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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s dismissal of kidnappings in the country has confirmed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is insensitive to the sufferings of Nigerians. A statement issued by its National Publicity ...
Read More »Court nullifies criminal charges against House of Reps Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Bwari has nullified criminal charge proceedings of the Grade 1 Area Court, Karishi, Abuja, the African Peoples Party (APP) brought against Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. In an application for ...
Read More »Presidency hails endorsement of 2019 elections by presidential candidates
The presidency has commended purported endorsement of the 2019 presidential elections as free, fair and credible by 60 presidential candidates and chairmen of their political parties. The presidential candidates, therefore, urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others challenging the ...
Read More »APC group cautions against resistance to Kyari, Funtua, Daura’s roles
Hundreds of supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) staged a peaceful rally faulting the notions in certain quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari is not in total control of power. The group, which marched through the Unity Fountain near the ...
Read More »Nigeria braces up for more women seafarers as stakeholders seek new policies to drive participation in maritime
The Federal Government has assured of producing more female seafarers with a view to exploring their potential in shipping for national development. It stressed the need for collaboration between the private and public sectors to review existing policies that would ...
Read More »Untreated mental health issues fuel drug abuse, say experts as Sanwo-Olu tasks parents on social sanity
Medical experts have raised the alarm over increasing cases of drug misuse and addiction in the country, blaming it on mental health issues that were left undiagnosed and untreated. Speaking at the symposium on practical solutions to combat substance abuse ...
Read More »Communities in Rivers State protest against Wike’s involvement in row with Shell
Three communities in Akuku-Toru Council of Rivers State staged a protest in Port Harcourt yesterday against alleged involvement of Governor Nyesom Wike in their confrontations with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in the OML 25 oilfield. Belema, Ngeje and Offoin-Ama ...
Read More »47 million Nigerians still defecate openly, says UNICEF as FG plans to stop menace by 2025, Gombe partners UN on citizens’ welfare
About 47 million Nigerians or 24.4 per cent of Nigeria’s population still defecate openly, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. Nigeria, it added, ranked second on the world behind India among those still practising open defecation. Making the declaration ...
Read More »Death toll of Lassa fever reaches 132 in five months
The latest Lassa fever outbreak report indicates that since the onset of the 2019 episode, there have been 132 deaths, with case fatality ratio (CFR) of 22.3 per cent in confirmed cases. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its ...
Read More »Osun retirees protest against non- payment of entitlements
Retirees in Osun State protested in Osogbo against non-payment of their 13 months pension arrears and other outstanding entitlement owed by the state government. Armed with placards with various inscriptions as, EFCC Should Probe Rauf Aregbesola; Retirees Are Dying; Pension, Gratuity ...
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