Edo begins recruitment of over 700 healthcare professionals to boost reforms in health sector
The Edo State Government has commended the recruitment process for the employment of over 700 healthcare practitioners to strengthen its primary healthcare system in line with ongoing reforms in the health sector by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration. The Executive Secretary, Edo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Omosigho Izedonmwen, while addressing journalists during the computer-based […]
Benin Port Project: Edo govt, NPA, BPE, ICRC, others complete Request for Qualification exercise
To fast-track the development of the Benin Port Project, the Project Delivery Team has completed the Request for Qualification (RFQ), which sets actions in motion to accelerate the realisation of the project. In a statement, the Chairman, Benin Port Project, Engr. Greg Ogbeifun, said following the due process earlier initiated by the Governor of Edo […]
WOLE SOYINKA: THE MAN ‘DIED’ IN INSTALLMENTS
By Law Mefor Perhaps Wole Soyinka’s most iconic quote is: “The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.” The quote is drawn from his prison memoir The Man Died. Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, the Nigerian renowned playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist needs no introduction. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel […]
NIGERIA: RECONCILIATION POSTPONED?
By Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Easter 2023 1: Easter and our Inconclusive Dreams: The resurrection of Jesus Christ is everything for the Christian faith. Without it, every pillar and the foundation of the Christian faith collapses. It is the single most shocking and dramatic event in human history. Over two […]
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE ONE DAY PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON VALIDATING THE CIVIL SOCIETY DRAFT POSITION PAPER TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE TRANSITION COMMITTEE.
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE ONE DAY PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON VALIDATING THE CIVIL SOCIETY DRAFT POSITION PAPER TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE TRANSITION COMMITTEE. PREAMBLE On the 8th April, 2023, towards developing a position paper to be submitted to Kaduna State transition committee, the Partnership for Issue–Based Campaign in Nigeria (PICaN) on behalf […]
Ogun NSCDC Boss Commiserates With Late Prince Ajibola’s Family
The State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command, Commandant David Idowu Ojelabi fspsp, mni, on behalf of the Commandant General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi PhD, mni, OFR, the management and staff, Ogun NSCDC and the officers and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command, commiserate with His […]
NEWS TITBIT
Good Day! Below is a Summary of News Stories Across Nigeria and Abroad: 1. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a new date for the commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. The board disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in […]
OPINION: Kaduna N8.4b Supplementary Budget… Need for effective participatory budgeting and effective implementation.
On the 29th of December, 2022, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State signed a budget of N376.5 billion for the fiscal year 2023. Barely after three months into the fiscal year, a bill for a Law to provide for the Supplementary Appropriation of Funds for the Government of Kaduna State in the Sum of N8.4 […]
OPINION: SUSTAIN How Sustainable?… Kaduna Gov Elect’s Blueprint In Focus
The blueprint of the Governor-elect is tagged SUSTAIN, which infers continuity. Therefore, it is surprising that out of a transition committee membership of 65, there are no recognizable civil society representatives that have been instrumental to the implementation and delivery of the reforms of the incumbent as well as program for result (P4R) disbursement linked […]
STEPS TO TAKE IN ENGAGING THE JUST APPROVED KADUNA STATE 23 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (LGAs) 2023 BUDGETS
STEPS TO TAKE IN ENGAGING THE JUST APPROVED KADUNA STATE 23 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (LGAs) 2023 BUDGETS The Kaduna State House of Assembly recently passed a bill for a Law to appropriate the sum of N85,491,289,583.38 for the 23 Local Government Councils in Kaduna State for the 2023 fiscal year. It is important to note […]