No diaspora voting in 2019 – INEC insists

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) there is no provision made for any Nigerian outside the country to vote in the general elections in 2019. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, made the clarification in a statement on Thursday. He said, “The commission wishes to state unequivocally […]

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DID YOU KNOW? Stroke, diabetes, dementia, other diseases are “caused” by air pollution?

Air pollution can cause non-communicable diseases like stroke, diabetes, miscarriage, dementia, Parkinson disease and poor development in children, says a public health expert, Tolulope Tolufase. Tolufase, president, Moole Charity Foundation, said this in an interview with NAN. He said people are ignorant of the danger that air pollution resulting from man’s harmful activities to the […]

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Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen says he was led astray, gets three years sentence

Michael Cohen, the 52 year-old New York lawyer who once vowed he could take a bullet for US President Donald Trump, unleashed a blistering attack on his once-upon-idol, regretting the association. Cohen, who was jailed three years for multiple crimes including hush money payments implicating the US president, addressed the court before the sentencing. Pleading […]

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Minister of environment resigns

The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jubril, has just resigned his appointment. Jubril is now the new Emir of Nasarawa, following his selection by the Nasarawa Emirate Council. Governor Tanko Almakura of Nassarawa State had also approved the minister’s selection. On Wednesday, the Federal Executive Council held a valedictory session in his honour. The […]

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