By Abimbola Ogunnaike Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu’s administration will fix this country and the failure to do so is not an option Shettima admitted that Tinubu’s government is facing the difficult and challenging task of fixing the myriads of problems confronting Nigeria. The vice president, who said the current administration has no plans of deceiving Nigerians or making life more difficult for citizens, assured that the current economic challenges confronting the country would soon be over. Shettima stated on Sunday, 3 March, 2024 in Lagos during the 29th pre-Ramadan lecture organised by the University of Lagos…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report The World Health Organisation has cried out to the world over horrifying scenes of children dying of starvation, shortages of food, fuel and medicines in two Gaza hospitals. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, that the findings were “grim”, adding that “the situation at Al Awda was particularly appalling, as one of the buildings is destroyed”. According to Ghebreyesus, the Kamal Adwan hospital, the only pediatrics hospital in northern Gaza, was overwhelmed with patients. The lack of food resulted in the deaths of 10 children. Meanwhile, Geneva-based organisation, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor…
The Nigerian government has given assurances to Nigerians living in Ghana of renewed engagement, dedication and commitment to addressing a plethora of challenges confronting them. The assurances were given by the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa at a Townhall Meeting with Nigerians in Ghana on the sidelines of the African Diaspora Forum (DAF) Award 2024 in Accra, Ghana. The NIDCOM boss while clarifying one of the many questions bordering on the recent relocation of the Commission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; explained that the Commission is already part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and…
The operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and private security outfit, Tantita Security Services Limited have destroyed a major camp of crude oil thieves in the coastal areas of Ondo State. The security outfit and operatives of the NSCDC engaged the operators of the illegal crude oil camp in a gun duel before destroying the camp on Sunday. The Executive Director, Operations and Technical Services of TSSNL, Captain Warredi Enisuoh, said in a statement on Monday that the incident which involved the Trans Extravis Pipeline occurred at Awoye seashore in Ilaje local government of Ondo State. According…
In order to bring effective treatment of cancer to Nigeria, an India Specialist Hospital, Apollo Hospitals has offered to train doctors in the country on treatment of the life threatening disease. The hospital also disclosed its readiness to establish local medical infrastructure in Nigeria and bring in state-of-art medical equipment. Dr. Karthik Anantharaman, Vice President-International, Apollo Hospitals, who spoke to journalists in Abuja said his hospital want to partner with local hospitals in Nigeria to help the country reduce medical tourism. India remains one of the major countries where Nigerians seek medical treatment for cancer among other serious ailments. According…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Butchers Association(NBA), Oyo State chapter, has offered reasons why it announced an increase in the price of meat, effective on Monday, 4 March, 2024. The association attributed to the high cost of transportation and other associated running costs. Chairman of the association in the state, Mr Wahab Olayiwola, made made this discloure during a prayer session at the Agodi Gate prayer ground, Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Olayiwola, who said the butchers were not immune to inflation and the rise in prices of goods since it was difficult remaining in business, urged residents of the state…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun said that the presence of limestone in large quantities in Ewekoro Local Government is responsible for the state contributing 36 percent out of the 38 percent revenue generation in the non-oil sector to the coffers of the federal government. The Governor made this known at the palace of the Olu of Itoriland, Oba Abdul-Fatai Akorede Akamo in the Ewekoro Local Government area of the state, during the 20th coronation anniversary of the monarch. Prince Abiodun praised Itoriland for its contribution to making the state the first in revenue generation from the non-oil revenue sector…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists has conferred its Internal Security Meritorious Award on the Chairman of Tantita Security Services, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo. The National President of the NUJ, Chief Chris Isiguzo, said that the award was in recognition of the sterling contribution of Tompolo and his firm, TSSL, to the critical campaign against crude oil theft in the country. Recently, Tantita Security Services Limited working alongside the Navy, the Police, the NSCDC, and others has, intensified the campaign against the theft of the nation’s oil resources arresting and ensuring the forfeiture of vessels used in the committing…
By Bello Fadile As I sit down to pen these words, my mind drifts back to a momentous day etched in the annals of my personal history – March 4, 1999. It was on this day, 25 years ago, that I emerged from the shadows of incarceration into the warm embrace of freedom. The memory of that day remains vivid in my mind, a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the unwavering power of faith. In a recent conversation with journalists, I had the opportunity to recount the events surrounding my unexpected liberation from the confines of…
No fewer than 29,878 people have been killed in the ongoing Israeli -Palestinian war, the Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh has decried. The envoy who expressed concern over possible famine and outbreak of epidemics in Gaza, told Diplomatic Correspondents over the weekend in Abuja, that 70,215 people have been injured and around 8,000 people still missing under the rubble since the 7 October 2023 siege on Gaza by the Israeli military began. He said: “As of yesterday, the death toll in the Gaza Strip was 29,878 martyrs, with 70,215 injuries and around 8,000 people still missing under…