IBUKUN OGUNTOLA (Lead Writer) – The Nigerian health sector is severely underfunded. Each budget year, the majority of health advocates lament the federal government’s inability to meet the Abuja Declaration’s target of allocating at least 15% of the country’s budget to the health sector. Although Nigeria has experienced a significant increase...
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed three persons dead and two injured in a three-storey building collapse incident at Kuntau Quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed the incident and casualty figures to the News Agency of...
Ukraine has received the bodies of 140 soldiers killed while trying to defend the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson from Russian attacks. The authority responsible for prisoner of war matters said on Telegram on Friday. Five bodies were from the Sumy section in northern Ukraine. Russia...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Commissioner of Health and Human Resources, Professor Malam Gana has said that Nigeria still accounts for more than 25% of the global malaria burden and 19% of global malaria deaths. Prof. Gana added that the number of persons diagnosed with malaria...
The Cross River Government has said it is set to pay compensations to property owners along the Calabar/Itu highway to fast track the implementation of the road project. The state Commissioner for information, Mr Erasmus Ekpang, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Mr Ayowole Adekonipekun, a resident of Osogbo, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun to help in locating his wife, Cpl Ruth Ayowole, who went missing while on official duty in Abia. Adekonipekun told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Osogbo that his...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday again visited the family of one of those who died in the stampede which occurred during the distribution of palliative rice in Lagos in February. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NCS delegation was led by Hammi Swomen,...
The immediate past Vice Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, Prof. Muhammad AbdulAziz, has advocated drug test for lecturers to sanitise university system AbdulAziz stated this in a valedictory speech to the Senate of the University at a handing over ceremony to his successor, Prof. Sani...
By HARRIET TORNGUVAN (Who was in Maiduguri) – The Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Wahidi Shaibu, has said that the efforts of troops’ operations in Borno, Yobe and some parts of Adamawa states are yielding positive results as relative peace and stability is gradually returning to...
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo has called on Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu in his efforts and commitment to end insecurity. Ododo made the call on Friday in Lokoja while unveiling security vehicles to enhance efficiency of community policing in all local government areas in the state....
Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure due process in its dealings with financial crime suspects. Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, a lawyer and Head of the Tinubu Media Support Group, made the call at a news...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Mazi Osita Iheme MFR also known as Pawpaw, a peaceful, accomplished and globally celebrated Nigerian has been an advocate for unity, peace and stability in Nigeria over the years. He has been actively engaging with various platforms to promote unity and understanding among...
Mr Joe Agi, SAN, has sued the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Abuja Electricity Distribution (AEDC) Plc at the Federal High Court, Abuja for allegedly increasing his electricity tariff by 230 per cent. Agi, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/474/ 2024, currently before Justice Inyang Ekwo, sought the...
The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has adjourned the petition filed by Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka until May 13 for adoption of final written addresses. Ajaka is challenging the election victory of Gov. Usman Ododo of All Progressives Congress...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The newly appointed acting Vice Chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Prof Sani Kunya, has challenged Nigerian universities to deploy massive Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive development and to solve the community problems. He threw the challenge while speaking shortly...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) President, Mr Festus Osifo, has said that the much-awaited new minimum wage may not be announced on May 1. Osifo said this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. ”The negotiation by the Tripartite Committee is still on going. If...
The Benue Rebirth Movement (BRM) has come across an article titled, “Power sharing in Benue State: Use equity, not blackmail”, written by Chief Simon Shango. In the piece, Chief Shango gave what could be called an insider account of the creation of Benue State. He said virtually...
The Federal Government has said it plan to create 2.5 million jobs through the Labour Employment Enhancement Programme (LEEP) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, said this at the pre-inauguration ceremony for the LEEP in Abuja....
The Anambra Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested eight suspected unlicensed private security guards with four pump action guns. The state NSCDC Commandant, Mr Olatunde Maku, said this when he addressed newsmen on Friday in Awka, saying the suspects were arrested during...