NEWSPAPER HEADLINES for June 10, 2025
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World Food Safety Day: Take Junk Off Our Plates, CAPPA Tasks FG, States On World Food Safety Day 2025, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on governments at all levels to implement policies that promote healthy, indigenous diets and discourage the widespread availability and consumption of ultra-processed foods (UFPs), which are linked to Nigeria’s […]
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CAPPA To Awujale: Declare Ojude-Oba Smoke-Free… Ijebu Land Does Not Endorse Tobacco Use, Says Festival Coordinator Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged His Royal Majesty, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona Ogbagba II, Awujale of Ijebuland, to declare the Ojude Oba festival a No-Smoking or Smoke-Free Event, in the interest of public health. CAPPA, […]
Justice Uwais dies at 88
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Uwais, has died at the age of 88. The former CJN died in the early hours of Friday. He served as Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1995 until his retirement in 2006. Following his retirement, he chaired the Presidential Electoral Reform Committee inaugurated by late President Umaru Musa […]
Sallah: Sultan tasks leaders on unity, commitment to Nigeria’s challenges
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on Nigerian leaders to unite and commit themselves to addressing the pressing challenges facing the country. In his Eid-el-Kabir message on Friday in Sokoto, the sultan emphasised that genuine unity and dedication among leaders were […]
Airtel Nigeria joins fight against plastic pollution
Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications company has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability with a nationwide campaign to combat plastic pollution. Airtel made this known in a statement on Friday in Lagos. It said that the campaign tagged, #UnPlasticAfrica, began on June 3 with mobilising of employees across the company’s six operating regions for a week […]
Tuggar urges Muslim faithful to imbibe virtues of selflessness
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has urged Muslim faithful to explore the occasion of Eid al-Adha festival to emulate the virtues of obedience, resilience and selflessness, as exemplified by Prophet Ibrahim. He gave the advice in a statement on Friday in Abuja by Alkasim Abdulkadir, his Special Assistant on Media and Communications […]
Eid Kabir: Lagos APC felicitates Muslims, says Tinubu is changing Nigeria’s story
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has felicitated with Muslims on the occasion of Eid Kabir, reaffirming President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to transforming the country’s current challenges and changing the negative narrative. The party’s state chairman, Mr Cornelius Ojelabi, in a statement to newsmen on Friday in Lagos, reflected on the values of […]
Sallah: Let’s pray for our troops, be our brothers’ keeper, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has called for more prayers for the military and security agencies currently making sacrifices to keep the nation safe, particularly those confronting terrorists and bandits. The President, who observed the Eid-al-Adha prayers at the Eid Ground in Dodan Barracks, Lagos, told reporters that the security agencies and vulnerable citizens should top the […]
Folorunsho Aderiye, Ayegunle Ekiti Monarch, Deposed
By Esi-ife Arogundade Ayegunle, a sleepy town in Ekiti State ame alive Wednesday as the monarch, Oba Johnson Folorunsho Aderiye, was dethroned by his subjects. Aderiye was accused of being defiant, a serial rights violator and unbridled dictator. Backed by high chiefs in his traditional cabinet, the people rose in unison Wednesday to stamp out […]
