Polio Vaccination: FCTA Targets Over 1.2m Children

HealthNewsNigeriaPolio Vaccination: FCTA Targets Over 1.2m Children

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 29, 2023

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has targeted over 1.2 million children for vaccination against Fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) and the novel oral polio Vaccine (nOPV2). Mr Malan Haruna, acting Secretary Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA who stated this during the flag-off of the Routine Immunization Intensification Campaign in Abuja, said the effort is part of the FCT Administration’s proactive measure to ensure that children under five years are administered with the vaccines...

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Kano State Gov’t Invalidate Licenses Of All Kannywood Practitioners

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKano State Gov’t Invalidate Licenses Of All Kannywood Practitioners

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 29, 2023

Kano State Videos and Film Censorship Board has invalidated the licenses of all Kannywood practitioners in the state. The censorship board is a regulatory body of the Hausa film-making industry in the state. Abba Al-Mustapha, Director of the board announced on Friday stated that the move became necessary to put the system on track of the rebranding processes of the industry. “We have canceled all licenses of all guilds in the industry for proper documentation as...

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NAFDAC Seizes Drugs Worth N10 million In Kaduna

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNAFDAC Seizes Drugs Worth N10 million In Kaduna

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 29, 2023

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has raided hawkers’ and illegal drug sellers’ outlets in some parts of Kaduna State. Mr Tamanuwa Andrew-Baba, NAFDAC’s Deputy Director, Investigation and Enforcement, Pharmaceutical Enforcement Directorate, Kaduna State who disclosed this on Friday in Kaduna said during the raid drugs worth more than N10 million were seized and six suspects were arrested. According to the NAFDAC boss some of the items seized were over-the-counter...

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Senate To Receive President Tinubu’s Ministerial Nominees

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate To Receive President Tinubu’s Ministerial Nominees

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 27, 2023

The Senate Majority Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele has announced that the Ministerial List of President Bola Tinubu will be received by the Senate in the next 48 hours. Senator Bamidele, who stated this at a Lecture to mark his Diamond Jubilee Birthday and Book Presentation in Abuja on Tuesday, said that President Tinubu personally told him on the phone wishing him on his 60th birthday anniversary. “The President called me on the phone around...

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Yobe State Government Moves To Fill Gaps In The Civil Service

NewsNigeriaPoliticsYobe State Government Moves To Fill Gaps In The Civil Service

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 27, 2023

The Yobe State government has sponsored the training of 76 Directors and Senior Officers at the Administration Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) Badagry, Lagos as part of measures to fill the gap created due to the retirement of both the middle and senior officers in the civil service. The head of the civil service, Alhaji Garba Bilal who disclosed this at the farewell ceremony in his office in Damaturu said the training was meant to...

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Nutritional Deficiency Accounts For 11 Million Deaths Globally- Expert

HealthNewsNigeriaNutritional Deficiency Accounts For 11 Million Deaths Globally- Expert

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 25, 2023

A food systems and nutrition specialist, Mrs Dolapo Enejoh has advocated for a policy that will tackle malnutrition in the country. Enejoh explained that “dietary risk factors are estimated to cause 11 million deaths and the loss of 255 million years due to ill-health, disability, or early death, annually”. She stated this at a virtual workshop organized by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in collaboration with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and...

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Abductors Of Female Students Threaten To Marry Them

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAbductors Of Female Students Threaten To Marry Them

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 25, 2023

A counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, Makama Zagazola has tweeted in a video that four female students in Zamfara have raised alarm over their abductors’ threat to marry them off if ransom of N12 million was not paid within a week. The victims, Aisha Yahaya, Jamila Yahaya, Ummu Sani, and Hauwa Garba – had appealed to Governor Dauda Lawal to rescue them from the hands of abductors. The four female...

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NDLEA Arrest Notorious Drug Kingpin In Lagos

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNDLEA Arrest Notorious Drug Kingpin In Lagos

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 25, 2023

A suspected notorious drug kingpin who specializes in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffick Class A drugs to Europe especially Italy has been apprehended in his hotel room in the Okota area of Lagos. Charles Uwagbale, a 48-year-old drug kingpin had recruited Uju Dominic, 35, from his base in Italy with a deal to come to Nigeria, ingest 100 pellets of cocaine on Friday 21st July, and return to Italy on Saturday 22nd July. National Drug...

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Oshiomhole Accuses Former Senators, Reps Of Looting Televisions, Carpets, Chairs

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOshiomhole Accuses Former Senators, Reps Of Looting Televisions, Carpets, Chairs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 25, 2023

The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole has expressed shock over the looting of television sets, carpets, and chairs by the immediate past senators and House of Representatives members. Oshiomhole, who made the revelation when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said the level of vandalization of the properties of the National Assembly by former lawmakers was carried out in the presence of security men and women. “I had to pay to fix my...

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National Boundary Commission To End Interstate Boundary Dispute-Adaji

NewsNigeriaNational Boundary Commission To End Interstate Boundary Dispute-Adaji

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 23, 2023

For peace and development to thrive in Abia and Akwa Ibom states, the National Boundary Commission (NBC) has promised to speed up the resolution of the interstate boundary dispute between the two states. Adamu Adaji, Director-General of the NBC disclosed this during an official joint meeting on Abia/Akwa Ibom interstate boundary held in Abuja. “The meeting was designed to review the status of work on the boundary between the two neighboring states and to deliberate...

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