Pope’s health improving as hopes of leaving hospital rise
Pope Francis spent a peaceful second night in hospital for treatment of bronchitis, a Vatican source said Friday, as a senior cardinal said the 86-year-old could be discharged as soon as Saturday. Doctors late Thursday reported a “marked improvement” in the condition of the pontiff, who was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Wednesday, and […]
School bus conveying children summersaults in Lagos
A school bus conveying children of ages one to five, on Thursday, somersaulted and injured the occupants, in Lagos. The accident occurred in the morning at Surulere. The bus with registration number KTU-465DN hit a median barrier and pulled off a concrete holding a street light, before somersaulting, a News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, correspondent, […]
Europe faces 50% farm loss by 2050 over climate change
“According to projections using a high-end emission scenario, yields of non-irrigated crops like wheat, corn and sugar beet are projected to decrease in southern Europe by up to 50 % by 2050.”
Youth Council takes over employment of 10,000 civil servants in Rivers
Wike also released N570m to youths of the state, adding that part of the money would be used to build a secretariat for the youths.
Prof, firms facing N1.4bn fraud case gets N1m bail in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March, has arraigned a Professor, Uche Edwin, before the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on charges of alleged N1.4 billion fraud. Edwin was arraigned alongside his companies, Visionary Integrated Consulting Limited, NEMAD Associates Limited and Revamp Global Enterprise, on an […]
Guber poll: DSS arrests two suspects over inciting comments in Kano
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two suspects over comments aimed at inciting violence in Kano State ahead of Saturday’s governorship and State Assembly elections.
