A group of retired civil servants and professionals from the southern part of the country have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to address all outstanding issues affecting national unity during his second tenure. Speaking with journalists after a meeting in Abuja ...
Read More »Prince William, others decry trade in exotic animals
Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, has urged government at all levels, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), banks and the transport sector to join forces in eradicating trade in exotic animal species and poaching products. The prince and others spoke against the trend ...
Read More »Social scientist berates framers of Nigeria’s constitution
A social scientist, Dr. Jimanze Ego-Alowes has picked holes in the 1999 constitution, saying those who copied the American statute book did it upside down and gifted the country a faulty, unworkable document. While interacting with booklovers at Committee for ...
Read More »Enugu monarchs explain mediation in Governor Ugwuanyi, Eze’s face-off
Traditional rulers in Enugu have said that they decided to intervene in the face-off between Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Sen. Ayogu Eze of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the interest of the future ...
Read More »TEKAN leader, Ayokunle disagree over CAN’s presidency
The race for the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for the next four years thickened on Saturday with the president of Tarayar Ekklisiyoyin Kristi A Nigeria (TEKAN), Dr. Caleb Ahima, declaring his intention to run. He will lock ...
Read More »Group tasks UNN on appointment of new Vice Chancellor, discredits some nominees
The coalition for Quality Education Sustainability and Leadership (QESL) has urged the five-man selection committee of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) governing council to save the institution from internal crisis by ensuring that the best candidate emerges as the ...
Read More »54 PHCs revived since 2015, says Cross River government
Cross River State government has said that about 54 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) were revived within four years to provide good healthcare for the people. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong, made this known in Calabar, the state capital ...
Read More »How insurgency denies children of immunisation in North East, by WHO
The destruction of health facilities and personnel by Boko Haram insurgents in North East has denied children of being immunised against cholera and other child-killer diseases. Forty-six per cent of health facilities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe are either fully ...
Read More »Use Paris Club refund to settle workers’ salary arrears, Ekiti NLC, TUC tell Fayemi
Anglican bishop, HURIWA urge suspension of payment Labour unions in Ekiti State have urged Governor Kayode Fayemi to use the Paris Club refund to pay workers’ salary arrears, gratuities and pensions. The union leaders said that the labour would beam ...
Read More »Northern governors move to reconcile Ganduje, Emir Sanusi in Kano
The outgoing chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kashim Shettima, in Kaduna hinted of moves by the body to reconcile his Kano counterpart, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. Responding to media reports that quoted him to ...
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