Reps set to declare state of emergency on malaria

HealthNewsNigeriaPoliticsReps set to declare state of emergency on malaria

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 2, 2023

The House of Representatives is set to declare a state of emergency on malaria which it noted will be a step in the right direction given the spate of the disease across the country. The House called on the Federal Government to subsidise malaria drugs if it cannot make them free at all Government-owned health centres for the benefit of Nigerians. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Control...

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Kogi Poll: President Tinubu presents APC flag to Ododo, party’s candidate

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKogi Poll: President Tinubu presents APC flag to Ododo, party’s candidate

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 2, 2023

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday at the presidential villa, presented the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag to the flagbearer of the party in Kogi State, Alh. Ahmed Usman Ododo. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Spokesman/Director of Media and Publicity, Kogi State APC Campaign Council, stated that the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, led the delegation of Campaign Council leaders and party stalwarts to the flag presentation event at the villa. The Director General of the...

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Bayelsa Poll: Group condemns police for intimidation, harassment of Nembe communities 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBayelsa Poll: Group condemns police for intimidation, harassment of Nembe communities 

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 2, 2023

…Asks IGP to investigate allegations Ahead of November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, a pro-democracy organisation, Bayelsa Progressives Forum, has expressed displeasure over reports of intimidation and harassment of citizens in Nembe communities by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force’s Special Operation Unit, codenamed SWAT. The group on Thursday in a press statement signed by its Coordinator, Comrade Abiye Akpodigha, said there has been an increasing number of cases of police abuse of the...

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EFCC bans officials from raiding people’s homes at night

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEFCC bans officials from raiding people’s homes at night

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 2, 2023

…reviews arrest and bail procedures. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has banned its officers from embarking on night raids to effect an arrest. The order came after the agency came under fire for raiding students’ hostels on Tuesday night and arresting 69 male students whom they labelled “Yahoo boys”, otherwise known as internet fraudsters. The students were arrested at Oduduwa Estate in Ile-Ife, the town housing the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, in Osun...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Abducts Journalist, Others In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 2, 2023

Unknown gunmen in the early hours of today (Thursday) have abducted Usman Umar Sahabi, a staff of the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, (ABC) Yola and Engr. Jameel both residents of Wuro-chekke in Yola South LGA of Adamawa State. Family sources said about five gunmen stormed his house of the journalist at about 1:00am after abducting Engr. Jameel and whisked them away at gun point. The sources added that a ransom of N20 million was demanded by...

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President Tinubu vows to sack nonperforming ministers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPresident Tinubu vows to sack nonperforming ministers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 2, 2023

…ministers to sign performance pact President Bola Tinubu has said that he would not hesitate to fire any member of his cabinet over incompetence. “We can’t complain and give excuses,” Tinubu said at a retreat for ministers, presidential aides and other top government officials in Abuja, on Wednesday. The President reminded the ministers of their responsibility to serve the people who entrusted their mandate to him. “We have to give hope to the near hopeless,...

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Governor Mbah Bans Sale of Handouts, Other Levies in IMT Enugu

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Mbah Bans Sale of Handouts, Other Levies in IMT Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2023

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has banned the sale of handouts to students of the Institute of Management and Technology, IMT, Enugu. The ban is expedient so as to address financial pressures on students, improve financial accountability, and ensure transparency; also banned is the collection of revenue through third parties, the toilet levy, and sundry other fees students were made to pay aside from the official school fees and employment without strict...

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Third Mainland Bridge Lagos To Be Close For Five Weeks

NewsNigeriaThird Mainland Bridge Lagos To Be Close For Five Weeks

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2023

The Federal Government on Wednesday said that it had completed plans to close a section of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos for five weeks of comprehensive repairs. A statement by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, said that the repairs would start from Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. The statement said: “The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Works wishes to inform the motoring public that it has perfected...

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Brain Drain: Over 7,000 Pharmacists Left Nigeria – PSN

HealthNewsNigeriaBrain Drain: Over 7,000 Pharmacists Left Nigeria – PSN

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2023

Prof. Cyril Usifoh, President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has says more than 7,000 pharmacists emigrated from Nigeria in search of better practice environment abroad in the last two years. Usifoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said on Tuesday in Gombe that the issue of brain drain which remained one of the major challenges in the health sector needed serious attention in the interest of the well-being of Nigerians. Usifoh said government...

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Boko Haram Terrorists Kill Over 20 Mourners In Yobe

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBoko Haram Terrorists Kill Over 20 Mourners In Yobe

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2023

At least 20 villagers have been killed when a motorcycle was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday evening killed no fewer than 20 villages in a bomb explosion planted by the terrorists in Goni Mittiri village under Gumsa town in Gaidam local government area of Yobe State. It was learned that mourners in the village, located some 20 kilometers away from Gaidam town, had gone to...

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