Groups Ask FG To Inaugurate Tobacco Control Fund In 2020 Budget
…Decry zero funding for tobacco control The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Federal Government to immediately inaugurate the Tobacco Control fund as recommended in the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act 2015, saying the near zero allocation to tobacco control in the recently passed 2020 national budget has reinforced the […]
Beheaded Adamawa Pastor: Can Got It Mixed Up- Femi Adesina
It was very sad and doleful to hear of the eventual beheading of Rev Lawan Andimi, Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Michika Local Government, Adamawa State. He had been abducted by terrorists earlier this month . I felt the killing of Andimi very keenly, not for the fact that he was a clergyman, […]
Popular Trado Medical -Practitioner, ‘Oko Oloyun’ Shot Dead
Popular trado medical expert, Fatai Yusuf better known as “Oko Oloyun” is dead. The trado medical practitioner was reported to have been shot by unknown gunmen in the Eruw-Igboora road in the Ibarapa Central area of Oyo state on Thursday. The Oyo state police command PPPRO, Gbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the murder of the trado expert. […]
EFCC Boss, Magu Vows to Bring Diezani to Face Justice
Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has reiterated the commitment of the anti-graft agency to ensuring that the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is repatriated to Nigeria to face criminal charges against her. This will be the second time the anti graft czar would be saying this in 24 hours. Magu gave […]
‘We are not Intimidated,’ Says Father of UniMaid Student Slain by Insurgents
Father of Plateau state born teenage undergraduate, who was shot by Boko Haram in a video currently making the rounds on social media, Pa David Daciyal, has said the gruesome mother of his beloved son would not terminate his faith in Christ. He also noted that the killing of his son cannot intimidate him and […]
AGF Makes U-turn on Amotekun, Says Yoruba Misunderstood Me
By Gboyega Adeoye Embattled Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has on Thursday revoked his earlier comment about the establishment of the Western Nigeria Security Outfit, Amotekun in the South West, which he declared illegal. Malami whose condemnation on the outfit has since caused uproar on social media claimed he was only misinterpreted by […]
PDP Alleges Plot to Rig Akwa-Ibom LG Rerun
The PDP raises alarm over an exposed plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to unleash violence on the people and rig the re-run election in Essien Udim Local Government of Akwa Ibom State slated for Saturday. The party says it already have intelligence on how a serving minister on President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet has […]
Novel Coronavirus: Lagos Alerts Public, Lists Precautionary Measures
… Says No Case Of Virus Reported In Nigeria The Lagos State Government has alerted the public to a new virus, the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) which is currently raging in China and has also been reported in some foreign countries, including the United States of America, causing no fewer than nine deaths. In a press […]
Finally, Tinubu Breaks Silence on Amotekun, Calls for Private Discussions
Former Lagos governor and National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has broken his silence on the discussion about Amotekun, a regional security outfit established by the Southwest governors. The outfit has been declared illegal by the Attorney general and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami saying it was unconstitutional. But , Tinubu […]
How Fireman Generator Boss was Killed, His N900m Swindled with Land Document
Anambra State billionaire and owner of Fireman Generators Chief Ignatius Odunukwe who went missing since first week of December has been found dead. The billionaire was killed, cut into pieces and his body packed into a ”Ghana Must Go” bag which his murderers took to the expressway and dumped inside a forest. Some criminals who […]
