LAGOS TASKS HEALTH WORKERS ON IMPROVED HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tasked health workers in the State to ensure improvement in health service delivery to citizens, especially during public health crisis and…
China Joins Deal To Get Covid-19 Vaccines To Poorer Nations
China has signed up to a deal to ensure future Covid-19 vaccines are distributed to developing countries, the biggest economy yet to join the World Health Organization-led bid to control…
COVID-19 has further jeopardised gains recorded in promoting girl-child rights — Minister
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, says the ministry made tremendous progress in the promotion of the rights of the girl-child. She made this known at a news…
WTO Confirms Okonjo-Iweala, South Korea’s Yoo As Last Two DG Contenders
The World Trade Organisation is set to have its first female leader after Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee made it through Thursday to the final run-off. Whoever…
Flood: 36 die, 470 displaced in Sokoto in 10 months
No fewer than 36 people have died while 470 others displaced from their homes following floods due to heavy rainfalls in various parts of Sokoto state from January to date….
Nigeria heading for a second recession in 4 years – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says the country is primed for a second recession in four years although the government has put in place plans to ensure rapid recovery in 2021. The…
NASS reiterates commitment to passing 2021 budget before year-end
Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Thursday said the National Assembly is determined to pass the 2021 budget before the year runs out. Lawan spoke just before President Muhammadu Buhari’s presented…
Court orders cleric be remanded for allegedly defiling 8 pupils in Lagos
A Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday ordered that a 41-year-old cleric, Adam Faruk, who allegedly defiled eight pupils, be remanded in a correctional centre….
President Buhari Presents Proposed N13trn budget of economic recovery and resilience, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the proposed 2021 Budget of N13 trillion to the lawmakers. Compared to budget presentations done in previous years, the President was only accompanied by Vice…
Police launch operation to rescue 3 kidnap victims in Abuja
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has launched a strategic operation to rescue three persons kidnapped in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT,…