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History as Obaro, Abejide Perform Foundation Laying of Okun Unity House Emmanuel Oluwakorede History was made on Thursday as the Obaro of Kabba and Chairman, Okun Area Traditional Council, Oba Solomon Dele Owoniyi and the member representing Yagba Federal Constituency, Elder Leke Abejide performed the foundation laying ceremony of Okun Unity House. The ceremony which…
Tuberculosis fight in Africa 25 March 2022 « back to cover page Harare – Nothando Moyo* contemplated giving up treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis “even if it meant I would die,” she admits. The months-long treatment for the drug-resistant strain—which does not respond to the two most effective drugs—entailed daily injections which Moyo, a resident of…
Brazzaville, 24 March 2022 – Inadequate investment and funding for tuberculosis (TB) control in Africa is jeopardizing the efforts to meet the global target of ending the disease by 2030, while the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back progress made so far in the continent, an assessment by World Health Organization (WHO) finds. Every year…
Doctorate Award: UN subsidiary sets to honor Alfa Friday. The Change Ambassador for Peace and Humanity (CAPH) a subsidiary of the United Nations peace Volunteer is set to honor Mr Alfa Friday with an Honorary Doctorate Degree Award on the 26th day of March, 2022 in Abuja Nigeria. The Head of the organizing Committee, Dr…
73-year-old serial revenue racketeer jailed two years in Kwara By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, has convicted a 73-year-old trader, Bashir Alabi of Gbagba Area, Ilorin, for offences bordering on falsifications of vehicle documents. Recall that Alabi was handed over to the Police for investigation on…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja upheld the de-registration of 22 political parties carried out by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. The parties were among the 74 scrapped in 2020 by INEC following their dismal performances in the previous elections. Delivering judgment in an appeal instituted by INEC against the…
C21F Awards Leke Abejide As The Most Outstanding People’s Representative In Kogi State. Confluence 21 Forum has honored Hon Elder Leke Abejide the member representing Yagba Federal Constituency of Kogi State with an Award of Outstanding performance. The Award presentation which is the first of its kind by the forum was in recognition of the…
2023 Presidency: PDP zoning tradition stands, Ayu insists” The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, Thursday in Abuja, said that the party will not abandon its tradition of zoning political offices in the 2023 elections. Ayu said whoever does not get the presidency this time should wait until the end of the…
The absence of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami SAN at the Federal High Court on Thursday in Abuja stalled hearing in a suit instituted against his office by the Nigerian Bar Association NBA. Although Malami was served with hearing notice in the suit marked FHC/ ABJ/…
Join in the war against illegal refining, energy expert urges oil-bearing govs Says illegal fuel refining inimical to national economy, environment, health of residents A retired Deputy Director of the now-defunct Department of Petroleum Resources, Engineer Sunday Adebayo Babalola, on Thursday, called on governors of the oil-bearing or producing states to actively participate in the…
