The Federal Government has confirmed the first case of anthrax in the country, TheHILL has learnt. Anthrax is a severe bacterial disease that affects humans and animals, including wild animals and livestock such as cows, pigs, camels, sheep, goats. TheHILL gathered from experts that inhalation anthrax symptoms can include: Fever and chills, chest discomfort, […]
Deputy National Organising Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Nze Chidi Duru, has confirmed the resignation of the embattled National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The development came as the meeting of the National Working Committee, NWC, got underway at the Buhari House national secretariat of the party. At the meeting presided over […]
There is palpable fear in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State owing to the mysterious death of the Vice Chairman the Council Mr. Anthony Adebusole. Adebusole died on Sunday, 72 hours after Chairman of the Council, Bankole Ogbesetore, died after battling an undisclosed ailment. Ondo Acting Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa last week paid […]
Gunmen have shot and killed a councillor representing Eha-Ulo ward in Nsukka Local Government Area Legislative Council in Enugu State, Nelson Sylvester, popularly known as Ofunwa. It was learnt that the lawmaker was murdered on Sunday night at his residence in Eha-Alumonah. Although details of the incident were still sketchy at the time of […]
A financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has decried the proliferation of “loan sharks” in the Nigerian financial system, describing them as dangerous to the economy. Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), disclosed this in an interview on Sunday in Abuja. He urged the Central Bank of Nigeria […]
The Federal Government has withdrawn the Mobile Police Force personnel attached to several Very Important Persons, including ex-governors, former ministers and lawmakers. The order, which was contained in a police wireless message from Mopol 45 Force Headquarters, Abuja, affected Daura Buhari, brother to former President Muhammadu Buhari as well as former First Lady, Aisha […]
At the backdrop of sustained supply gap in Nigeria’s foreign exchange (forex) market, the local currency, Naira, has hit a new low at the weekend, trading N803.9 to a dollar in the Investors & Exporters (I&E) window which is the official forex market and N822/$ in the parallel market. According to findings by our […]
The Senate has said that it is not ready to join issues with some misguided and mischief makers on the recently appropriated N70bn for the National Assembly which they have mischievously described as a “gift” from the Executive arm of government. The Senate also said that the passage of the Supplementary Appropriation Act was […]
By Ubong Creativity David Household conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs globally offer countries a new way to tackle poverty. It also improves socio economic conditions of very poor households, but reports showed that many of such programs have failed woefully. CCT has been implemented in Brazil, Indonesia, India, among other countries, but I don’t […]
Super Eagles legend, Austin Okocha has responded to recent reports suggesting he is in line to be appointed as Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Okocha, one of Africa’s greatest-ever players, expressed surprise at the news, stating that he learned about the potential appointment through news reports since […]