Month: February 2024

Education loan’ll keep promising students in perpetual indebtedness – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities said the proposed education loan scheme will end up keeping students in permanent debt. The union stated this after its National Executive Council meeting at the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, on Thursday. ASUU said it was surprised by the reports it received on the failed promises […]

Why a second medical opinion can be your best healthcare decision

•A second opinion can change everything — Prof Morenike Ukpong  •When in doubt, double-check your diagnosis —  Prof Oladapo  Ashiru  •Doctors should respect patients’ rights to seek a second opinion  — NMA •A second opinion changed the course of my treatment – Patient’s experience The celebrated case of Dr. Farid Fata, a Michigan oncologist who […]

Food Inflation: Nigerians patronise roadside food vendors to cut cost

NIGERIANS are known for their patronage of eateries and local restaurants with the best food. In fact some patronize expensive restaurants to show off their wealth. However, food, a major need of humans, has become very difficult to purchase that many now go for a day or two without it. The increasing prices of goods […]

Naira weakens as banks’ dollar sales plunge by $252m

Dollar sales by Deposit Money Banks and other entities at the Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market dropped by $252m to $84.1m on Friday. This represents a 74 percent drop from the $331.1m transactions recorded at the official Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market on Thursday. Meanwhile, the naira depreciated to N1,537/$ on Friday from N1,498/$ recorded at the […]

FG, marketers meet today, tanker drivers insist on strike

The Federal Government has ordered oil marketers to negotiate with the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners to avert the planned suspension of operations by NARTO members with respect to the lifting of petroleum products nationwide beginning today (Monday). It was gathered on Sunday that oil marketers and the executives of NARTO met about six […]

Budgeting for Your Household amid Rising Inflation

This is not the best of time for West Africa’s largest economy. Nigerians are inarguably in one of their toughest times in recent times. Evidently, Nigeria’s inflation rose to a 21-year high of 29.9 per cent in January 2024, which according to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data, was the highest since 2003. In the […]

Stunning stories from kidnap forests (1): Human bones littered marshy surrounding

•ANAMBRA SURVIVOR: ‘Captives killed like chickens’ in hell on earth •EDO: Akoko-Edo, Sasaro forest, Ayetero, Ososo-Makeke Road, Okpe Road, Bekuma horrors •A-IBOM: Creeks as kidnappers’ den •IMO/ ABIA: Echoes of a Prelate’s kidnapping •DELTA: Kidnapped priests fed with raw cassava. •Abductors spread tentacles, take over cemetery, forests Kidnapping spree has continued across the country despite security […]

Lagos police arrest one-chance robbers

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one 45-year-old, Okoro, and one 42-year-old, Patience, in a ‘one chance’ robbery in Lagos. PUNCH Online gathered that the incident occurred at about 6:00 am on Saturday. It was also learnt that the robbers often pose as commercial bus drivers while abducting unsuspecting passengers to different […]

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