By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a Special National Media/Publicity Committee (SNPC) for the Nov. 11, governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Ologunagba...
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The Federal Government has appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), to call off its ongoing indefinite strike. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kachollom Daju, made the appeal at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Nigerian Army has assured the country’s medical doctors living abroad but willing to return home that it is ready to absorb them into its hospitals nationwide. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja said this when he received in his office in Abuja, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has called on traditional leaders in Zamfara to redouble their commitment toward polio eradication in the state. Abubakar made the call in Gusau on Tuesday at a strategic meeting with traditional leaders in the hard-to-reach areas of the state. The News...
Organised Labour on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to lead negotiations on the petroleum subsidy removal to cushion its effects on workers and other Nigerians. The National President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, stated this at a meeting between the leadership of the organised labour and the senate leadership led...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja expressed his resolute commitment to break the vicious cycle of overreliance on borrowing for public spending, and the resulting burden of debt servicing it places on the management of Nigeria’s limited government revenues. Inaugurating...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The founding pastor of Fountain of Life Church Family, Taiwo Odukoya has died at the age of 67. Pastor Odukoya, according to a statement released by the church on Tuesday, was said to have died on Monday, 7th August, 2023 in the...
Like history which does not satisfy or dissatisfy people but accurately gives account of the past, if there is any recent account that satisfactorily and objectively portrayed the international Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria as architects of environmental degradation, pollution and promoters of...
Husbands, suck your pregnant wife’s breasts in readiness for breastfeeding – Health official advises
Husbands, suck your pregnant wife’s breasts in readiness for breastfeeding – Health official advises
The Coordinator of the Primary Health Centre, Uyo, Mrs Peace Essien, has called for the involvement of family, community and religious leaders in the practice of Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF). According to her, the husband especially has a crucial role to play before the Antenatal Care (ANC) or formative...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti on Tuesday inaugurated “Operation Crush” initiative as part of the state government’s efforts to tackle insecurity in the state. Speaking during the event at the Trademore Event Center in Umuahia, Otti said that his administration had zero tolerance for any form of criminality in...
Mr Andulamalik Ahmed and Ali Yaro both victims of alleged job racketeering at the Federal Character Commission (FCC) say they paid N1 million and N2 million respectively for job placement in the commission. Ahmed and Yaro made this known when they appeared as witnesses at the ongoing investigation by...
A former FIFA-badged Nigerian referee, Abayomi Ifabumuyi, has died at the age of 74. Ifabumuyi, who hailed from Owo in Ondo State, died on Tuesday in Akure. Confirming the development in a statement, his younger brother, Wale Ifabumuyi, who is a football coach, said that the family...
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England’s forward, Lauren James has apologized to Super Falcons’ Michelle Alozie for the incident which led to her being sent off on Monday. James was sent off during England’s last-16 FIFA Women’s World Cup win over Nigeria and vowed to learn from the experience. The forward was...
Pope Francis on Tuesday called for a global reflection on the potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI), noting the new technology’s “disruptive possibilities and ambivalent effects.” Francis, 86, said in the past he does not know how to use a computer, issued the warning in a message for...
The National Association of Nigerian Students Joint Campus Council (NANS JCC), Lagos State says it suspended its planned protest against the hike in UNILAG school fees due to the intervention by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Idowu Owohunwa. A statement on Tuesday by the Chairman of the association,...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 44-year-old woman, who allegedly used her 10-year-old niece as a drug courier. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure on Tuesday while parading the suspect before newsmen at the police command’s headquarters in Ikeja. Hundeyin said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to deliver the dividends of democracy and to enhance the economic development of Banki Town, Borno State, the Caretaker Chairman of Bama LGA, Hon. Grema Terab has distributed 10 Keke-NAPEPs and 10 Jega tricycle pick-up vans to ease movement of...
The Niger coup leaders on Tuesday, vowed to resist external pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum after ECOWAS imposed sanctions and Western allies suspended aid. The seventh power grab in West and Central Africa in three years has attracted global attention, partly due to Niger’s pivotal role...
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye says enforcement alone cannot get rid of corruption in Nigeria. Owasanoye said eradicating corruption would require attitudinal change and promotion of core societal values. The chairman, represented by Mr Hassan Mohammed,...