came after the Senate reconvened from its closed-door session which lasted for less than two hours today, reports Channels TV. Pres...
•2024 Paris Olympics The anticipation is palpable as the quarter-finals of the men’s football tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics approach. All four games will be played at two-hour intervals on Friday, August 2, 2024. Among the most exciting matchups is the face-off between France and Argentina. The two football powerhouses will reignite th...
•England’s forward Ollie Watkins celebrates goal with teammates With anxiety to end a 58-year search for success, it’s high time the Three Lions of England came out of their cage to roar on their biggest continental outing yet. England face Spain in the Euro 2024 final today, Sunday, July 14, at Berlin’s Olympiastadion — their […]...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate, today, went into an emergency executive session following a heated disagreement over the official sitting time of the Red Chamber. The disagreement involved the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and his predecessor, Senator Ahmed Lawan, over the timing of the plenary sessions, reports The Nigerian Tribune. Accord...
•Anamekwe Nwabuoku A former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, yesterday, pleaded with Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja to give him more time to conclude the refund of the public funds allegedly looted by him and his co-defendant. Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, are facing 11 cou...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned airlines against indulging in deceitful departure time scheduling. Briefing journalists yesterday at the Authority’s corporate headquarters in Abuja, the agency’s acting Director General, Chris Najomo, said the NCAA now runs a zero-tolerance approach to regulatory infractions. Speaking thr...
•Shehu Sani and Nyesom Wike A former federal lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has vowed to tackle the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his comment at an event recently. Sani, who was a guest on Channels Television, was reacting to Wike’s comment [...
•Naira and Dollar For the umpteenth time, Nigerian currency Naira yesterday depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,300.15 to the Dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), revealed that the Naira lost N65.66, reports Nigerian...
Two former federal lawmakers, Senator Andrew Uchendu and Honourable Dachung Bagos, have faulted the federal government’s reduction of electricity subsidy. They argued that the timing was wrong. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday, announced an increment in electricity tariff for Band A customers. It explained tha...

