The Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), said Nigeria records 42,700 AIDS-related deaths annually and 1.1 million AIDS orphans. The National Secretary of the NEPWHAN disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during a candlelight event held in Abuja to commemorate lives lost to AIDS and recognise efforts in combating the epidemic. The National Secretary of NEPWHAN, Nicholas Ugbenyen, stated that of the 42,700 deaths, 14,400 were children and 14,500 were women. He stressed the urgency of prioritising pediatric HIV prevention and treatment to end AIDS in Nigeria by 2030. He urged stakeholders to adopt innovative and sustainable approaches…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
As part of the commemoration of this year’s 16 days of Activism to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence, which started on 25, November, 2024, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has disclosed that it has engaged 16 traditional rulers to bridge the advocacy gaps in the fight against the menace state. Speaking at the flag off of the advocacy campaign at the Oniwaya of Iwaya Palace in Yaba Local Council Development Area of Lagos, the Executive Secretary, Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi said that the essence is to leverage the international days, through the traditional…
The Executive Secretary of Adamawa State Agency for the Control of AIDS, (ADSACA), Boniface Gundiri, has reported a decline in the prevalence of HIV in Adamawa State, with a drop to 1.1 percent from 2.5 percent in 2014. Gundiri made the revelation during an event to mark this year’s World AIDS Day, on Tuesday,3 December, 2024. “Today, we celebrate the drop in HIV prevalence in Adamawa State from 2.5 percent in 2014 to i.1 percent,” the ADSACA executive secretary said. “The reduction of HIV prevalence in the state is a testament to impactful intervention against HIV/AIDS by implementing partners with…
Gunmen on the evening of Monday, 2 December abducted a former member of the House of Representatives, Joseph Haruna Kigbu, while he was traveling to Jos, Plateau State capital. The attack occurred between Nunku in Akwanga Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, and Gwantu in Sanga Local Government Area, Kaduna State, around 6:00 p.m. During a gun battle, the assailants fatally shot the police escort assigned to Dr. Kigbu, who attempted to resist the abduction. According to a source, the bandits fired sporadically, causing panic among motorists in the area. Local villagers confirmed that the incident occurred at a location that…
Libyan authorities have arrested six Nigerians in Tripoli, the country’s capital for alleged drug trafficking after they were found with significant quantities of cocaine intended for distribution . The arrest was made by Libya’s Stability Support Agency’s Department of Investigation, which handed over the seized narcotics to Libyan authorities for further examination. Their arrest was disclosed by Migrant Rescue Watch, a humanitarian organization, in a statement. The suspects, consisting of one male and five females, have been referred to public prosecution for legal proceedings. “Stability Support Agency—Department of Investigation dismantled a drug trafficking gang in Tripoli and arrested 6 migrants…
Former Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria(AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, was absent in court on Monday,2 December, 2024 where he was to be arraigned on six-count charges, including stealing property worth N4.9 billion belonging to Arik Air and abuse of office. Kuru, alongside current MD of Arik Air, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, the receiver manager of Arik, Kamilu Omokide, the Union Bank plc, and a company, Super Bravo Limited, were to be arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The complainants in the matter are the…
The Osun State Government has condoled the family of Tijani Kabiru and the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, over the loss of its personnel, SC Tijani Kabiru. The state government also added that it is saddened by the unfortunate loss of Tijani, his wife and three children, in an inferno that occurred at his house in Ede, Osun State. Recall that the inferno which occurred in the early hours of Monday, 2 December, 2024 had claimed the lives of Tijani, his wife and three of his children who were sleeping in the house with one lone survivor, his thirteen-year-old son. The source…
Civil society organization has disclosed that at least 2,000 sexual and other Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases have been recorded in Nigeria in the last ten years. An official of a Civil society organisation, Ophelia Adeleye, made this disclosure in Calabar, Cross Rivers State capital as the 16-day activism on GBV continues. Adeleye, the communication officer of Stand Up Against Rape, spoke on the sidelines of a women’s event to advocate for greater inclusion of women in politics and a reduction in GBV. “There have been more than 2,000 GBV cases across the states in Nigeria in which we have intervened.…
Following the controversy trailing President Bola Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills before the two Chambers of the National Assembly, the 36 State Governors, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, his Deputy and other stakeholders in the tax industry may have thrown their weight behind the bills, saying the time for it is now. The support for the controversial came from the submission of the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule who spoke on behalf of 36 State Governors during a Town Hall conversation on the bills aired by Channels Television. At the three-hour town hall conversation on the…
The presentation of the Ogun State 2025 Appropriation Bill to the State House of Assembly by the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, earlier fixed for last week Friday, will now be held tomorrow, Wednesday, 4 December, 2024. The Clerk/Head of Legislative Service, Sakiru Adebakin made this disclosure in statement made available to media houses on Tuesday, 3 December, 2024. According to the statement, the budget presentation, which would be the second in the Governor’s second term, would be a twin celebration, as he would take advantage of his visit to commission the newly redesigned Assembly Complex. The redesigning process saw the…