The UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO on Sunday jointly called for an immediate cessation of all attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine. The statement was jointly signed by the Executive Director, UNICEFU, Catherine Russell; Executive Director, NFPA, Dr Natalia Kanem; and the Director-General, WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus and mailed to ASHENEWS. According to them, the horrific attacks are killing and causing serious injuries to patients and health workers, destroying vital health infrastructure and forcing thousands to forgo accessing health services despite catastrophic needs. “Today, we call for an immediate cessation of all attacks on health care in Ukraine. These horrific…
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The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), is seeking urgent intervention from the federal government to support the production of goods, as diesel price hits N720 per litre. The Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo branches of the Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Lanre Popoola stated this in Ibadan on Sunday, while speaking on the increase of prices of petroleum products and lack of power supply. “It is a difficult thing ensuring production at this time, as diesel has gone up to N720 and N730 per litre. “It is getting extremely difficult to produce and I don’t know how we are…
The Electricity Power Generation Companies (GenCos) have called on stakeholders in the power sector to come together to resolve the current erratic supply instead of blame game. The Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), Joy Ogaji said this at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. Ogaji said to ensure electricity sustainability in the country, stakeholders in the sector must address the root causes of the current erratic power supply and not the symptoms. “Let us fix the power sector, instead of the blame game. We want to sit with government and look at the issues and come…
The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) says it will provide security personnel within the riverine areas to ensure the safety of people in the areas. Member of HYPPADEC Governing Council, Representing Kogi, Isa Ozi-Salami announced this on Sunday during the inauguration of free medical outreach organised by the commission in conjunction with OXEE Healthcare Ltd. at General Hospital, Koton-Karfe local government area of Kogi. “The lives of the rural masses within the riverine areas are at risks with the unfortunate cases of banditry, kidnapping and insurgency in the country and the commission has risen to the occasion to…
An FCT High Court, Maitama will on Tuesday hear a motion on alleged election fraud brought against the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Emmanuel Ogbeche of its FCT council. The Complainant/Claimant, Donald Ugwu, is challenging Ogbeche’s eligibility and clearance to contest the Abuja council poll. The court, presided over by Justice Chizoa Orji, had on Feb. 1, ordered the defendants to appear on Tuesday, March 15, in an originating summons filed by Mr Michael Okorie, Counsel for Ugwu. Okorie in the motion challenged the eligibility and clearance of the second defendant (Ogbeche) by the Credentials’ Committee set up by…
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says over 2,000 companies operating in Nigeria’s solid minerals industry are indebted to the federation accounts to tune of N2.76 billion. The organisation disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja in a statement by its Deputy Director/Head, Communications and Advocacy, Obiageli Onuorah, to announce the release of the 2020 solid minerals report. The NEITI Independent Solid Minerals Industry Report tracked and reconciled financial flows in the sector, checked quantities of minerals produced, utilised and exported in 2020. Presenting the Report before its multi-stakeholders, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive Secretary, NEITI, said the companies’ liabilities…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has commenced a forum for legal practitioners in the Diaspora to serve as a link to express their thoughts on legal issues. The association made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday and signed by the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Dr Rapulu Nduka. Nduka said the forum was set up in line with innovations in the amended constitution of the Bar. He recalled that one of the innovations in the recently amended NBA Constitution 2021, was the establishment of a Lawyers in the Diaspora Forum (LDF). “The forum is to serve as a…
President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed a plan to conclusively end the fuel scarcity in the country, a presidency official has said. The official, who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, said the plan would ensure that incidence of fuel scarcity does not occur again. He said that in a matter of days, virtually every state in the country would have returned to a very low queue situation at filling stations or a complete return to normalcy. The source said the plan, which was presented to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) last week, had been signed off previously by the president before…
A father, Yahaya Oisamaiye has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 15-month old daughter in Edo state. He was arraigned before Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo, who ordered his remanded in the correctional facility. In case No. B/CD/470M/2022 in which the state Commissioner of Police is the complainant/applicant, “The suspect is to be remanded at Oko Correctional Centre for an initial period of 14 days pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Return date is on the 23rd day of March 2022” The charge reads that “That you Yahaya Oisamaiye ‘m’ on or about the 7th day of February…
Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has described as false the media reports that his Office had conclusively exonerated Abba Kyari. Media reports early Sunday had claimed that the Attorney General of the Federation had giving a new legal advice to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba, suggesting that Abba Kari is not linked to the $1.1million Hushpuppi internet scam. However, Malami in a statement by Dr. Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, said “there appears to be misunderstanding regarding the issue. “It was a case of work in…