Health workers begin five-day warning strike in Kaduna
Health workers in Kaduna State have embarked on a five- day warning strike. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in some of the public hospitals showed only doctors and laboratory technicians were on duty. Also, some of the patients had since been discharged from the hospitals as the Nurses were on strike […]
Customs generates N92.3m in three months in Ogun
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area 1 Command, says it generated N92.3 million as revenue between April and June. The command’s Comptroller of Customs, Mr James Ojo, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Abeokuta. Ojo said that the revenue represented about 52.46 per cent increase, compared with the N53,983,622 recorded within the […]
ATCA Warns Nigeria About ‘Kiddie Packs’ Cigarettes From Pakistan
The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) has alerted Nigeria to a push by British American Tobacco (BAT) for Pakistan to export small packs of cigarettes, known as “kiddie” packs, to Africa. In a statement backed by 60 public health advocates, representing 54 organizations from 25 African countries, ATCA appealed to the government of Pakistan to […]
Tinubu inaugurates economic council, rolls out measures to strengthen economy
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) and launched the Economic Stabilization Programme to ensure food security, improved power supply, enhanced social welfare and healthcare, increased energy production, and overall economic transformation. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the 31-member Council held at the Council Chambers in Abuja, President Tinubu, […]
CAPPA Inaugurates Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has inaugurated the Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard (HFPYV) programme aimed at youth-focused public health and food justice advocacy. The inauguration, held on July 2 and 3, at Dover Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos, featured the training and induction of no fewer than 28 young Nigerians from across the […]
BREAKING NEWS- Court voids PDP Governorship Primary
A Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, invalidated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the PDP’s primary held on Feb. 22 failed to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act, […]
Tinubu to flag-off Sokoto-Badagry coastal highway construction in August
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to inaugurate the construction work of the 1000-km Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway in August. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi disclosed this during a stakeholder’s engagement on the project in Birnin Kebbi. He said that he was directed by the president to come to Kebbi with some ministers and members of […]
UNIBEN shut indefinitely over students’ protest
The authorities of the University of Benin on Thursday shut down academic activities in the institution indefinitely. The university, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, attributed the decision to the refusal of the students of to shift grounds on their demands. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the […]
NDLEA proposes mandatory drug tests for intending couples in Kano The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano has proposed a mandatory drug test for prospective couples as part of measures to reduce drug abuse in the state. The NDLEA Commander in Kano, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, made this known to the News Agency of […]
Media Rights Agenda Faults FG’s Threat To Jail Officials Leaking Info
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Thursday condemned a statement credited to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. George Akume, threatening to jail government officials who disclose information without authorization. MRA, in a statement by its Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Ayode Longe, described the threat as anachronistic and damaging to transparent and accountable […]
