Francis Ugwu 
Dr Babagana Machina, Executive Secretary, Yobe Primary Health Care Board, says breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer and maternal obesity. Machina stated this in Potiskum on Wednesday at the inauguration of the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week. According to him, six months of exclusive breastfeeding minimises childhood infections and increases the intelligence of babies. He … Read more
Many Nigerians are urging caution over last week’s resolution of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Authority of Heads of State and Government in handling the military coup in Niger Republic. DAILY POST reported that the ECOWAS gave General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the mastermind of the coup in Niger Republic seven days to return … Read more
The House of Representatives has pledged to effectively oversee the implementation of palliative programmes to ensure maximum benefits to Nigerians. The spokesman for the House, Rep. Akin Rotimi, made the pledge in a statement on Tuesday following the nationwide broadcast by President Bola Tinubu, NAN reports. According to the statement, the house commended Tinubu for … Read more
A former lawmaker Shehu Sani has identified 13 reasons Nigerians must not support any armed invasion of Niger Republic. Sani is of the view that President Bola Tinubu should not allow himself to be pushed to initiate and trigger a war with a neighbouring country. He claimed that no West African country has the military … Read more
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba has alleged that the United States and France have set a trap for the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to go into a total war in the region. Garba claimed that any mistake of military intervention in Niger might spell doom for Nigeria. … Read more
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said it seized products worth more than N10 million at hawkers’ and illegal drug sellers’ outlets in some parts of Kaduna State. Mr Tamanuwa Andrew-Baba, NAFDAC’s Deputy Director, Investigation and Enforcement, Pharmaceutical Enforcement Directorate, Kaduna State, made the disclosure on Friday in Kaduna, NAN … Read more
In October 2020, Nigeria witnessed one of the largest youth-led protests in its history, known as the #EndSARS movement. Sparked by years of frustration and anger over police brutality, particularly perpetrated by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), young Nigerians took to the streets demanding an end to police harassment, extrajudicial killings, and the complete disbandment … Read more
Prof Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says all sensitive and non-sensitive materials used for the 2023 general election were printed in Nigeria. Yakubu stated this during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the ongoing review of the 2023 general election held on Monday … Read more
A former lawmaker, Shehu Sani says the spirits of murdered EndSARS protesters of 2020 and the members of the Islamic Movement in 2015 would continue to haunt the nation and hang over its skies until justice is done. Sani also claimed that the killing of the 103 EndSARS protesters in Lagos was one of the … Read more
A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili has demanded an urgent response from the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over a document circulating online concerning the controversial EndSARS protest. The document had alleged that Sanwo-Olu approved the mass burial of 103 protesters who were claimed to have been massacred by joint forces of the Nigerian … Read more