Doctors begin three-day strike in Abuja
Minister of FCT, Nyesome Wike | File Image Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD FCTA) has commenced a three-day warning strike over unpaid salaries, allowances, and other demands. The strike has grounded activities in government hospitals in Abuja. The President of ARD FCTA, Dr George Ebong, disclosed this in in Abuja on […]
Ekweremadu’s wife regains freedom from UK prison
Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of Nigeria’s former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, leaves the Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court, in London on January 31, 2023 | Photo: Adrian DENNIS / AFP) Mrs. Ekweremadu, Beatrice, the wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been released from the United Kingdom’s (UK) prison. Senator Ekweremadu, […]
Budget: Why we’re against FG’s N8b allocation for enlightenment on payment of electricity bills, by NLC
NLC President Joe Ajaero | File Image Ajaero: Power is a sector where the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) despite the enormous power invested in it by the Electricity Act of 2023 has continuously demonstrated incapacity to regulate or outrightly refused to discharge its responsibilities to electricity consumers in Nigeria while the Minister in charge […]
Community policing, a panacea for insecurity in Nigeria – Nwifuru
Governor Nwifuru, Yusuf and other officials during the visit. By Nweze Anaga, Abakaliki Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has called for the introduction of Community Policing as a panacea for insecurity facing the country. The governor made the plea in Government House Abakaliki, when the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of […]
CAN commiserates with Niger governor over loss of lives in tanker explosion
Niger State CAN Chairman, Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna | File Image CAN: We specifically sympathise with the Governor, Suleja Emirate Council and the families of the victims of the tanker explosion By Mohammed Usman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter, has commiserated with the state Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, and Nigerlites over the […]
CAPPA advocates N300m Tobacco Control budget, appeals to NASS
Akinbode Oluwafemi, CAPPA’s executive director | File Image Oluwafemi: By establishing the TCF, the federal government recognised the enormous public health risks posed by tobacco and the role of adequate financial resources to combat them By Valentine Amanze The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), one of the continent’s biggest human rights and environment […]
