By Abimbola Ogunnaike Workers in Ondo State have called on Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who has been battling ill-health for a while, to ensure that he is fully fit before resuming to the office to attend to official duties, thegazellenews.com reports. The workers represented by the state Chairmen of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Oladele Victor Amoko, the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC), Olapade Ademola and the Trade Union Congress(TUC), Clement Fatuase, in a statement issued on Thursday, 6 July, 2023 emphasised that the full recovery of the Governor is of utmost priority. Recall that Akeredolu, who left for a 21 day medical leave…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Bola Tinubu has approved the plans for the 2023 national census to be sustained, just as he is expected to fix a new date for the national population and housing census. Recall that the initial date set for its conduct was postponed indefinitely in April this year. The Chairman of the National Population Commission(NPC), Nasir Kwarra, made this disclosure to State House Correspondents after his delegation gave the President a full brief at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, 6 June, 2023. Kwarra, who explained that the visit to the President afforded the Commission…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called for more partnership between the Government, private sector and non-governmental organisations in order to beat down youth unemployment in the country. The Governor said the State yearly committed billions to Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) to support startups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) operated by young entrepreneurs, but said the intervention was not enough to cater for the growing demand. Sanwo-Olu called for more investment funding opportunities for the youth when he received a delegation from Prince’s Trust International – a global youth charity – in a courtesy visit on Wednesday…
Pregnant Woman Dies As Nasarawa Doctors’ Strike Persists By Abimbola Ogunnaike Following a five-day warning strike embarked upon by the resident doctors of the Adamawa state government-owned Dalhatu Specialist Hospital in Lafia, a middle-aged woman lost her life on Wednesday, 5 July 2023 as no doctor was around to attend to her, Daily Trust reports. The pregnant woman, whose identity is unknown as at the time of filing this report when the reporter of the news medium visited Dalhatu Specialist Hospital, Lafia (DASH), around 3:30pm on Wednesday, 5 July, 2023, was said to have been booked for a caesarean section…
Tricyclists under the umbrella of the Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN) have disclosed that they drove all the way from Lagos, a distance of 757 kilometres, to arrive in Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power to show solidarity and honour for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. The Chairman of TOAN, Ajah branch, Babatunde Olisah, who stated this during an interview with Daily Trust, said the visit was to mark the president’s 38 days in office and also seek his support for Nigerian youths and tricycle riders in particular. “I and my two colleagues Akintade Temitope and Ahmed Bolaji bought these…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Serie A giants, Inter Milan have rejected Manchester United’s second bid for Andre Onana, saying the offer was ‘not at the level we expected’. Manchester United want to sign Onana this summer as replacement for David de Gea who is expected to leave Old Trafford as a free agent after his contract expired on June 30. They have put in a bid of £34.4m, with add-ons which could see the deal reach £38.5m, but the Serie A giants rejected it. The Red Devils returned with an offer of £39m. However, Inter want closer to £45m for their…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said that his administration will make available, about 250 semi-detached and fully detached duplex houses at the President Muhammad Buhari (PMB) Estate before the end of the year. Governor Abiodun, who made this known during an inspection of the first phase of the 60 mixed development scheme at Kobape, Abeokuta, on Thursday, 6 July, 2023, said that the project when completed would have a recreation park, shopping center, and security post among other facilities. “I am sure that between now and the end of this year, we will have nothing less than 200…
Fast pace of programmes at the 26th Lagos State University (LASU) convocation, held last month, could not permit Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to have personal conversation with Miss. Yusuf Aminat Imoitesemeh — the institution’s best student of all time. Two weeks later, the Governor hosted the valedictorian at the State House, Marina. Aminat came in the company of her parents, Mr. Ibrahim Yusuf and Hajia Halimah. In the Governor’s cozy living room on Thursday, 6;July, 2023, the 23-year-old graduate of Law, who finished with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 on a scale of 5.0, had a relaxed chat…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that a total of 798 confirmed diphtheria cases with 80 deaths have been recorded across eight states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) since the beginning of this year, thegazellenews.com reports. NCDC Director General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, confirmed this in a state issued on Thursday, 6 July, 2023, NCDC, saying that the cases were recorded across 33 Local Government Areas of the affected states. According to Adetifa, most of the cases were recorded in Kano, Lagos, Yobe, Katsina, Cross River, Kaduna, and Osun. “The majority (71.7%) of the…
There was a serious panic on Thursday, 6 July, 2023, when a middle aged man collapsed during Asr (late afternoon) prayer, reports thegazellenews.com. The man collapsed during the last rakkah as he could not rise up from the Rukuu (bend down) position. Those at the prayers rallied round him and tried albeit in vain to revive him for some minutes before he was rushed to a nearby hospital. Thegazellenews.com however learnt later that the man was revived at the hospital and doctors advised he be given food to eat This medium’s investigation revealed that, the man, an alleged ulcer patient, was…