Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria - one of the world's last blackspots of the disease - thanks to an improved vaccine, research suggests.An Imperial College London team found a recently introduced polio vaccine...
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Govt bazaar …N1.3tr blown on official allowances
Would you believe that a nation that budgets N2.6tr for a fiscal year spends at least half of that amount to service public office holders or political appointees whose benefit to the economy and society is still not...
Peace in Our Time as the UN marks International Peace Day
Peace is essential for Stability & Economic Growth.“Peace Day should be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples…This day will serve...
Police Commissioner Marvel Akpoyibo was never a “Pyrate”
Police Commissioner Marvel Akpoyibo was never a “Pyrate”. The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) is not a Cult. The attention of the National Association of Seadogs (a.k.a.Pyrates’ Confraternity)...
N-Delta gets ministry, as FG restructures
A MINISTRY for Niger Delta emerged yesterday in a major restructuring of federal ministries that increased their number from 22 to 28. New ministries were created from existing ones.Secretary to the Government of the...
Nigerian anti-polio chief removed
The chief of a village in northern Nigeria has been suspended from office for divorcing his wife because she had her children immunised against polio. Buluma Ali has been ordered to re-unite with his wife or face...
Darfur Convoy Attacks Will Force Food Aid to Be Halted, UN Says
The United Nations said it will be forced to suspend food aid that feeds 3 million people a month in Sudan's western Darfur region if attacks on humanitarian convoys continue. More than 100 World Food Programme...
Another Nigerian panel seeks oil delta peace
Nigeria set up a new panel to look at how to bring peace to the restive Niger Delta on Monday, but militants in the oil-producing region dismissed it as no more likely to succeed than failed predecessors. Two and a...
Nigerian Leader’s Health Under Scrutiny Again
The health of Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua is again a source of speculation in the Nigerian media, with some reports suggesting he may have undergone surgery in Saudi Arabia. Nigerian officials say...
Carrington Deplores Moneybag Politics in Nigeria
Former United States' ambassador to Nigeria, Walter C. Carrington, has identified godfather syndrome and moneybag politics as issues militating against the advancement of democracy in Nigeria. Carrington who...
Sudan ‘kills refugees in Darfur’
Sudanese troops have opened fire inside a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 people dead, a rebel group has said. Some 100 government trucks surrounded the Kalma camp, home to some 90,000 people who have fled their homes...
Nigeria seizes money ‘for Obama’
Nigerian anti-graft investigators have seized money raised by the head of the Nigerian Stock Exchange to support US presidential candidate Barak Obama. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it would give...