Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has given residents up to 60 days to get vaccinated or risk being banned from assessing government facilities in the state. The governor made this known Monday, at the flag off ceremony of mass covid-19 vaccination held at the Arcade ground in Oke-Mosan, AbeokutaAbiodun stated that “We are going to give a window for people Read More
The Witness, a credible Nigerian newspaper in digital and print formats, is set to launch a non-governmental organization, ‘The Witness Newspaper Foundation’, in commemoration of its fourth year anniversary. The event is billed to hold on Sunday, October 24th, 2021, at the prestigious Lagos Continental Hotel (formerly Intercontinental Hotel), Victoria Island, Lagos. A statement on Monday by the managing director of the newspaper, Read More
The Prince Ned Nwoko Foundation Malaria Eradication Project is to lead other partners in the nationwide promotion and roll out of the new malaria vaccine which the World Health Organization (WHO) recently approved for wide-use in countries. The Federal Ministry of Health gave the approval following the foundation’s earlier offer to avail its malaria eradication platform for coordination of the Read More
Nigeria has fallen behind Egypt in Foreign Direct Investment, according to a report by the African Development Bank. The new report states that four African countries accounted for 80 per cent of investments coming into the continent. Nigeria was placed among the top three, with South Africa coming third, the new report titled, ‘Entrepreneurship and Free Trade Volume II – Read More
Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi has sounded the death knell for Nigerian economy, noting that crude oil on which the economy is anchored has no future and is no longer sought after globally. Addressing the sixth Kaduna Investment Summit, after inaugurating the state development plan 2021 to 2023, to transform the state into a knowledge-based economy, the Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of the aspirants contesting the state chairmanship position in the forthcoming state congress, Musa Bayero Muhammed, has said that the current leadership in the state is there temporarily. The chairmanship aspirant declared that APC will regain the its Bauchi state leadership in 2023. Speaking with newsmen Sunday in Abuja on Read More
Yobe state government has Thursday held advocacy and sensitization meeting on reintroduction of livestock tax (JANGALI) and conflict mitigation between livestock and crop farmers in the state. Presiding over the meeting , secretary to the Yobe state government (SSG)Alhaji Baba Mallam Wali, said for the state to have peaceful coexistence, and avoid the problem of cattle rustlers, there is need Read More
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, women votes will be a key determiner of candidates elected as state/federal legislators, governors and the President, the Woman Leader and representative in Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared said. Okotete, however called on women to cooperate and forge a united front to ensure more women occupy Read More
Relevant stakeholders from Iyin – Ekiti community in Ekiti state stormed the National Assembly Thursday to identify with the move by the Senate, for establishment of Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences. The Senate had on the strength of a bill sponsored by Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele (APC Ekiti Central), made legislative move for the establishment of the University Read More
Palpable tension is building up at Karu Community, as some Indigenous leaders accuse Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC ) Chairman, Abdullahi Candido of abuse of office by deliberately distorting the original development plans at Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC ) in Karu. The worried leaders said that the ongoing illegal construction of shops, meant for commercial purposes within the premises of the Read More
Nigerians have been craving for President Muhammadu Buhari to answer some questions on the increasing uninhabitablility of the nation to all classes of countrymen and women. His disavowal of local media was glaring. But on Thursday, June 10, 2021, he broke the jinx and surprised Nigerians with the exclusive interview he granted Arise News TV. It was so unusual and Read More
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has assured of his support and commitment to advancing women’s right and full participation in governance, saying they make up half of Nigeria’s population and shouldn’t be denied the opportunity to serve in government at all levels. Lawan stated this in Abuja while receiving a high level advocacy team who paid his office a courtesy visit Read More
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) Dahatu Araf Specialist Hospital Lafia, Nasarawa state capital, Dr. Ikrama Hassan, has said the hospital has made significant progress in the delivery of quality healthcare services to the people of the state. He disclosed on Friday while briefing journalists on the activities of the hospital. He warned that the management would henceforth deal decisively with Read More
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affiars, Amb. Anthonia Ekpa, has given further insights into the decision of her minister Dame Pauline Tallen, to back the proposal to include gender as a benchmark for federal character and related matters. Dame Tallen, had at the just concluded Zonal Public Hearing on the proposed alteration to the provision of the 1999 Constitution, Read More
A group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of Progressive Consolidation Group (PCG) has asked the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to reconsider his presidential ambition even as a case was made for the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari. The group said priorities of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency and Read More
The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) says it has made significant investment in sustainable land and water management, improved land use planning within the Great Green Wall operational areas. The director-general of NAGGW Dr. Bukar Hassan state this on Wednesday, during the Technical National Stakeholders workshop on the “The Prioritization of Indicators for Monitoring Sustainable Land Management Read More
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has granted a loan of One billion to the state fertilizer company to boost its production. The governor announced the grant Tuesday when he paid a visit to the company in continuation of his projects inspection tour across the state. According to him, the government has also settled the backlog of debts amounting to Read More
As Nigerian born African champion, Kanaru Usman knocked out Jorge Masvidal to retain world MMA title as the world welterweight champion in the early hours of Sunday 25th April 2021 (WAT), the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is set to stage the 2022 champions fight in Africa in honour of the current champion. Following Kamaru Usman’s electrifying title defense, at the weekend, the Read More
Statistics by the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicate that Tuberculosis, a pulmonary disease characterised by persistent coughing, killed more Nigerians in 2019 than the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 WHO ‘global tuberculosis report’ stated that an estimated 150,000 Nigerians died of TB in 2019 alone while the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 2,061 persons died of COVID-19 in the Read More
China’s consumption has been on a continuous rise in recent years, and its consumption structure is also being optimized.Last year, the country’s total retail sales of consumer goods reached 39.2 trillion yuan ($6 trillion), and final consumption contributed 54.3 percent to China’s GDP. As a result, China maintained its position as the second largest consumption market of the world. New Read More
Nigerian democracy is indeed the most complex to manage around the world according to leadership research. It is becoming increasingly complex because of how politics of mediocrities ranging from tribal, regional, religion and identities are destroying a system that should have given the teaming Nigerians profitable employment opportunities, Security of lives and properties, portable drinking water, functional healthcare system, free Read More
A political support group known as Project One Nigeria Movement for Governor Yahaya Bello, has declared that it will mobilise about 37 million supporters for the actualization of the Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello’s presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 general elections. A statement by it’s National Coordinator, Olujuwon Obasanjo, Thursday in Abuja, said it has perfected plans to get Read More
In a white paper issued Tuesday, China has detailed its rich experience in poverty alleviation from the past century since the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1921. China’s experience is to be shared in an effort to contribute to global poverty reduction, which experts said fully demonstrates China’s pursuit of common prosperity and its key factors Read More
The value of the girl child education is enormous. It is beneficial not only to the girl and her family but also to the society and the nation. Educated girls’ population can go a long way to increase a country’s productivity and fuel economic growth. The economy can grow faster if more and more women become financially strong thereby reducing Read More
The coronavirus pandemic indeed brought the world to its knees, with various countries imposing lockdown in the bid to stop the further spread of the virus. Consequently, efforts were deployed towards developing a vaccine that would halt the further spread of the novel coronavirus. In Nigeria, it was not any different as the country was also in lockdown. The government Read More
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