Executive Director of Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BOPHDA), Dr. Sule Meleh, has attributed diabetes, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to poor nutrition, which lacks capacity to boost immune system. He argued that availability and sustenance of vitamins and minerals the ...
Read More »Imo uncovers 8, 549 ghost pensioners, saves N428m monthly, Ihedioha dashed retirees’ hopes, says Okorocha
After capturing over 24,000 of the over 48,000 retirees in both the state and local government, the Imo State Government disclosed that it has uncovered 8,549 ghost retirees. It also uncovered a monthly savings of N428m, which would have ended ...
Read More »Mixed reactions trail commencement pension arrears payment in Imo
As the Imo State Government begins payment of pension arrears, some of the retirees who confirmed that they have been receiving alerts from their banks have complained of being short- changed in payment of 57 per cent, urging quick reconciliation ...
Read More »Again bandits attack Kaduna community, abduct headmaster, others
Benue police recover remains of slain officer’s wife from shallow grave Again, armed bandits attacked Birnin-Gwari Community in Kaduna State yesterday, kidnapping a primary school headmaster, AbdulHafiz Abdullahi and two others victims at Doka Filling Station. The bandits also shot ...
Read More »Campaign against drug abuse, Aregbesola urges CSOs
Minister of Interior, Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, has charged civil society and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to campaign against drug addiction and encourage youths to key into government’s development programmes. Aregbesola, who stated this when members of Centre for Peace and Environmental ...
Read More »Varsity teacher laments government’s failure to fund research in Nigeria
A professor of pharmacology at the University of Maiduguri, Prof. Isa Marte Hussaini, has decried the government’s failure to fund Research and Development (R&D) in the country. He lamented that Nigeria spends less than one per cent of its Gross ...
Read More »Igbo youths decry clamour for zoning of 2023 presidency
The Igbo Youth Assembly (IYA) Worldwide, has described calls for zoning of the 2023 presidency by some elder statesmen in the country as coming too early. In a statement issued by its President General, Ifeanyi Nwaudunna, the group urged Nigerians ...
Read More »How revenue official defrauded JAMB with fake e-facility cards, by witness
A prosecuting witness has told Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Abuja how a former Revenue Officer with the Kano State zonal office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Aliyu Yakubu, siphoned the board’s N20m. The ...
Read More »Ihedioha pledges to lift culture as Ahiajoku lecture holds November 30, Imo retirees seek payment of five months arrears
In his efforts to revive the state’s cultural heritage, Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has pledged that he will not relegate Igbo culture to the background. He noted that his administration will revive the rich cultural values of Igbo people ...
Read More »ACF laments abduction of children in Kano, urges Nigerians to expose criminals
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the abduction of about nine children in Kano State as worrisome, urging Nigerians to expose perpetrators of evil and criminality in the country. Its National Publicity Secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim Biu, in a statement ...
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