Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday, lamented that out of the three major candidates who contested the 2023 presidential election, only the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has not called or sent a message to him to commiserate with the people
About 8.3 per cent of new leprosy cases in Nigeria are found in children below the age of 15, recent data from the National Committee on Neglected Tropical Diseases of the Nigerian Medical Association, indicate. Although Nigeria has reached the leprosy elimination target,
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned against importation of syringes from foreign countries, lamenting that the act will kill local pharmaceutical industries. This is contained in a statement signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, and made
Olanike, the wife of a car dealer, Ayodeji Soetan, has been hospitalised after their landlady, Juliet Akano, allegedly vandalised and broke into his apartment at Tijani Bello in the Ojodu area of Lagos State. we learnt that the incident happened at about 11
The Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, Dr Bello Maigari, has expressed the agency’s commitment to poverty reduction in the country. He stated this during a courtesy visit by the leadership of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors’ Forum for President Tinubu/Shettima, recently
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law has urged the court to sack the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, from office for allegedly violating the National Youth Service Corps Act. The organisation also asked the
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited remitted literally zero funds to the Federation Account in 2022 due to the payment of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, the Chief Financial Officer, NNPCL, Umar Ajiya, has said. NNPCL is a major revenue
Solar and Electrical Engineer, Francis Jeremiah has said that Nigeria needs to take the development of renewable energy more seriously. Engr. Francis, who spoke in Abuja Nigeria, said that moving to a cleaner source of energy will not only help Nigeria achieve their
The FCT-Internal Revenue Service has asked Abuja-based socialite, Aisha Achimugu, to provide details of her annual tax returns to the agency. In a now-deleted post on its official X (formerly Twitter) platform, the FCT-IRS had reached out to the socialite to avail the
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal by the All Progressives Congress and its Adamawa State governorship candidate, Aisha Dahiru aka Binani against the state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri. The state election petition tribunal and the Court of Appeal had dismissed