These are certainly not the best of time for Ginika Tor who represents Enugu State in the Federal Character Commission. On Tuesday, 19 March, 2024, Tor’s indefinite suspension by the Anambra state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was ratified by the South East Zonal chapter of the party. Earlier before that, Mrs Tor has been suspended by the Enugu State chapter. Tor has been described as over ambitious and causing rift within the Enugu State chapter of the party. She was accused misconduct, anti-party activities and attempt to create a parallel state exco for the party. The Enugu…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan has requested the intervention of the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of Economy, Mr Wale Edun in offsetting its outstanding electricity bill to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC. The electricity company had disconnected UCH three times this year owing to the backlog of electricity bills it owes the company accumulating to the sum of N494m This has put the facility in incessant darkness, exposing patients, their relatives and medical staff alike to hardship and health hazards. In the letter to the Minister, the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo lamented that…
The Chief Medical Director, CMD Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo has disclosed that the Federal Government is making concerted efforts to address the challenge of mass exodus of health practitioners from the country known as Japa syndrome. Prof Adeyemo, at a press conference to mark his one year in office, decried the exodus of doctors from the country for ‘greener pastures’ , assured that the government is committed to ensuring that medical practitioners are well motivated to stay in the country. “Basically when we talk about the reason people leave the country, you will mention poor…
By Bayo Onanuga Background: Nigeria needs $35 billion yearly, up till 2040, to cover its infrastructure expenditure. President Muhammadu Buhari, realising that the government could not meet this huge cost, established the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF), with National Sovereign Wealth Authority, playing a vital role. The PIDF helped in the realisation of critical projects, such as the Second Niger Bridge and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. But the PIDF faced funding constraints, delays in project execution, leading to rising costs of materials, bureaucratic and institutional challenges. Enter the RHIDF These challenges are what President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Eleven days after he was kidnapped, the Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Tony Aziegbemi has regained freedom from his abductors. Recall that the PDP Chairman was abducted by armed men on Friday, 15 March, 2024 at 11 pm at the entrance to his house after a meeting with the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. The kidnappers had demanded for N500 million ransom to release their victim. Senator Odion Ugbesia confirmed the release of the state PDP chairman to newsmen, saying “Yes, I just spoke to him, it is true. To God be the glory.”…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald Newspaper, Tukur Mamu, has written to the Attorney General of the Federation, demanding a retraction for labeling and designating him as a terrorist financier Mamu gave a seven-day ultimatum to the Attorney General to retract the statement to prevent litigation. This was contained in a letter dated March 25, 2024, written on his behalf by his lawyer, J.J. Usman (SAN), addressed to the AGF, which acknowledged copy was made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024. Thegazellenews.com reports that the Federal Government unveiled the identity of 15 entities, including nine…
Renowned health expert and administrator, Dr Christopher Otabor, has been conferred with a fellowship award by the Institute of Corporate Administration, ICA. The award, which was formally conferred on him at the Institute’s 2024 Strategy and Kick-Off Conference, is in recognition of his outstanding dedication and commitment to health care services in the country. “This is in recognition and appreciation of your dedication and commitment beyond the call to duty, public spiritedness, upwardly mobile and visionary approach to administrative matters as an outstanding professional in the health sector. This offer qualifies you as a senior member of the Institute and…
The Rivers State Police Command has taken a giant step towards eradicating criminal activities in the state through the killing of Izuma David Odiereke, also known as Solution, a notorious cult leader operating in Owube Kingdom, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. Odiereke, who has long been on the wanted list of the Police, met his end in a gun battle with law enforcement officers in a forest within the Local Government Area at approximately 4 am on Monday, 25 March, 2024. Addressing the press at the Ahoada Area Command, where Odiereke’s body was brought, the state Commissioner…
The United Nations has assured Nigeria of support in its ongoing war against drug abuse and drug trafficking. The assurance was given by the Deputy Secretary General of the UN, Mrs. Amina Mohammed when she paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (Retd) at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)‘s headquarters in Abuja. She said the UN was ready to support NDLEA to succeed in its onerous task of curbing the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria. Mohammed, accompanied by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria,…