Obi salutes Starmer, UK LP for election victory
Peter Obi | File Image By Valentine Amanze The Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate in the 2023 general election in Nigeria, Peter Obi, has congratulated the United Kingdom’s (UK) Labour Party and its leader, Keir Starmer, for their historic victory in Thursday’s election in that country. Obi, who sent the message via his X handle, […]
I’II rebuild Britain – UK’s new PM Starmer
Britain’s incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer and leader of the Labour Party, addresses the nation after his general election victory, outside 10 Downing Street in London on July 5, 2024, a day after Britain held a general election | Photo: Henry Nicholls / AFP Rishi Sunak conceds defeat ‘The work of change begins immediately, but […]
CAPPA inaugurates Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard
By Valentine Amanze The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has inaugurated the Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard (HFPYV) programme with a youth-focused public health and food justice advocacy. The two-day event, held on July 2 and 3, at Dover Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos, featured the training and induction of no fewer than 28 […]
ATCA alerts Nigeria over BAT’s push to export Pakistani ‘Kiddie Packs’ cigarettes to Africa
ATCA logo | File Image ‘In Sudan and other countries in Africa, people need food, medicine and other lifesaving supports. What they do not need is kiddie packs of cigarettes that put them at increased risk of tobacco addiction, diseases and death’ By Valentine Amanze The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) has alerted Nigeria to […]
Ikpeazu: My investment in health sector increased life expectancy in Abia
Dr Okezie Ikpeazu | Image: @IkpeazuOkezie ‘My administration built 750 affordable healthcare centres across remote areas of the state and ensured sufficient funding for the healthcare centres’ By Valentine Amanze Abia State immediate past Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has boasted that his administration increased the life expectancy in the state by addressing the maternal mortality […]
