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Ondo Doctors, Others On Strike Over Unpaid Wages

Medical doctors in  Ondo State yesterday withdrew their services in all government hospitals.Many patients were affected. The doctors protested the non-payment of their five- month salaries by the government. Medical personnel, including pharmacists, nurses, laboratory scientists and other allied health workers, marched on major streets in Ondo town. The doctors, who converged on the Mother […]

3 die, 3 injured In Ogun Fire Mishap

At least, three people have been confirmed dead, while three others sustained dangerous burn injuries in an accident at Mowe axis of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway late Monday night. The accident, which happened around 11pm, involved an Ibadan-bound petroleum laden tankertruck which crashed into herds of cattle crossing the expressway at Lotto Junction in […]

Transgender Politician Poised For Historic Win in Philippines

Geraldine Roman blows kisses to curious crowds and serenades them with a love song as she proudly campaigns to be the first transgender lawmaker in the mainly Catholic Philippines. The 49-year-old member of a powerful political family has a strong chance to win a seat in the nation’s lower house in Monday’s elections, in what […]

Prognostore Introduces Software For SMEs Growth

A software firm, Prognostore has unveiled a 3-in-1 solution designed to help small businesses to track their trading activities.The solution, which is cloud based, combines Point of Sale; Inventory and Analytics.The inventors are a team of young talented Nigerians led by Adegbola Olabode, who claimed that the need to help his mum run her store […]

Economic Crunch May Affect Demand For New Minimum Wage, Says Oyegun

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the dire economic situation which the country is present grappling with will no doubt be a determining factor in the clamour for increase in wage by the labour movement. He also said any demand for new minimum wage should be in […]

Anisulowo Recounts Ordeal With Abductors.

Anisulowo was rescued by the police on Tuesday at about 7.p.m. at Gbegbelawo village near Olorunda town in Abeokuta North Council Area. The former minister was abducted on the Sawonjo-Iganokoto road in Yewa-South Council Area of the state. Anisulowo, who arrived at Government House at Isale-Igbehin at about 10.p.m. in company with the state Commissioner […]

Prince, the Secret Philanthropist: ‘His Cause Was Humanity’

It began with an anonymous check about 10 years ago. Environmental and human rights activist Van Jones was working on George W. Bush’s Green Jobs Act when he received a $50,000 donation and no name attached to it. “I promptly returned it,” he recalls. “I’m not taking anonymous checks for $50,000. It could be from […]

Education Minister, Faborode, Others For World Education Conference

Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Onwuka, and the secretary of Committee of Vice-Chancellors in Nigeria, Prof. Michael Faborode as well as the president of the Association of African Vice-Chancellors, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, and some other notable leaders in the nation’s education sector will join their colleagues from other parts of the world for […]

NDLEA Discovers 193 Wraps Of Cocaine Inside Packs Of Sweets At MMIA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered one hundred and ninety-three (193) wraps of cocaine inside packs of sweets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. The whitish substance concealed in sweets tested positive to cocaine and weighed 3.230kgs. Anti-narcotics officials discovered the drugs in the luggage of a twenty-four year-old female […]