TB Kills 4,000 People Daily Globally-Gundiri

HealthWellnessTB Kills 4,000 People Daily Globally-Gundiri

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 25, 2022

YOLA — About 4,000 lives were lost daily due to Tuberculosis infection with 28,000 people falling sick to the disease globally. Adamawa State Programme Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Doctor Boniface Gundiri disclosed this at a one-day sensitization programme to educate the public about the ailment to commemorate this year World TB Day. The programme which took place Thursday at the premises of the Out-Patient Department, OPD, of the Specialist Hospital Yola, was organized by...

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“I Will Sing and Collect Bread”, Timi Dakolo Replies Those Dragging Him for Performing at Atiku’s Rally

EntertainmentMusicPolitics“I Will Sing and Collect Bread”, Timi Dakolo Replies Those Dragging Him for Performing at Atiku’s Rally

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 24, 2022

Popular Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo, has faced backlash on social media after he performed at former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar’s political rally. Atiku, on Wednesday, officially declared his interest to contest for the office of the President in 2023. The former VP took to Twitter to share a video of Timi Dakolo performing his popular song, Unity Song at his rally. The video caused quite a buzz online. It infuriated numerous social media users, who interpreted his...

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Defecating Openly In Jigawa State Attracts One Month Imprisonment

EnvironmentHealthNewsDefecating Openly In Jigawa State Attracts One Month Imprisonment

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 23, 2022

A bill aimed at promoting sanitation and public hygiene and to prevent open defecation across Jigawa state has been passed by the State House of Assembly. The bill was passed on Tuesday during the House plenary presided by the Speaker, Hon Idris Garba Jahun. According to the Speaker, when the bill was signed into law, any person caught urinating or defecating openly not in the house, public toilet, and other designated places will be sentenced...

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Multichoice Nigeria Increases DStv, GOtv Subscription Rates

EntertainmentFilm & TVMultichoice Nigeria Increases DStv, GOtv Subscription Rates

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 23, 2022

LAGOS — The leading pay-TV provider in the country, MultiChoice Nigeria, MCN, owners of DStv and GOtv, has announced an increase in the subscription rates of DStv and GOtv packages. In a statement on Tuesday, March 22, the subsidiary of MultiChoice Africa blamed inflation and the rising costs of business operations for the reason behind the latest action, which is expected to take effect from April 1, 2022. The statement read, “In light of the...

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Apostle Johnson Suleman Launches Free Food Restaurant For Christians, Muslims

FoodPhilanthropyApostle Johnson Suleman Launches Free Food Restaurant For Christians, Muslims

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 22, 2022

AUCHI — The President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Joshua Suleiman, on Saturday, March 19 officially launched a free food restaurant in Auchi, Edo State. The restaurant, Joliz Kitchen, which was built to mitigate the effect of Nigeria’s poor economic conditions, is in line with the activities to mark the Apostle’s birthday on March 24, 2022. According to the cleric, the restaurant will feed at least 1000 people daily. Addressing the audience at the launch...

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Saga Explains Why Ex-BBNaija Housemates Experience Depression after Show

EntertainmentSaga Explains Why Ex-BBNaija Housemates Experience Depression after Show

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 22, 2022

LAGOS — Former Big Brother Naija Housemate, Adeoluwa Okusaga, who is popularly known as Saga has given reasons why some housemate The reality TV star, who was a housemate in the 2021 edition tagged Shine Ya Eye, stated that the overwhelming change in living standards of former housemates contributed to some being depressed. He disclosed this in an interview with PiggyVest, stating that he could no longer do the things he normally did before he...

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Portable Bags N50m Endorsement Deal with Obi Cubana

BusinessEntertainmentMusicPortable Bags N50m Endorsement Deal with Obi Cubana

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 22, 2022

LAGOS — Nigerian street singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has bagged an endorsement worth N50 million deal with socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana. Portable who shared videos of the endorsement on his Instagram handle was in the company of Obi Cubana wearing shirts of the brand he will be representing. The Zazu Zeh crooner will be endorsing a new herbal drink recently launched by Obi Cubana. Announcing the endorsement on...

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Fireboy DML’s Peru Remix With Ed Sheeran Has Become Certified Gold In The UK

EntertainmentMusicFireboy DML’s Peru Remix With Ed Sheeran Has Become Certified Gold In The UK

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 22, 2022

YBNL artist, Adedamola Adefolahan, known professionally as Fireboy DML, has achieved another milestone with his smash tune Peru in the United Kingdom. The Afro-fusion tune, which features British Grammy award-winning singer, Ed Sheeran has been hitting milestones and topping charts since its release, with the latest being Brit UK Gold certification. The feat will be Fireboy’s second since the release of the Peru remix in December 2021. Peru was first certified silver in January, barely a month after it...

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“Poetry is the art of listening to the heart, we have forgotten that.” —Chibueze Obunadike

Fiction & PoetryLifestylePeople“Poetry is the art of listening to the heart, we have forgotten that.” —Chibueze Obunadike

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)March 22, 2022

The World Poetry Day is the celebration of poetry, an art that reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings. It is observed every 21st of March to promote and adore the art of poetry in order to enable society as a whole regain and assert its identity. Chibueze Obunadike is a young Nigerian poet whose poems are published in the Best New...

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Retirement: Time And Ways To Plan For Retirement in Nigeria

InvestingLifestyleRetirement: Time And Ways To Plan For Retirement in Nigeria

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)March 22, 2022

Planning For Your Retirement Life may be in phases but its success is cumulative, not independent; a weak link can crash a great dynasty as a chain is as strong as its weakest link.   Promoting culture and the need for saving for the future, the Igbos a major tribe in Nigeria, known for their deep and meaningful adages says, “nkụ onye kpara n’ọkọchị ka ọ na anya n’udu mmiri,” freely translated as ones actions...

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