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Sokoto Health Sector Revived from ICU – Commissioner

04.08.2025

The Sokoto State Commissioner for Health, Dr Faruk Umar Abubakar, has stated that the state’s healthcare sector is witnessing an unprecedented revival under Governor Ahmad Aliyu. Dr. Abubakar noted that the Aliyu-led administration inherited the sector in dire straits, which is now being rapidly repositioned for service delivery and efficiency. The Commissioner, a veteran health...

NAFDAC Intercepts Substandard Drugs, Tomato Paste Worth N20.5bn At Onne Port

04.08.2025

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted 16 Containers of substandard and falsified pharmaceutical products estimated to have street value of N20.5Billion, imported through Onne Port in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The consignment which comprised 11 containers of various unregistered/ banned pharmaceutical products as well as 4 containers of...

UN Lauds Air Force On Civilian Harm Mitigation Efforts

04.08.2025

The United Nations (UN) has commended the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for developing and implementing the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response-Action Plan (CHMR-AP). The NAF was also lauded well for its growing role in advancing civilian protection efforts across the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN). The commendation came during the United Nations (UN) and Tunisian...

Kemi Badenoch Decries Hardship In Nigerian Alma Mater

04.08.2025

Nigerian-born British politician, Kemi Badenoch, on Monday, decried the hard times she faced in her Nigerian secondary school, admitting that it felt like incarceration. Badenoch, who previously made critical remarks about Nigeria despite spending part of her upbringing in Lagos State, South-west, Nigeria, once again expressed her disapproval towards her secondary school, describing what she received...

Oduntan’s Late Wife For Burial Wednesday, Thursday

04.08.2025

The National Co-ordinator of the Association of Nigerian Women Business Network (ANWBN), Yeye Otunba Gbemisola Opeyemi Oduntan (née Obayan), who passed away on Wednesday, July 30, 202,5, at the age of 65, will be laid to rest on Thursday, August 7, 2025. According to the funeral arrangements released by the family, the rites of passage...

Ogun Senator Felicitates Iya Sunnah Of Egbaland, Yemi Kolapo

04.08.2025

…says ‘you’re a thoroughbred professional, symbol of proud heritage’ The Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity, Senator Shuaib Afolabi Salisu, has felicitated the Iya Sunnah of Egbaland and Amirah General of Ogun State, Dr. Lateefat ‘Yemi Kolapo, on her birthday. Speaking in a press statement issued on Monday, the Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial...

NYO Asks NJC to Sanction Erring Judges

04.08.2025

The Nigeria Youth Organisation (NYO) has urged the National Judicial Council (NJC) to promptly sanction judges whose actions undermine democratic principles and erode public confidence in the judicial system. Speaking during a press briefing in Abuja, NYO President, Comrade Okorie C. Okorie, condemned the increasing politicisation of the judiciary, warning that unchecked misconduct within the...

Court Slams N105M Fine on IGP, Others For Unlawful Arrest of Event Promoter

04.08.2025

A Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has slammed a fine of N105 million on the police over the unlawful arrest and detention of an event promoter, Jude Henry Osagbai. The ruling by Justice H.I.O. Oshomah, emphasized the constitutional boundaries of police authority in civil matters and reinforced the judiciary’s commitment to upholding citizens’...

Reforming Electoral Process Lawyers: Legalizing BVAS, IReV ’ll Enhance Election Credibility

04.08.2025

writes that lawyers have thrown their weights behind the call by the NBA’s Electoral Reform Committee for an amendment of the Electoral Act 2022 to give legal backing to the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and electronic transmission of results via the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) to enhance election credibility The proposition...

Agabi to New Wigs: Don’t Allow Your Law Career Tear Your Life, Family Apart

04.08.2025

A former Attorney General of the Federation and one of Nigeria’s foremost legal luminaries, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), has called on the newly inducted legal practitioners not to allow the demands of legal practice to damage their personal and family lives. Agabi, who served twice as Nigeria’s Attorney General and is widely respected as a...