WHO support Nigeria’s bid to promote for traditional medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO), has pledged it support to the Nigerian government in its efforts to achieve self–sufficiency in the local production of vaccines and other pharmaceuticals. Speaking during a conference to mark the African Traditional Medicine Day in Abuja, the WHO country representative, Dr. Walter Mulombo noted that formal
Goje intervenes in plight of disabled persons in Gombe
Thousands of People Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) in Gombe State on Tuesday, benefitted from the empowerment programme of Senator Muhammad Danjuma Goje the lawmaker representing Gombe Central. The items distributed to the beneficiaries including tricycles, grinding machines, pumping machine for irrigation, clippers for barbing, bags of assorted grains, noodles, groundnuts
Gov. Ikpeazu rallies support for female accountants
Gov. Victor Ikpeazu of Abia State on Wednesday said that female accountants must be encouraged and supported, for more transparency and turn around in the Nigerian system. Ikpeazu spoke at the investiture of the 10th National Chairperson of the Society of Women Accountants in Nigeria (SWAN), Mrs Nwamara Nnaji, in
Odili placed on EFCC watch list -NIS tells court
Former Rivers Governor, Mr Peter Odili has been placed on the watch list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) says the Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS) The NIS revealed this on Wednesday in response to a suit filed by Odili challenging the seizure of his international passport by
Biafra: Release, pay me N5bn damages – Nnamdi Kanu tells Buhari govt
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has prayed an Abia State High Court to order the Nigerian government to release him. Kanu, through his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, also prayed the court to order the Nigerian Government to pay him the sum of N5 billion as
Gaddafi’s son freed after 7-plus years in Libyan prison
Libyan authorities on Sunday released one of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons after more than seven years of detention in the capital of Tripoli following his extradition from neighboring Niger, the country’s interim leader said. Prime Minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah said in a tweet early Monday that al-Saadi Gadhafi had been released
Gov. Masari: Provide ranches before you ban open grazing
Governor Bello Masari of Katsina State has disagreed with the practice of open grazing, saying herdsmen ought to learn to graze their cattle in one place. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Governor Masari condemned the movement of herders from one part of the country to another
Tinubu, protector of Igbos, needed to guide Nigerians – Ohanaeze claims
The Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has described Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the protector of people of the Southeast, who is needed to guide Nigerians in the right path of democracy. Ohanaeze’s Deputy Secretary-General, Dimm Uche Okwukwu recalled that Tinubu was a fair
LASG releases resumption schedule for 2021/2022 academic session
The Lagos State Government has announced resumption guidelines for the 2021/2022 Academic Session for public and private schools across the State. Schools are expected to resume on Sept. 13, while for Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools students are to resume in batches from Sept. 19, 2021. This was contained in
CJN reads riot Act to heads of courts granting frivolous exparte orders to politicians
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad on Monday evening read riot Act to judges in the country, granting frivolous ex-parte orders in undeserved matters to politicians in Nigeria. He warmed the affected judges to desist from the act or have themselves to blame for any act