Lagos: Police find missing boy, seek to reunite him with family
Police in Lagos State are looking for family members of a boy who had been wandering around Ikorodu as he could not find his way home. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated on Saturday at Ikeja that police found 11-year-old Ogunrinde on Wednesday at Agura, Ikorodu, crying. “He claimed to have missed […]
Herders/farmers crisis in Benue politicised, says don
Former Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Prof. Daniel Uza, has expressed worry that the herders and farmers crisis in Benue State was being politicized. He stated this during the investiture of Dr Andrew Amine as the 8th State Chairman of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), on Saturday in Makurdi. The don […]
PDP Chairman Kidnap: Edo, police to the rescue, APC condemns act
Edo State Government says it is on top of the kidnapping of the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Tony Aziegbemi. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, disclosed this in a statement issued in Benin on Saturday. Aziegbemi was kidnapped close to his GRA residence on Friday night while returning […]
State APC Chairmen promise to support Tinubu on democracy dividends
The forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) State Chairmen, has promised to work with President Bola Tinubu and Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the party’s National Chairman to deliver democracy dividends to Nigerians. Mr Alphonsus Ogah, the spokesperson for the forum and the Cross River APC chairman, stated this after a closed-door meeting with Ganduje on Saturday […]
Mutfwang urges forgiveness as Dariye buries parents
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, has urged the family of former Gov. Joshua Dariye, to forgive those responsible for the death of their father as they buried their parents on Saturday. The funeral rites for the late Pa Dariye Defyan, who was kidnapped and gruesomely murdered in 2020, took place in Mushere, Bokkos Local […]
2 years on throne, Olubadan dies at 81
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, is dead. Oba Balogun was 81 and spent two years on the throne of his forefathers, having been presented the Staff of Office by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on March 11, 2022. Confirming his death in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, […]
President appoints Chief Medical Directors for two Federal Medical Centres
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. James Enimi Omietimi as Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, for an initial term of four years, and the reappointment of Professor Sa’ad Aliyu Ahmed as Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, for a second term of four […]
Tinubu appoints new NACA DG, moves agency to health ministry
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Temitope Ilori to serve as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for an initial term of four years. Also, he has approved the movement of the agency to the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Dr. Ilori is a […]
Lagos Mulls Levy On Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
The Lagos State Government is considering a levy on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) to boost public health and lower the rising non-communicable diseases (NCDs) burden. Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi reasoned that an SSB levy would contribute to driving the state’s human capital agenda – healthier children and good nutrition – and positively impact its […]
Court dissolves 14-year-old marriage over abandonment
A Shari’a Court in Kano, on Thursday, dissolved the marriage between a driver, Zakari Ghali,48 and Shamsiyya Haruna,33, on grounds of abandonment. Haruna, who lives at Unguwa Uku Quarters Kano,in her petition prayed the court to dissolve her marriage and grant her custody of her children on grounds that Ghali abandoned her and their five […]
