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…
Alhaji Aliko Dangote has retained his position as the richest man in Africa, with a net worth of $12.1 billion, according to the 2022 edition of the Forbes’ Top 10 Africa’s Billionaires List. This is contained in a post on their verified Twitter account @Forbes. According to the report, for 11th year in a row, Aliko…
The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has called for justice for Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil, murdered by the proprietor of Noble Primary School, Kano. The National President of NCWS, Mrs Laraba Shoda, made the called in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Shoda described the incident as tragic and demanded that the accused…
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) is set to host a roundtable to brainstorm and analyse the progress and challenges of the domestic export warehouse in the country. The roundtable organised by the National Chamber Policy Centre (NCPC) of ACCI will focus on the challenges as well as solution to further boost implementation…
— Eze…. Says projects mark Buhari out as best Nigerian President ever, as far as Southeast/South-South are concerned…Pleads with Fashola over the deplorable state of Ikot Ekpene – Umuahia Road Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has…
