Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has told one of the People’s Democractic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in the State, Engr Segun Oni, also a former governor, to leave him out of the contest and concentrate on Otunba Bisi Kolawole, his fellow aspirant. Fayose, who was reacting to Oni’s statement that delegates who will…
Russian businessman Evgueni Prigojine, reputed to be close to Vladimir Putin and suspected of being linked to the paramilitary group Wagner, hailed the putsch in Burkina Faso on Tuesday as the sign of a “new era of decolonization” in Africa. “All these so-called coups are because the West is trying to rule states and suppress…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has appealed to the Saudi Arabian government to reconsider its suspension of direct Nigeria’s flight into the country. Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NAHCON, made the appeal when he visited the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria in Abuja. Hassan explained that the…
Action Against Hunger (AAH) Nigeria, an NGO, on Tuesday raised its concern over prevailing chronic and acute malnutrition in children in the North western zone of the country. Mr Rangaiya Kanaganathan, Head of Department, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), of the organisation, expressed the worry in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has integrated childhood vaccination at COVID-19 vaccination sites for children from 0-23 months. This is to ensure that preventable childhood diseases are not neglected in the face of the response against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the National COVID-19…
Experts in the health sector have said that the newly introduced sugar tax was a welcome development in Nigeria. They made known at a webinar organised by the Nigeria Health Watch in Lagos on Tuesday entitled: ”Does Nigeria Need Sugar Tax?”. In his contribution, Dr Fola Adeola, Chairman, FATE Foundation, said that little savings in…
The founder of TEXEM UK, Dr Alim Abubakre, a British Nigerian, has said that improving business performance during a pandemic like COVID-19 is a very challenging task. Abubakre, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja said this was because there were disruptions which a business leader needed to avoid during such…
The National Information Technology Development Agency has begun a comprehensive capacity building training on digitization for Court of Appeal justices. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, represented by the Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, described the training as timely, saying the judiciary has a critical role to play in the…
By July this year, Osun electorates will go to the poll to choose who will administer the state for the four years. But the closer the election, the more pronounced a dangerous attempt to subvert the will of Osun people and reenact the ugly experience of the previous election. If the attempt succeeds, the ballots…
Mr Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, has described the death of Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya, a former Secretary to the State Government, as a major loss to the state. Obasa said this in a statement issued in Ikeja on Tuesday. Adeniran-Ogunsanya, who served the state during the first term of former Gov. Babatunde…
