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Nigeria has what it takes to become a Leader in Healthcare – Osinbajo
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has expressed that Nigeria has what it takes to become a leader in healthcare.Speaking at the International Conference on Health Access beyond COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday, He explained that Nigeria must take its own destiny into its hands, build local capacities that will ensure health access to the peopleProfessor Osinbajo highlighted the country’s strength in the area of healthcare while emphasising major steps Nigeria should take to improve its health system.According to him, one of the eye-openers from the COVID-19 pandemic “is that despite infrastructural weaknesses, we have an experienced and robust public health…
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RCCG member Gunned down in front of Kwara Church
A member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Living Word Parish, Basin Road, Ilorin, Kwara, identified as Sina Babarinde was gunned down at 7am during service in the church.Babarinde was said to have stepped out of the church to receive a call when his assailants rained bullets on him.The motive of the killing was not clear as at press time.The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the incident to newsmen said investigation was ongoing to arrest the perpetrators.“He was called on phone during the service as he walked out of the church to receive the…
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FG must produce Nnamdi Kanu in court – Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the Federal Government to produce embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in court on Thursday, October 21. The group has opined that dialogue was the best solution to ending the crisis and youth restiveness in the South East . This was according to a statement by Alex Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary of the group. He stated that Kanu’s appearance in court was necessary to prove to the global community that a shady judicial process is not contemplated while he is on trial. “Ohanaeze Ndigbo calls on President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Posterity won’t forgive you – Shehu Sani blames govt over fresh Sokoto massacre
Senator Shehu Sani has reacted to the massacre in Sokoto state. Sani says history and posterity will not be kind to those keeping silent on the incessant killing of Northerners by bandits. 43 villagers were massacred by bandits who invaded the Goronyo Market in Sokoto State on Sunday.In a statement posted on his official Facebook page on Tuesday, Senator Shehu attributed the killings to “leadership vacuum”, stressing that there was no place in the world where people are slaughtered in mass scale like Northern Nigeria.He lamented that the lives of Northern Nigerians no longer have value due to banditry and…
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The Clock of your Ultimate destruction is ticking, Buhari Tells Bandits
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed that bandits are currently on a “ticking clock”, as they will soon be “destroyed”.The president stated this in reaction to the killing of over 30 people in Goronyo LGA of Sokoto state.In a statement on Monday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, quoted Buhari as saying the gunmen will soon no longer have a place to hide. He said his administration is determined “more than ever before to protect Nigerians from murderous criminal gangs that have no respect for the sanctity of life”.“The clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking, as you will no longer have a…
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Don’t report insecurity as rising, use ‘declining insecurity’, Buhari tells journalists
President, Muhammadu Buhari, has advised journalists on how to report the state of insecurity in the country In a statement titled ‘President Buhari Felicitates With Muslims On Eid-el-Maulud, and signed by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday, October 18, Buhari said the term ‘rising insecurity’ should be replaced with the “reality of declining insecurity” as significant changes are being made to combat the security challenges in the country. The Statement reads; “The President urges Muslims to strive for “forgiveness and closeness to the noble life and teachings of the Prophet (SAW)…
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Twitter conditions will affect Facebook, Instagram, other apps in Nigeria – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has stated that the recommended conditions for the lifting of the suspension imposed on Twitter will be applicable to all social media platforms in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed during an interview with TVC.The minister, who refused to disclose the recommendations by the Federal Government ministerial negotiation team to engage with Twitter on the suspension, said the engagements with Twitter had been positive and fruitful.“All I can say is that the recommendations we are going to make will not only be applicable to Twitter but…
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El-Zakzaky, Wife drag DSS, FG To Court for seizure of their international passports, demand N2 Billion for damages
Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, and his wife Malama Zeenah Ibrahim, have separately taken the Department of State Services and the Attorney General of the Federation to the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the seizure of their international passports.The Vice President, Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Abdullahi Usman, in a statement noted that their fundamental rights enforcement suit no FHC/ABJ/CS/230/2021 is being filled by Falana Chambers.Sheikh Zakzaky and Malama Zeenah Ibrahim brought to the notice of the court that their passports were last seen in possession of the National Intelligence…
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2023: Nnamdi Kanu will ‘force’ Igbo President to declare Biafra – Dokpesi
Raymond Dokpesi, the founder of DAAR Communications, has disclosed how the agitation for Biafra by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has affected the chances of the southeast producing a Nigerian president. Dokpesi said some Nigerians believe that Kanu may use militant tactics to blackmail or force a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction to declare Biafra. He stressed that Kanu and IPOB have complicated the agitation of the Southeast to produce a Nigerian president. He said; “The emergence of IPOB and its influence across the South East has complicated and undermined the agitation for patriotic Nigerians…
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North has Benefitted from Power Rotation… No reason to stop now – Osita Chidoka
Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka has stated that the northern part of the country has benefitted from power rotation, and as such, the arrangement should be maintained. He said Nigeria is faced with the question of whether to honour the presidency zoning arrangement between the north and the south. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, He historicizes how the PDP agreed on zoning arrangements between the north and the south, which he said led to the emergence of former presidents like Olusegun Obasanjo, Umar Musa Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan.“In 2019, because the PDP agreed that it…
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I don’t blame Youths for leaving Nigeria — Moghalu
Former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu has expressed that economic frustration and misery are among the factors driving youths out of Nigeria. Speaking during a Channels Television programme on Sunday, he said although his children are based abroad, they look forward to coming back to Nigeria.Moghalu said he is running for president in 2023 to build a country they can return to.He said: “My family has always been international by virtue of my career and my kids all want to come home to Nigeria.“That is why they encourage me in my political career because they feel…
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Bandits have no food to feed kidnap victims and are now releasing them freely without collecting ransom – Shinkafi
Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi has revealed that bandits no longer have food to feed their kidnap victims and are now releasing them freely without collecting ransom. Speaking in Gusau over the weekend, Shinkafi commended the state government over its effort in tackling banditry. He said it has helped in downgrading the activities of bandits in the North-West state. Shinkafi said; “There were some people who were kidnapped, 11 of them. They released one and told them to bring N200,000 each. Before they started negotiating, (they demanded) N20 million per person. When the relatives of the victims refused to send the money,…
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