The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has saids investigation into the death of Dr Vwaere Diaso inside an elevator at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, has not been swept under the carpet. The Secretary of NMA, Lagos branch, Dr Ismail Ajibowo, said this in an interview with the News...
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Dr Chukwuemeke Agbasi as the Managing Director of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency(F This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on FERMA at the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday. Presenting the report, the Chairman of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – First Lady federal Republic of Nigeria Senator Oluremi Tinubu has declared commitment of the Renewed Hope Initiative in championing the course of women and children in Nigeria . A statement issued and signed by Kwapchi Bata Hamman, the SAP media & ICT,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has highlighted the emerging threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), where bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites lose their responsiveness to antimicrobials. The Director General of NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa conveyed this concern on Monday in Abuja during the commemoration of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has enjoined corps members to channel their talents and potentials towards enthroning a more united, prosperous and productive nation that would not only focus on consuming but also manufacturing. The minister gave this...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday ferried over 20km on Baga side of the Lake Chad Basin. Zulum was in Baga to assess portions of the Lake Chad towards his Government’s plan to enhance agricultural activities along the shores of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Government has debunked the purported conversion of the Social Development Goals Skill acquisition Centre in Iragbiji to a campground of Osun United Football Club. Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, stated this in a statement issued...
Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr Olatunji Disu, has dismissed claims of an assassination attempt on the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie. Disu told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday that the command had launched full investigation to ascertain the claims made...
A 34-year old man has been arrested and charged with the rape of a 90-year old woman in an aged care home in the town of Bateau Bay, 100km north of Sydney in Australia. An Australian Guardian report on Tuesday, citing the police, said that the suspect entered...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has called on the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to stop their campaigns of calumny and blackmail against the judiciary. Mr. Onanuga stated this in a...
Speaker Adewale Egbedun of Osun House of Assembly, has said the assembly has no intention to encroach on duties of the National Judicial Council (NJC) by the suspension of the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo. Egbedun, in a statement by his media aide, Olamide Tiamiyu on Monday...
One out of the five kidnapped female students of Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State has regained freedom after about 50 days in captivity. The girl was released from the kidnappers den and taken to Kuncin Kalgo, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara, from where she...
The factional Speaker of Rivers House of Assembly, Mr Edison Ehie (PDP-Ahoada 11) has urged the Inspector General of Police to address the alleged misconduct of some officers deployed to Rivers. Ehie made the appeal on Monday while addressing newsmen on an alleged invasion of his Port Harcourt...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians about some counterfeit Meronem 1g Injection being purchased in Nigeria. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this in a public alert No. 036/2023 issued on Tuesday...
The federal government has concluded modalities for involving expatriates in its renewed drive to expand its revenue base against mounting debt, declining revenue from oil and the quest to shore up its finances to meet development needs. Authoritative sources disclosed at the weekend that the new thinking was hinged...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday called on all maritime stakeholders to step up efforts in combating piracy and all forms of crimes and criminalities in Gulf of Guinea (GoG) coastal areas. The event was organised by the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Berlin wooed international investors with the great asset of Nigeria being its highly educated, skilled and industrious citizens. According to a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President said this was an advantage to the Nation’s abundant natural resources in...
Retired Maj.- Gen. Charles Airhiavbere has joined the race for the Edo 2024 governorship election, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said this at an APC stakeholders meeting in Benin on Monday. Airhiavbere, also a former Executive Director, Finance and Administration, the Niger Delta...
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has said the developed countries must honour the promise of 100 billion dollars a year in climate finance. He said they must also deliver a clear plan on how they would meet their commitment to double adaptation finance to at least 40 billion dollars...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Navy (NN) has rescued a Cameroonian registered fishing vessel, MFV AFKI, which drifted off its course since Oct. 24 with two crew members on board. Naval spokesman, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja,said...