By Abujah Racheal The recent withdrawal of USAID’s funding for family planning in Nigeria has sparked concerns among stakeholders, who warned that the country’s reproductive health system is at a crossroads. The stakeholders raised this concern at the 13th Annual International Conference of the Population Institute of Nigeria in AbujaContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang A cross section of stakeholders, on Monday, at a Public Hearing on the four Tax Reform Bills expressed their support for the bills. The public hearing was organised by the Senate Committee on Finance chaired by Sen. Sani Musa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports thatContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has secured more than 600 convictions and rescued over 20,000 victims of human trafficking since inception in 2003. Mr Ganiu Aganran, Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Benin Zonal Office, disclosed this on Monday in BeninContinue Reading
By Ikenna Osuoha Some stakeholders have called for insertion of rotational presidency among the six geo-political zones in the constitution to further enhance political stability and address ethnic agitations. The stakeholders made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. One ofContinue Reading
By Mustapha Yauri The Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria has commended resident doctors, nurses, medical students and other staff for the display of clinical consciousness and sacrifice to save lives of accident victims. Ms Aisha Abdulkadir, ABUTH’s Public Relations Officer, made the commendation in Zaria. She said theContinue Reading
By Ehigimetor Igbaugba The A A Universal Agro Company says Nigeria can earn N900 billion ($600m) annually from the Ikom Cocoa Export Processing Plant in Cross River when it becomes fully operational. The Managing Director of the agro company, Mr Chris Agara, made the disclosure in an interview with theContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nasir The Attahiru Bafarawa Foundation, through its Giving Back Initiative, has awarded scholarships worth N123.7 million to 108 Nursing Science students in Sokoto State. Presenting the awards at separate ceremonies in Sokoto, Malam Lawal Maidoki, Chairman of the initiative, said the gesture aims to support the state’s healthContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nur Tijani The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has extolled the ongoing economic reforms being implemented by President Bola Tinubu, saying that they were already yielding positive results. Ganduje made this statement during an empowerment programme organised by the Deputy Senate President, BarauContinue Reading
By Kingsley Okoye A don, Dr Lawrence Odeh, has called for enactment of a stiffer law to check frequent defections, particularly by serving legislators in the nation’s state and national parliaments. Odeh, of Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Benson Idahosa University, Benin, said the stringent measures, if putContinue Reading
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe President Bola Tinubu on Saturday launched the completed and ongoing 24km section, alongside the upcoming 48km section of the Lagos-Ibadan dual carriageway. This includes Section One and the Lagos-Sagamu route in Lagos and Ogun, Phase Two. Tinubu highlighted the importance of road infrastructure for socio-economic development. HeContinue Reading
