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The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance has urged the Federal Government to immediately operationalize the tobacco control fund to protect Public Health from the destructive effects of Tobacco in Nigeria. The group made the comment in Abuja, during a press briefing, where the Chairman of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance, AKINBODE OLUWAFEMI and some programme officers, CHIBINKEM NWOKORIE and SOLOMON ADOGA, said Nigeria has lost huge...

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. HAMEED IBRAHIM ALI has said that over 38 million liters of PMS released for consumption into the market is taken out of the country daily.ALI, who spoke at an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, questioned the NNPC for releasing ...

Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE has condemned the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator IYORCHIA AYU for describing him and members of his team as children.Wike, who took exemption to Ayu’s remarks that Governors demanding his resignation were children when they formed the PDP, said the party helmsman has displayed the highest level of ingratitude and disloyalty to the nation.WIKE also reminded AYU that those he referred t...

The phase 2 of the ban on commercial motorcycles also known as okada in Lagos state kicks-off today in 4 more local government areas. The ban is expected to be enforced in 2 local council development areas (LCDAs) within Kosofe local government (Ikosi, Isheri and Agboyi-Ketu); 2 LCDAs in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government area (Isolo and Ejigbo);1 in Shomolu local government area (Bariga) and 1 in Mushin local government area (Odi-Olowo)...

Ondo State Governor, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU, has accused the Federal Government for deliberately refusing to strengthen the security of the 36 states of the Federation.Governor AKEREDOLU said this in a statement, in reaction to the recent award of contracts by the Federal Government to some private security outfits to protect oil pipelines from being vandalized.The Ondo state governor alleged that the Federal Government has abandoning states concerning the securi...

The Ogun State Government has restated its commitment to make the Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) in the State more functional.The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. TOMI COKER during a media chat in Abeokuta,  said that almost 100 Centers had been renovated, which provide good atmosphere and motivation for the personnel, to enable them deliver effective health care services.DR. COKER stressed the commitment of the state governm...

Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO, has said that Nigeria needs to act fast on critical issues like the economy and the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.This was contained in a statement by the media aide to the Vice President, LAOLU AKANDE during the welcoming of the All Progressives Congress governors today in his office. While receiving the governors, Prof. OSINBAJO expressed his appreciation for the visit and the good wis...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 19, 20 and 21st as the trial dates for the Deputy Commissioner of Police, ABBA KYARI and four others in the alleged drug case leveled by the NDLEA. Justice EMEKA NWITE fixed the trial dates in his ruling today in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Justice EMEKA also declined to grant bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police,...

Executive Director of a civil Society group, YIAGA Africa, SAMSON ITODO, has raised an alarm that there is an attempt by the political class to capture the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, noting that this will undermine the integrity of the upcoming election. SAMSON ITODO made the statement on a monitored television program while faulting President MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S nomination of Residential Electoral Commiss...

The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said six out of 10 doctors in the country plan to leave the country for greener pastures. This is just as it disclosed that there are only 12,297 resident doctors in both the Federal and state tertiary health institutions in the country. The NARD President Dr DARE ISHAYA, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen, added ...