CAPPA, NTCA ask agencies to enforce pictorial health warnings on tobacco packs
As the Federal Government begins the enforcement of the health warning requirements of the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act 2015 and the Tobacco Control Regulations 2019 on all tobacco products manufactured and distributed in the country from today (June 23), the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) […]
Ugandan University Appoints Jonathan Chancellor
Cavendish University, Uganda has appointed former president of Nigeria as chancellor. The university announced the appointment on its Twitter page on Monday. “Welcome aboard @GEJonathan as you take over as the Chancellor of CUU. We look forward to this new era and achieving great things under your leadership. Success begins at Cavendish!” it wrote. “Welcome aboard […]
Spain And Portugal Risk Early Exits At Euro 2020
Spain and reigning champions Portugal are at risk of a shock early exit from Euro 2020 on the last day of group matches on Wednesday, while UEFA’s refusal to allow Munich to light the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours has overshadowed a crucial game between Germany and Hungary. Germany need a draw to reach the […]
ECOWAS Court Restrains Nigerian Govt From Imposing Sanctions On Twitter, Others
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from imposing sanctions or harassing, intimidating, arresting, or prosecuting Twitter. It also restricted the government from carrying out such actions against any other social media service provider, as well as media houses, pending the hearing and determination of a suit challenging the government’s […]
Court Sentences Farouk Lawan To Seven Years In Prison Over $3m Bribe
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has sentenced Farouk Lawan, former lawmaker representing Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency of Kano State and chairman of the federal house of representatives ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy, to seven years imprisonment over the $3 million bribery charges leveled against him by the federal government. Lawan as the chairman of […]
Buhari Appoints Lai Mohammed, Fashola , Keyamo To Engage Twitter Over Suspension
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the federal government team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the microblogging and social networking site. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to President Buhari. According to the statement, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information will chair […]
Buhari Is Ready To Address Agitations From South East – Minister
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says President Muhammadu Buhari is ready to dialogue with the South East to address the agitations in the region. Ngigi stated this on Sunday while speaking with state house correspondents after a meeting with the president in Abuja. In recent times, there have been attack on government […]
Ijaw president seeks better federation
*Says silence not cowardice, calls for Ijaw self-determination The President of Ijaw National Congress (INC)Worldwide, Prof Benjamin Okaba has warned against the current decline in the country, he said the Ijaw nation has watched “with deep consternation the gradual decline of the Nigeria state to the precipice, as it embarks upon a rudderless mission […]
Architect Who Designed National Stadium, Isaac Alade Is Dead
Isaac Alade, the architect who designed the National Stadium is dead. His death was announced by his family. The cable reported that the deceased who was the first architect to become a federal permanent secretary died on Friday at the age of 87. Alade, who was the first architect to become a federal permanent secretary […]
The Many Complications Of Biafra by Simon Kolawole
I would say the campaign for Biafra has never been this intense since the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970. Although the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), founded in 1999 by Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, gave President Olusegun Obasanjo quite some headache ahead of the 2003 elections, the […]
