Author: News Room
A reader sent me a text message that the plant on my logo grows in his area. He wanted to know what the plant is used for. Fortunately, I talked about it last week. The fact that such a useful plant grows around is evidence that nature is generous to us. Let me share some of my experiences on my visit to Jerusalem for pilgrimage in 2008 with you. One day, our tour guide told us to pray for them for rainfall. Yet, I noticed that despite the drought they experienced,… Read the full article here
A former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, on Wednesday, explained that voters in the state refused to re-elect the All Progressives Congress because the party, which has been in power for the past seven years, inflicted hardship and suffering on the people. Jang said the people on the Plateau decided to cast their ballots for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Caleb Mutfwang, which made him win the March 18 governorship poll. Results announced by… Read the full article here
AXA Mansard, a member of AXA, a global insurance and asset management firm, has empowered over 100 young female entrepreneurs with digital marketing skills in Lagos. It said in a statement that this was part of its continued effort to increase opportunities for women, accelerate their participation in economic activities and encourage digital equity. The firm said it held a two-day digital marketing training held in Lagos, as part of its lined-up programmes to… Read the full article here
The Head of Surgery at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebutte-Metta, Dr. Biodun Adeyanju, has expressed concern about the rising cases of colon cancer in young people. He said that while cancer often occurs in older persons, there are increasingly reported cases of colon cancer among young people. According to Mayo Clinic, colon cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the large intestine (colon). The colon is the final part of the digestive tract. The clinic further… Read the full article here
Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne said on Tuesday he was “honoured” to be named Belgium captain following Eden Hazard’s retirement from international football. The Red Devils coach Domenico Tedesco chose playmaker De Bruyne for the position after Real Madrid’s Hazard, who turned 32 in January, ended his Belgium career following last year’s World Cup. Tedesco, who took over from Roberto Martinez after the tournament, has called up 19-year-olds Zeno Debast… Read the full article here
An actor-cum-politician, Desmond Elliot, has sympathised with his colleague and political rival, Olumide Oworu, over the recent attack on his campaign team in the Surulere area of Lagos. Oworu, who is seeking to unseat Elliot from the Surulere Constituency 1 seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly, had taken to social media to announce that his team was attacked on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. He added that the attack would not shake his resolve to contest the seat. He… Read the full article here
In the early hours of Monday, Lagos State University, Ojo, students’ executives led their colleagues to the Iyana-Oba and Ojo gates and shut them in protest against soldiers’ assault on them during the presidential election of February 25, 2023. However, after a few hours, the management of LASU opened the gates and normalcy returned. A student who gave her name simply as Dunsin narrated the cause of the protest to our correspondent, saying, “On the… Read the full article here
The number of unused SIM lines fell by 12.28 per cent to 95.16 per cent year-on-year in January 2023, the Nigerian Communications Commission’s data has shown. This is an indication of a growing reliance on telecommunication services in Nigeria as the number of unused lines fell from 108.47 million as of January 2022 to 95.16 million as of January 2023. This is despite a 5.04 per cent overall increase in the number of SIM lines from 305.62 million to 321.04… Read the full article here
As Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday to elect the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) successor, GIFT HABIB writes on electoral processes from polling units to declaration of results There is a lot of anticipation as over 93 million registered voters prepare to cast their ballots on Saturday to decide who takes over from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on May 29, 2023. According to the Independent National Electoral… Read the full article here
The UCI Mountain Bike World Series gets underway in March, with the biggest MTB World Cup events uniting to form a bumper new competition.The series features the biggest disciplines in the sport – cross-country Olympic, cross-country short track, cross-country marathon, downhill, enduro and E-enduro – with 13 meetings slated on a packed calendar for 2023. For the first time ever, all the disciplines will feature at a single event in Les Portes du Soleil from September 7-17, with France… Read the full article here
