Guess What? Here’s a Breakdown of Tinubu’s 28 Minister-Nominees

After a long wait by Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu’s nominees for various ministerial positions were announced on Thursday, a day before the expiration of his 60-day constitutional deadline. The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, presented the ministerial list to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio who the names on the floor of the Senate during plenary on Thursday. The list, with 28 nominees, comprised of ex-governors, serving and former members of...

Democracy Cannot Survive Without Journalism – Olorunyomi

The Centre for Journalism Innovation Development, CJID, Abuja has organized a maiden edition of a conference tagged West African Journalism Innovation Conference, WAJIC’23 with the theme: “Accountability Journalism: Nurturing Innovation for a Sustainable Future held at Abuja Continental Hotel. Participants of the maiden edition of the conference are Media professionals, practicing journalists, academia, policymakers, and media rights groups, and Campus Journalists. Addressing participants cut across West Africa, Dapo Olorunyomi, Chief Executive Officer of Centre for...

Polio Vaccination: FCTA Targets Over 1.2m Children

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...

Kano State Gov’t Invalidate Licenses Of All Kannywood Practitioners

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...

NAFDAC Seizes Drugs Worth N10 million In Kaduna

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...

ENHA Accepts 15 nominees For Commissioner, Commiserate with Ogbete Market Victim’s Family

The Enugu State House of Assembly on Friday accepted a letter from the Enugu State Governor Dr. Ndubuisi Mbah, communicating 15 nominees for consideration and possible acceptance as Commissioners in the state. The nominees are Professor Ndubueze Mbah, Mrs. Ngozi Eni, Prince Lawrence Eze, Professor Sam Ugwu, Pharmacist Chika Ugwoke, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, Professor Emmanuel .I. Obi, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, Dame Ugochi Madueke, and Barrister Lloyd I. Ekweremadu. Others include Engineer Gerald Otiji, Nathaniel Urama,...

Over 25000 Persons Are Missing In Nigeria- Says Anambra State Bureau of Missing Persons

…Vows to trace cases of missing persons, develop a database Nigeria currently faces an upsurge in the number of missing persons due to a legion of armed conflicts, as official data estimates that between twenty-three thousand and twenty-five thousand persons are currently missing in the country. This was the view of the Chairman of the Anambra State Bureau of Missing Persons and Commissioner For Justice, Professor Sylvia Ifemeje, during the inaugural meeting of the Bureau...

The Strange Case of Nigeria: How Military Decrees Automatically Become Civilian Laws

This essay examines the issue of Past Military Decrees and Constitutions and their continued pernicious effects on Nigeria. The typical situation of ignominy: A group of armed military officers and their underlings criminally conspire to take over a democratically elected civilian government. The key coup plotters quickly set themselves up as “Supreme Military Council” or “Armed Forces Ruling Council” as the case might be. With their illegal regime in place they then run the nation’s...

People express emotions as Gov. Soludo shuts down Anambra Newspapers

….To use premises for amusement  park Governor Chukwuma Soludo has shut down the Anambra Printing and Publishing Corporation (ANPC),  publishers of National Light Newspaper, Ka o di Taa (Igbo newspaper) Sportslight Extra (Sport newspaper). National Light was the corporation’s flagship. In a memo dated 21, July 2023 from the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), addressed to the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, ANPC, Sir Chuka Nnabuife asked him to start the...

One Shot Dead As Traders Protest Shops Sealing In Ogbete Market Enugu

The popular Ogbete main market in Enugu state went agog on Wednesday with the traders demonstrating against the Enugu State Government for sealing up some shops whose owners they accused of defying Government’s ban on sit-at-home on Monday. However the protest turned soar when a young man identified in a video that has gone viral as ‘nwanne China’ was shot dead within the market environment. According to an eye witness account, the aggrieved Ogbete traders...

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