By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted the plea by two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Zamfara; Sani Kaura Ahmed and Abubakar Muhammed, to amend the application filed to challenge Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the prayer after Counsel…
By Shedrack Frank The winner of Season Six, of the recently concluded ‘Nigerian Idol’, Kingdom Kroseide, has gained educational scholarship from the Bayelsa Government. Gov. Douye Diri made the disclosure on Friday, when he received Kingdom and his team at the Government House, Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that before his emergence…
By Adeyemi Adeleye The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Alliance, Nigeria, says it has been awarded 15,000 dollars (about N7.5 million) grant through the first Civil Society Solidarity Fund on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and COVID-19. The Communication Advisor, Mr Abiola Awe, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos said the grant was from the 2021 Solidarity Fund…
The Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Amb. Sarafa Isola, met with eminent Yoruba leaders and Ohaneze Ndigbo in London on Friday to dialogue on current security issues in Nigeria. The minutes of the meetings, which took place at the Nigerian High Commission office, was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…
By Nicholas Obisike Enugu State Government, has confirmed the outbreak of cholera at the new Artisan Market in Enugu metropolis. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Emmanuel Obi, who coomfirmed this in a statement in Enugu on Saturday, said that the outbreak had so far claimed seven lives. Obi further said that 19…
By Cecilia Ologunagba The President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Mr Munir Akram, has said that developing countries require need 4.3 trillion dollars to realise the 17 objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Akram spoke on Friday at the UN headquarters in New York at a high level meeting…
By Monday Ajogun Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Friday, in Benin, launched the “Clean Nigeria – Use the Toilet” campaign in Edo, in a bid to end open defecation across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas by 2025. Obaseki, who was represented by the Edo Head of Service, Mr Anthony Okungbowa, said that the…
By Ikenna Osuoha Southeast zone of the PDP on Saturday in Abuja expressed optimism that its candidate would emerge victorious at the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra. This is in spite of the fact that INEC did not include the name of a candidate for the PDP in the list of candidates it…
By Kemi Akintokun Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), has said that the recent increase in COVID-19 cases could be a signal of a third wave of the pandemic. He made this known on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos The Lagos State Government…
