Author: Joy Gyakyor
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday inaugurated the National Council on Nutrition to help the federal government further efforts in improving the wellbeing of Nigerians. The Council is chaired by the Vice President with membership including the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), ministers of Health, Water Resources, Budget and National Planning, the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, development partners, the organized private sector, Civil Society Organisations, the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, among others. The council had in 2021 approved a five-year nutrition action plan to guide the implementation of interventions and programmes against hunger and malnutrition across all sectors…
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday told all presidential aides to do everything possible to protect the image and reputation of President Bola Tinubu as the government strives to improve the wellbeing of Nigerians. The Vice President stated this at the opening ceremony of the retreat and sensitization programme for political aides on administrative procedure and governance in the public sector. The retreat and sensitisation programme was organised by the State House in conjunction with Direct Knowledge Consult Ltd at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre. Speaking at the event, Vice President Shettima said “Our mission too is clear: to uplift…
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPT) Monday announced that it will deliver judgement in the case between the candidates of the two major opposition political parties against the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in March declared Tinubu winner of the election after he polled 8,794,726 votes defeating Atiku Abubakar of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 6,984,520 votes. The candidate of the Labour Party’s Peter Obi came third scoring 6,101,533 votes. Tinubu’s rivals Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party challenged the victory at the…
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to attend the G20 summit in New Delhi, India as his government begins to promote foreign investment and mobilize global capital to develop infrastructure, the presidency said on Friday. Special Adviser on media and publicity to the President Ajuri Ngelale said while in India, the government will provide a bit by bit daily update on the various presentation made by Tinubu during the summit. The President has embarked on reforms including the removal of subsidy on petrol and floating of the Naira, economic moves which experts say has brought additional hardship to Nigerians who are…
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday approved distribution of over five million pairs of eyeglasses to Nigerians with sight impairments under a partnership between the Federal Ministry of Health’s National Eye Health Programme and the Peek Vision Foundation. Special Adviser on media and publicity to the President Ajuri Ngelale in a statement said Tinubu recounted how close to home his first intervention in eye health was as he made a pledge on behalf of the Federal Government during a courtesy visit by the Founder and CEO of Peek Vision Foundation and Co-Founder of the Vision Catalyst Fund, Prof. Andrew Bastawrous. The…
The Association of Igede Media Professionals (AIMP) has urged lawmakers to always see journalists as partners and desist from attempts to intimidate them at the slightest opportunity. In particular, AIMP urged the member representing Oju/Obi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. David Ogewu, to make deliberate efforts to improve his relationship with journalists within and outside his constituency in order to avoid unnecessary friction and foster the much needed peace and unity in Igedeland. In a statement by its President, Egena Ode, the group noted the invitation and interrogation of its member, Mr. James Ibechi, by the Department of…
More than ten persons are feared dead as a heavy loaded truck on Thursday failed its break crushing about five vehicles with occupants. An eye witness told NewsQuest that the trailer lorded with items suspected to be bags of flour driving on the Nyanya-Keffi road before the pedestrian bridge suddenly had its trunk collapsed, over-running vehicles and killing several passengers. “I have seen why people should respect their mothers today. A woman inside one of the crushed vehicles died holding her two babies, she did not release any of them as officials of the Road Safety Corps butchered the car to…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday announced that the umbilical cord joining the people of the Republic of Niger and Nigeria will not be broken despite the unnecessary autocratic actions of the military in the West Africa country and parts of the continent. The President said the failure of leaders in the sub-region to frontally tackle the undemocratic action in Niger will only give room for copy carts as being experienced in Gabon where the military seized power in the early hours of Wednesday. A statement by the President’s special adviser on media and publicity Ajuri Ngelale said Tinubu stated this…
The son of Gabon’s ousted President has been arrested and charged for ‘treason’ by the military coup leaders who stroke early hours of Wednesday with Ali Bongo and some of his family members currently in house arrest. The coup leaders seized power in Gabon saying they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election which the opposition had denounced as “fraudulent”. “President Ali Bongo is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors,” they said in a statement read out on state TV.
Military officers on Wednesday announced they have seized power in Gabon dissolving all institutions and closing all of the country’s borders. According to the BBC, the officers said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election which the opposition had denounced as “fraudulent” in the Central African nation. There was gunfire in the capital city of Libreville. There has been tension since Saturday’s presidential election where Ali Bongo aimed to continue a 55-year rule of the country by family. Gabon’s electoral body had announced Bongo as winner of a third term. Speaking on a TV Wednesday, a group of high-ranking…