Breaking News
Just In
Panic as Boko Haram Launches Attack on Maiduguri
Michael Olugbode, in Maiduguri
There was panic in Maiduguri Thursday as gunshots were heard in some parts of the town.
Residents of outskirts of Maiduguri were...
Latest
- Panic as Boko Haram Launches Attack on Maiduguri April 26, 2018
- Court Gives DSS Nod to Publicly Display Weapons Allegedly Found in Dasuki’s House April 26, 2018
- Stop Ekweremadu from Selling off Disputed Properties, FG Asks Court April 26, 2018
- LaLiga Signs Regional Partnership with Big Cola Nigeria April 26, 2018
- Phase3 Telecom Boss Advocates Grants Support for Girls, Women in ICT April 26, 2018
- Closing the Financial Gap against Malaria April 26, 2018
- Cancer Responsible for 72,000 Deaths in Nigeria Annually, WBFA Report Shows April 26, 2018
- FG Moves to Finalise National Strategic Health Development Plan II April 26, 2018
- PharmAccess, NHEA Partner to Reward Innovative Healthcare Services April 26, 2018
- UNFPA: $10m Annual Budgetary Allocation to Family Planning, Poor April 26, 2018
NIGERIA
Panic as Boko Haram Launches Attack on Maiduguri
Michael Olugbode, in Maiduguri
There was panic in Maiduguri Thursday as gunshots were heard in some parts of the town.
Residents of outskirts of Maiduguri were...
Navy Arrest Foreign Vessel with 406 Deportees on Lagos Waters
Nigerian returnees lament harsh treatment meted out to them in Gabon
Chiemelie Ezeobi
The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Thursday arrested a passenger vessel, MV CHIMBA...
CBN Unveils Regulatory Framework for USSD
Obinna Chima
In furtherance of its mandate to develop and enhance the security of the electronic payments system, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) thursday...
…Provides N80m Grants to Rice Farmers in Ekiti
Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti
The Ekiti State Chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has distributed farm inputs worth over N80 million as...
POLITICS
LIFE & STYLE
Onaiyekan’s Homily to the Czechs
The Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan was a guest recently of the government and people of the Czech Republic for the Mene Tekel...
CAMA, Access Bank Propose Accelerated Investment to Tackle Malaria
Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA) in partnership with Access Bank Plc and other Corporate Society Organisations will Thursday, April 26, hold a...
Hope for Apapa Roads
The menace caused by truck drivers on Apapa roads was the major focus of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode at the second quarter town hall meeting...
China’s Hawaii
Solomon Elusoji, who recently joined a group to visit Sanya in Hainan, China’s southernmost province, writes about the big ambitions of Chinese tourism
We start...
HEALTH & WELLBEING
Closing the Financial Gap against Malaria
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark this year's World Malaria Day, Martins Ifijeh and Kuni Tyessi write on the need...
Cancer Responsible for 72,000 Deaths in Nigeria Annually, WBFA Report Shows
•There are estimated 102,000 new cases yearly
By Senator Iroegbu in Abuja
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) has released its ground-breaking ‘Rapid Assessment of the Prevention...
FG Moves to Finalise National Strategic Health Development Plan II
By Martins Ifijeh
Effort is in the top gear to complete National Strategic Health Development Plan II and put it to use.
The Minister of State...
PharmAccess, NHEA Partner to Reward Innovative Healthcare Services
By Martins Ifijeh
PharmAccess Foundation Nigeria has partnered with the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) to recognise and celebrate innovative healthcare service providers in Nigeria...
UNFPA: $10m Annual Budgetary Allocation to Family Planning, Poor
• Stakeholders call for inclusion of men in planning process
By Senator Iroegbu in Abuja
The Country Representative of United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), Dr. Diene...
SPORT
EDUCATION
Ex-Minister Seeks $1bn ECA for Research in Tertiary Institutions
Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa
A former Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Turner Isoun has called on the federal and state governments to agree to...
Dangote Foundation Donates N120m Secondary School Complex in Lagos
Business magnate and Africa's richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, through his foundation, has donated an equipped secondary school valued at N120 million in Lagos...
Babcock Schools Mgt Board Charges Govt on TETFund Review, Funding
The Chairman, Babcock University Schools Management Board, Professor Luke Onuoha has said that proper census of the needs of universities in the country by...
UNIMAID to Graduate over 14,000
Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri
The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has concluded plans to
graduate over 14,000 students during its convocation
ceremony this weekend.
Among those to be graduated...
THISDAY Today (Download)
BACKPAGE & COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL
THE WASTING FEDERAL ASSETS…2
Many wasting national assets could be put to productive use
By initiating a discussion on some of the prime assets that can be converted into...
