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For Dangote, it is no longer business as usual

NewsDeskNgJul 20, 2024July 20, 20240

By Ilyasu Awada In March, the US Justice Department, in a suit joined by 16 state district attorneys general, announced a historic anti-trust lawsuit against Apple, alleging the tech company “relies on exclusionary anti-competitive conduct” to unlawfully maintain its smartphone market dominance. The move has not spooked the markets because...

Anambra govt shuts 30 health facilities

NewsDeskNgJul 19, 2024July 19, 20240

The Anambra State Government on Friday said it had closed down over 30 illegal health facilities run by quacks, to safeguard the health of residents in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, disclosed this at the 2024 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian...

Those who didn’t protest under Buhari shouldn’t protest under Tinubu – Ray Murphy

NewsDeskNgJul 19, 2024July 19, 20240

An educationist and Public Affairs commentator, High Chief Ray Murphy has called on Nigerians to shun the call for a nationwide protest against the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing it as a regional, ethnicity and religious agenda for a regime change. Murphy, a Cross River entrepreneur said there...

Tinubu to attend AU meeting in Ghana

NewsDeskNgJul 19, 2024July 19, 20240

All appears set for President Bola Tinubu to depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana, to participate in the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU). The meeting will also deliberate on the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. Tinubu in his...

LG electoral commission will ensure transparent, fair elections at grassroots – APC chieftain, Mumuni backs Senate

NewsDeskNgJul 19, 2024July 19, 20240

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has declared that establishment of local government electoral commission will go a long way to ensure transparent and fair elections at the local government level. Mumuni made this declaration via a statement signed on his behalf by his Media...

MSF decries 40 per cent increase malnutrition admissions in Nigeria, 17,223 malnourished children in Bauchi

NewsDeskNgJul 19, 2024July 19, 20240

A humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has raised the alarm over a significant rise in malnutrition cases in Nigeria, declaring a 40 per cent average increase in admissions. It highlighted a critical situation with 17,223 malnourished children in Bauchi alone, in the first quarter of 2024. This is as...

Katsina Communities Protest Cancellation Of N147.6bn Road Contract

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

Some residents of communities along Katsina-Kankara-Dutsinma-Maraba Kankara road in Katsina State have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct a reversal of the cancellation of a N147.6 billion contract for the full rehabilitation of the road. They accused the Minister of works, David Umahi, of maliciously cancelling the contract...

NPA’s Dantsoho: The man meets the moment

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

By Victoria Ayuwei His hobbies – reading, traveling and jogging – hardly give much away about the persona of the unassuming Taraba State-born, astute, seasoned marine technologist, now given presidential authorisation to lead the nation’s premier maritime agency, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. Meet Abubakar Dantsoho, PhD, highly analytical, data-driven,...

Gov Abiodun names Ogun road after Wole Soyinka

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has named the 12.5 kilometres Kemta-Idi Aba-Somorin Road in Abeokuta after the Noble Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Abiodun, who spoke at a reception organised by the state government to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Noble Laureate, at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, said...

Senate rejects bill seeking to establish National Road Transport Council

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

The Senate on Thursday rejected a bill for an Act to establish National Road Transport Council, which was sponsored by the Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Oyelola Ashiru (APC Kwara South). The proposed piece of legislation, titled National Road Transportation Council (Establishment) Bill, 2024, was intended to be saddled with the...

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For Dangote, it is no longer business as usual

Anambra govt shuts 30 health facilities

Those who didn’t protest under Buhari shouldn’t protest under Tinubu – Ray Murphy

Tinubu to attend AU meeting in Ghana

LG electoral commission will ensure transparent, fair elections at grassroots – APC chieftain, Mumuni backs Senate

MSF decries 40 per cent increase malnutrition admissions in Nigeria, 17,223 malnourished children in Bauchi

Katsina Communities Protest Cancellation Of N147.6bn Road Contract

NPA’s Dantsoho: The man meets the moment

Gov Abiodun names Ogun road after Wole Soyinka

Senate rejects bill seeking to establish National Road Transport Council