President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has directed his security aides to always adhere to traffic regulations as stipulated by the Nigerian government. Buhari, in a statement issued by his media aides in Abuja, explained that floating traffic rules by top public officers and their aides send the wrong signal to citizens. He stressed that his administration will…
A bill prohibiting female circumcision in Nigeria has been passed by the Senate. The Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Bill was passed by the red chambers on Tuesday at a plenary presided over by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The new development makes it criminal to perform genital mutilation in the country. Female circumcision is…
**Sales of forms begins Preparations for the 2015 edition of the prestigious and glamorous Miss Global Nigeria, MGN, beauty contest have begun. Because of the successes the past editions have recorded, more celebrities have come on board, not only to endorse pageant, but to also fully take part in the process from screening of the…
Hardworking entertainment and society journalist, Wale Onifade, has been rewarded for his diligence in carrying out his journalistic profession. Onifade, a renowned pen pusher based in Lagos, was named among the top executives in the Nigerian Entertainment and Media Industry. He was ‘slapped’ with an Award of Excellence by an international organisation for his role…
Health experts have stressed the need for Nigerians, especially women of reproductive age to regularly iron so as to tackle the anaemia, which has become a big problem in the society. The Nutrition Society of Nigeria, NSN, after a recent study, concluded that Nigeria faces one of the largest burdens of micro-nutrient deficiencies, with anaemia…