The Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, says there is more of internal trafficking than external trafficking. Waziri-Azi disclosed this on Thursday in Benin at a meeting she held with stakeholders and partners of the agency in Edo. She explained that...
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Some 23 million Nigerian children have received the seasonal malaria chemoprevention, aiding reduction in severe malaria in children in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari made the declaration on Friday in Kigali at the Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The summit is part of activities at the...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja –Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has identified industry collaboration as very essential to successful deployment of 5G Services in Nigeria. Danbatta stated this while speaking at the 90th Edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP) hosted...
“We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe”– Charles R. Swindoll Chase Your Interests with DiscernmentIf there is one thing closest to the heart of every human beings, it is the issue of interest. Everyone has one interest or the other. People...
The Nigerian Communications Commission ( NCC) has said it would rollout the Fifth Generation (5G) technology by August. The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this at the 90th Edition of Telecom Consumer Parliament ( TCP) held on Thursday in Lagos. Danbatta said that NCC, through the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Zamfara State says it has extended the daily closing hour for its staff to capture more eligible registrants at the centres in Gusau. Prof. Saidu Ahmed, Zamfara INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of...
Some members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in the South-East say they will no longer guarantee the supply of products at the approved pump prices. The marketers spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Thursday. They said that...
The House of Representatives has queried the 2019, 49 million dollars contract for integrity test on Nigerian refineries awarded to Technimont company, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Rep. Ganiyu Johnson, the chairman of the House ad hoc committee investigating the state of the refineries issued the query...
The technical working group on repatriation of Nigerians displaced from the North-East on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, submitted its report to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. President Muhammadu Buhari, had in February, inaugurated a Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Great Britain where he again reiterated his resolve to respect the maximum term limit in the Nigerian Constitution. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement in...
The Federal Government says it has started the implementation of the N10 taxation per litre of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) to reduce the incidences of Non-communicable Diseases. Mr Dennis Ituma, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Department of Excise, Free Trade Zone and Industrial Incentives, made this known in an interactive session...
Document shows Sen. Ekweremadu applied for kidney transplant visa for David Ukpo, homeless Lagos boy
Document shows Sen. Ekweremadu applied for kidney transplant visa for David Ukpo, homeless Lagos boy
A letter that accompanied the visa application of an alleged homeless child showed Senator Ike Ekweremadu informed the UK authorities that he was taking the person abroad for a kidney transplant for his daughter. The document seen by Peoples Gazette showed Mr Ekweremadu applied for visa for David Ukpo...
The Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission has appointed Reuben Muoka, an innovative journalist and consummate public relations practitioner, as its new Director of Public Affairs (DPA). Reuben Muoka takes over from Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, who has assumed duties as the Director of Special Duties Department of the Commission....
A magistrate’s court in London has denied bail to Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice over charges they trafficked a 15-year-old Lagos boy with the intention to harvest his organ. The arrest was announced by the London Metropolitan Police on Thursday, with officials saying the couple would be...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 1,796kg hard drugs along Badagry Seme expressway and waterways between January and May 2022. Mr Abubakar Wada, the Narcotic Commander, Sème Spécial Area Command, said this at a news conference organised by the command on Thursday in Badagry. The News...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the total consolidated mandatory accruals into the Ecological Fund from 2010 to March 2022. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Femi Bamisile (APC-Ekiti) at plenary on Thursday. Moving the motion earlier, Bamisile said the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the efforts of the present Nigeria’s civil servants for partnering with the government in driving the implementation of its programmes, in spite of difficult economic situation. Buhari gave the commendation on Thursday in Abuja, at the inauguration of Cultural Change Video and Federal Civil...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has made a passionate appeal to Nigerians to be tolerant of one another and embrace peace for the general good of the society. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari made the appeal after visiting...
There was a mild drama at the Supreme Court on Thursday as a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo appeared in court in a full traditional attire of an “Olokun priest” to attend court proceedings. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that “Olokun’, deity is associated with wealth,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental Organization, NEEM Foundation on Wednesday organized a one day dialogue on Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism in the North Western states of Nigeria. The meeting which brought together Sokoto State actors, was aimed at promoting civilian security in the northwestern region. The theme of...