Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has commissioned multiple Type-3 primary healthcare centres across the three senatorial zones of the state. This was even as the World Health Organisation (WHO), traditional rulers, presidents-general and other community stakeholders commended the governor for prioritizing the welfare and health needs of the people, recommitting their support for the project. Commissioning the facilities at the primary healthcare centres at Adani, Agbogugu and Nara-Unateze in Uzo Uwani, Awgu and Nkanu...

The National Economic Council, NEC, has given Adamawa, Kwara, and Kebbi States along with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, seven days to submit their positions on the proposed creation of state police. NEC, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, is a constitutional body comprising the 36 state governors, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and key government officials. It serves as an advisory council on economic planning and development across the federation. Addressing...

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the marginalisation  of the Niger Delta region. The socio-cultural organisation in a press statement on Friday signed by its National Spokesman, Chief (Dr.) Obiuwevbi Christopher Ominimini, noted that the Niger Delta resources feed the nation while the resources from other geopolitical zones including the North are purely for themselves and the individual pockets. The statement read, “The gold deposits in Northern Nigeria and other parts of the...

Enugu State Government has announced a new policy directing all state-owned tertiary institutions to adopt experiential learning models in their planning, curriculum, and research efforts. Delivering a lecture with the theme ‘Experiential Learning: Building the Wealth of the Nation’ at the 1st Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Distinguished Personalities Lecture Series, the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah said addressing the nation’s educational model is a critical issue for the development....

The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of Benue State University, Makurdi, Sir Paul Chukwuma, spontaneously granted full scholarships to seven undergraduate students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, on Wednesday, while he was presenting his keynote speech at the 6th International Conference of the Nigerian Association of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists. The conference which featured Professor Thomas Li-Ping Tang, a renowned global scholar, who came in from the United States for the conference, was well attended...

…Sacks Hospital Management Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has approved the dissolution of the governing councils of all state-owned tertiary institutions in the state, effective immediately. This decision affects institutions such as Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma and the Edo State University, Uzairue. The governor also approved the immediate disengagement of the management staff of Edo Specialist Hospital and Stella Obasanjo Hospital, Benin City, also with immediate effect. These decisions were conveyed in a government...