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100 Civil Society Groups Pledge to Boycott Protest Against Federal Government

NewsDeskNgJul 21, 2024July 21, 20240

*Laud Tinubu’s Ministers for Implementing Key Reforms One hundred civil society groups in Nigeria, under the United for Greater Nigeria Coalition (UGNC), have announced their decision to boycott the planned mass protests against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The coalition cited the administration’s progress in key sectors and the implementation of...

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...

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...

FG announces abolishment of surface dressing on Nigerian roads

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

Minister for Works David Umahi has announced the abolishment of surface dressing on Nigeria’s roads. Umahi stated that surface dressing was a serious source of failure of the country’s roads as it makes it easier for water permeating the asphalt as early as two months of job completion. He made...

Senate moves to provide legal framework for insurance businesses

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

The Senate has passed for second reading a bill that seeks to provide a comprehensive legal framework for the regulation and supervision of all manner of insurance businesses in Nigeria. The Nigeria Insurance Industry Reform Bill, 2024 sponsored by the chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions,...