The Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate vying to occupy the Nasarawo Njereng Constituency seat in the Adamawa House of Assembly, Mrs Halitta Gibson says if elected she will ensure free medical care to all pregnant mothers in the area. Gibson made the pledge on Wednesday during an interview with newsmen in Mayo-Belwa local government area. She said the initiative would be part of her constituency outreach. “I will make judicious utilisation of my constituency allowance to bring socio-economic development to my people,” she said. Gibson said that as a woman and a retired health worker she knew the sufferings pregnant women were going through, especially during…
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“A state governor would receive allocation on behalf of council areas in his state only to remit half of such allocation to the council chairmen” President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that governors steal from federal allocations to local government councils. The president made the revelation extempore after he delivered his speech at the presidential parley for members of the Senior Executive Course 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) at the State House on Thursday. Buhari, who underscored the fact that personal integrity is fundamental in the operations of government, recalled an instance of how…
“I have a lot of fears about the outcome of the election. But you will see people like me are what I’ll call an incurable optimist about the future of our country” Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, says he has fears over the possible outcome of the 2023 general elections. He stated this while speaking at a colloquium organised by the Electoral Hub in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Jega, though the current developments in the political space were threatening, Nigeria will pull through the current challenges. “I have a lot of fears…
By Justina Auta The Federal Government and some stakeholders have initiated strategies to improve programmes for victims and survivors of obstetric fistula via the National Gender Policy (NGP). Aliyu Shinkafi, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMoWA), said this at the inauguration of a two-day workshop on institutional Gender Capacity Assessment, on Wednesday in Abuja. The workshop was being organised by the ministry in collaboration with a group, Momentum Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics for Permanent Secretaries; Directors of Women Affairs, Planning, Research and Statistics Officers drawn from Kebbi, Sokoto, Bauchi, Ebonyi and the Federal Capital Territory…
By Justina Auta The National Council for Women Societies (NCWS), on Wednesday, embarked on nationwide walk advocacy to sensitise Nigerians, especially in rural areas on the effects and how to protect against Gender Based Violence (GBV). Lami Adamu-Lau, the NCWS National President, said the exercise was part of campaign to end GBV and commemorate this year’s 16 Days Activism Against GBV to end the menace. The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that starts on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and runs until December 10, Human Rights…
“The Letterman takes the reader through President Obasanjo’s complex, intricate, even serpentine mind, captured by the contents of his no-hold-barred letters. The author has offered readers a precious piece of recorded history that will stand the test of time and occupy a special place in Nigeria’s rather barren shelves of presidential writing” Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, is expected to literarily come alive on Thursday as former President Goodluck Jonathan and other top dignitaries converge on the city for the public presentation of The Letterman, a book on the ‘secret’ letters of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. The book, written by the Editor-in-Chief of…
The Nigerian government has approved a National Language Policy for all primary schools. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja. “A memo on national policy was approved by the council. So, Nigeria now has a National Language Policy, and the details will be given later by the ministry. “One of the highlights is that the government has agreed now that henceforth, instruction in primary schools, the first six years of learning will be in…
Kebbi state governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu on Wednesday presented the 2023 budget proposal of N166,985,075,110 to the State House of Assembly. According to the governor, recurrent expenditure accounts for N60,465,905,016 while the Capital Expenditures are in the sum of 106,519,170,093. Tagged ‘Budget of Enduring Legacy’, the proposed budget is guided by the strategic objectives of the State Development Plan 2022-2027, the governor said. They are: Improving Governance towards focusing on institutions through accountability, rule of Law, transparency and efficiency that delivers quality social service delivery to Kebbi State citizens. According to the governor, the proposed budget also aims to enhance…
By Stanley Ihedigbo, Lagos Tokunboh George-Taylor, CEO Hill+Knowlton Strategies; Otis Ojeikhoa, CEO, Brands Optimal; Emmanuel Ajufo, CEO, Opportunity To See (OTS) and Rotimi Bankole, GMD SBI Stagwell, were among 10 seasoned marketing communications professionals honoured by the Brand Journalists Association of Nigeria (BJAN) at the 2022 edition of the Brands and Marketing Conference and Awards held on Friday at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos. They among others, bagged Special Recognition Awards for their contribution towards the growth of the various sectors in which they operate in particular and the Integrated Marketing Communications space in general. Other awardees were Kelechi Nwosu, CEO,…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, through the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), has inaugurated a fish processing centre at Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The Executive Director of NSPRI, Dr Patricia Pessu who inaugurated the project on Wednesday, said Akwa Ibom was one of the beneficiaries of the project in the South South. Pessu, who was represented by Dr Idorenyin Nwaehujor, the Zonal Coordinator, NSPRI in Port Harcourt, said the programme was aimed at impacting on farmers in the state. She said Ikot Aba community was chosen because of its closeness to the fishing…