The Senate has passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to redouble efforts towards extending the nation’s continental shelf. Citing Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Nigeria, had in May 2009, written ...
Read More »NADECO leader Opadokun backs protests for political justice in Nigeria
Leader of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Chief Ayo Opadokun, has called for street action to achieve political justice in the country. The political activist made the call while delivering a lecture on ‘Political Injustice’ at the 2019 National Civil Leadership ...
Read More »APC youths attack Reps Speaker for appointing APGA chieftain as aide
Young Progressive Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southeast has threatened to mobilise against the House of Representatives speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, for appointing an opposition member as his special assistant on political matters. Leader of the group, ...
Read More »USAID develops mobile app for detection of Tuberculosis
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector Plus (SHOPS Plus) TB Programme has developed a mobile application that will help health workers easily detect and report TB cases to the ...
Read More »Experts caution govt officials over FoI requests
Experts have advocated a paradigm shift in handling the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act to fully maximise its benefits of tackling corruption in the country. The experts from the academics, law, civil society groups and public officials spoke at a ...
Read More »Experts alert nation to rising cholera, Lassa fever, polio, malaria cases NCDC reports 744 suspected cholera episodes, 18 deaths in Adamawa, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Delta, Kano
As the rainy season peaks with imminent flooding in some states, experts have alerted to further rise in cases of cholera, Lassa fever (LF), Wild Polio Virus (WPV) and malaria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its national ...
Read More »Shell extends medical care to 20,000 patients in Imo
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has disclosed that it screened and treated about 20,000 persons from oil-bearing communities in Ohaji, Imo State of various ailments under its Community Care Programme. SPDC’s Clinical Governance Lead, Dr. Ufuoma Ovwigho, stated this ...
Read More »Nigeria risks being dumping ground over AfCFTA pact, NECA warns
The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has cautioned that Nigeria risks being a dumping ground with President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Director General of NECA, Timothy Olawale who spoke to journalists after ...
Read More »Group wants removal or resignation of service chiefs over insecurity
Angered by rampant killings in the country, Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has sought the removal or resignation of service chiefs for their failure to arrest banditry. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Henry ...
Read More »Ignore inciting, divisive leaders, APC spokesman urges Nigerians
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed concern over it described as ‘reckless and provocative statements’ of some leaders and interests in the country. Apparently referring to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, it’s National Publicity ...
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