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The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has reinstated the Federal Government’s commitment to revive no fewer than 10,000 primary healthcare centres in the country to cater for health of Nigerians. Ehanire said this when some members of Association of Nigeria Health Journalists (ANHEJ), led by its President, Mr Hassan Zaggi visited the minister in his office on Friday in Abuja. He said the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari was trying to create a balance to provide health facilities for all Nigerians, even those in the rural areas, villages, and difficult to access areas. “That is the reason…
Nigerian singer and songwriter Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid and American singer, Beyoncé Knowles, has called on people to appear on ‘The Lion King ‘ the gift video Nigerian superstar and the American singer have commenced shooting the music video for fans favourite song ‘Brown Skin Girl.’ According to a British tabloid, the 38 years old American singer has called on black and brown people of different cultures, nationalities, ethnicities, genders and ages to come tell their stories. The video is presently being shot in a number of locations across London with some of it being shot in Catford and…
The city of Lagos is set to host the first edition of an annual Food Festival tagged: ‘Amala Festival 2019.’ The festival is aimed at bringing together local food vendors, food cafes, restaurant and fresh food outlets under one umbrella to showcase their art and culinary dexterity. Also, the festival hopes to create a cultural exhibition upholding local and national heritage in the area of food in order to attract tourist to Lagos state during the festival. The festival is put together by Image Consultant and Sports Management Services Limited (ICSMS). Amala festival is targeted at showcasing and celebrating our…
The Economic and Finance Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will extend its investigation to doctors that issue fake medical reports to those facing prosecution for alleged economic and financial crimes. Acting Chairman of the commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, disclosed this at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja on Friday. “We will extend our investigation to doctors who connive with criminals and give them fake medical report. We have to go after them and fight them. “Those facing corrupt allegations go as far of getting fake reports from abroad. So, the practice of giving fake medical report must stop,” Magu,…
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a 52-year-old teacher, Davies Noel,who allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. Chief Magistrate, Mr Abdullamid Lawal, who did not take the plea of Noel, ordered the police to duplicate the case file to the Ekiti Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. Lawal adjourned the case until Nov. 11, for mention. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Caleb Leramo, told the court that Noel committed the offence between 2018 and October 2019. Leramo alleged that the girl confided in an outsider at school, and narrated the incident to the…
UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says it has restored safe space for women in the North East through its programme tagged “Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Emergencies.’’ Its Media Associate, Kori Habib, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday while explaining the North East Nigeria Road Map 2018-2019. Habib said that the programme, through massive awareness, brought about caution on the part of security actors like the military and managers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps unlike what obtained in the past. She also said there was increased…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, on Saturday, pledged that the police would be professional and neutral in the conduct of the Nov. 16 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayalsa States. The IGP stated this in Lafia at an event held in his honour by the Lafia Progressive Forum. Adamu said that the police would draw from its experiences from the 2019 general elections to ensure free, fear and credible elections in the two states. According to him, the police force will give the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the necessary support to ensure that a level playing field…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has publicly opened bids from 14 companies for the financing and redevelopment of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 119. The Corporation disclosed this in a statement issued by its Acting spokesman, Mr Samson Makorji, in Abuja, on Friday. OML 119 is operated by the Upstream subsidiary of the corporation, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC). The Group managing Director, Mele Kyari speaking at the public opening of bids for the Funding and Technical Services Entity (FTSE) said OML 119 was one of the corporation’s critical projects. He said that it also aligns…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Friday, declared the readiness of his administration to build a greater Oyo State, noting that his Government would continue to do things properly even it will take a slightly longer time to get results. The Governor added that he would continue to run a Government that listens to feedbacks from the citizenry and respond with appropriate actions. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted Governor Makinde as stating these at the premises of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS), Ibadan, while commissioning the Satellite…
Delta government has approved the construction of a Film Village and Leisure Park in Ugbolu, Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, told journalists that the projects were among the approvals at the State Executive Council meeting held on Friday. He said that the council also approved the construction of an advanced mother and child diagnostic centre in Ika North East Local Government Area to address issues of morbidity and death associated with child birth in Delta. “We did not know that for a very long time our brothers…