Our Health columnist by Dr Suleiman Tajudeen. find part one here Drop in grades and academics Effects of drug abuse on academic performance Inability to concentrate in class or retain studies learnt Decreased...
The Northampton Crown Court has found two Nigerian men guilty of multiple counts of raping a 17-year-old girl in the United Kingdom. The suspects, Tosin Dada, 34, formerly of Knox Road, Wellingborough, and Solomon...
Microsoft CEO, Bill Gates is warning that if the world manages to avoid the war, another global pandemic is a very real possibility within the next 25 years. Gates stated this in an interview...
Emerging reports indicate that the Dangote Refinery is poised to sell petrol at ₦766 per litre to the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC). This development follows the arrival of at least 300 trucks...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has reacted to the saying, that he is ready to be a vice-presidential to a particular candidate. Recall that...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have taken into custody a wanted drug baron, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu Aremu (a.k.a Barryshine) two years after coming under the radar of the anti-narcotics Agency....
Thousands will gather in Sapele on Friday to bid farewell to Wilson Santa Ebireri. The extraordinary man, husband, father and grandfather died at the age of 71 and funeral activities will begin Wednesday,...
The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has declared that the recently constituted Rivers State Investment Promotion Agency by Governor Siminalayi Fubara is illegal. The House, loyal to the Minister of the Federal...
The collapse of the Alau dam in Borno has caused some of the state’s worst flooding since the same dam collapsed 30 years ago in the northeast causing severe flooding, destroying thousands of homes...
This week’s United States presidential debate between former United States President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was one of the most watched events of the election season: The broadcast attracted over 67...
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria has shut 666 illegal medicine shops in Kaduna State for operating without proper registration and failing to adhere to the National Drug Distribution Guidelines. The enforcement action, which targeted...
Four hundred Nigerians have been deported from the United Arab Emirates and arrived in Nigeria, according to a report by the Nigerian Television Authority. The deportees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,...
Local marketers have urged the authorities at Dangote Refinery to disclose the price of fuel from its refinery as they are ready to buy petrol from the facility. The President of the Petroleum Products...
Residents in Ishokan Estate Phase One, Ayobo, Lagos State, have been in darkness for weeks over a dispute between Ikeja electricity distribution company (Ayobo Undertaking) and a lady (name withheld) building her house. The clash...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has said Nigerians should blame themselves for the fuel subsidy removed by President Bola Tinubu. The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka said what President Tinubu did was...
Drug abuse or dependence is defined as a state of psychological or physical dependence on a drug, following the administration of the drug on a periodic, continuous basis (WHO 2015). Drug abuse constitutes the...
Residents of Ibeju-Lekki, under the aegis of Ibeju-Lekki People’s Forum, have instituted a suit against the Lagos state government seeking details of the $100 million paid by Aliko Dangote to acquire the land used...
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has said President Bola Tinubu’s government offers no hope for Nigerians. The National Leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) said all economic and security...
The All Progressive Congress (APC), on Tuesday, admitted that the policies initiated by President Bola Tinubu have increased economic hardship in the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the ruling party, Felix Morka, stated...
The Department of State Services has granted administrative bail to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. He was released a few minutes before the 12midnight ultimatum issued by the organised labour....
Amnesty International received a disturbing report of the unlawful invasion of the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) by operatives of DSS. President Bola Tinubu is going too far in...
Men from the Department of State Services, DSS, have invaded the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP. According to reports, the officers were asking to see the rights group’s directors....
The residents of Moriki town, located in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have successfully persuaded the bandit leader, Bello Turji, to lower the ransom he set from ₦50 million to ₦30...
Nigeria and other African countries have been advised to be mindful of strategic national interest and take a more strategic approach to Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, from China and other global investors. This is...
Leading socio-cultural organizations, including Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere, and Arewa Youths, have issued stern warnings to the Nigerian government over the recent hike in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) pump prices, urging an immediate return to...
Atiku Abubakar, the former vice-president, has decried plans by the current administration to increase the value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 10 percent. In a social media post on Sunday, Atiku described the...
Ajuri Ngelale stepped down as the Spokesperson of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday over medical and personal issues. The Presidency in a statement later confirmed and accepted Ngelale’s decision to exit as President Tinubu’s...
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday, tackled President Bola Tinubu’s administration over its lavish spending. Primate Ayodele said the lavish spending of Tinubu’s administration was destroying and killing...
The Nigerian Army has denied reports of soldiers’ mass resignation due to allegations of corruption and low morale. The Authority of the Nigerian Army has debunked reports of mass resignation of its soldiers from...
The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that the ministry has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination and the National...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday, 6th September, concluded his official visit to China and headed for London, United Kingdom. According to the Special Adviser to Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President would...
In a recent address to members of the Nigerians In Diaspora in China, President Tinubu defended the recent fuel price increase, stating that it is a necessary measure to fund infrastructure development in Nigeria....
Amaka Sonnberger has refuted recent media reports circulating in Nigeria claiming she was arrested, detained and charged. According to Amaka who spoke with Beadyswordblog on a phone conversation, ‘I was not arrested nor charged...