WHY ERADICATION OF MALARIA IN NIGERIA STILL A MIRAGE
This year 2021, the world is aiming at celebrating countries that are reaching or approaching malaria eradication. Looking at the malaria response, one would be tempted to ask where Nigeria is in all these. Are we part of those reaching or approaching the point of eradication? The factual response is No!There have concerted efforts on […]
The Problem With Malam Nasiru Elrufai
By Anas Lawal “Our lives begin to end the day we start becoming silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King Junior It is not out of place to argue that, elrufai, in the infamous legion of the non performing governors that most Nigerian governors are, is a wonderfully performing governor, especially in his […]
Kaduna disengagement of public servants, the economy and other matters
BY EMMANUEL ADO “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes” — Tony Blair. Kaduna State is undoubtedly the third(3rd) most populous state, after Lagos and Kano States, with a population of about ten(10) million people, serviced by about one hundred and twenty thousand (120,000) public servants, […]
‘Tambuwal is a dynamic, talented governor’ – Obasanjo
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as a dynamic, young and talented leader with visionary mind for transformation. Obasanjo passed the remark on Sunday morning in Sokoto while on his way to the airport after a one day visit to the caliphate where he laid foundation stone […]
Obasanjo lays foundation stone for Sokoto flyover bridge, says transportation vital to economy
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday says transportation infrastructure remain the most vital of all aspects of successful human endeavour in any economy. Obasanjo made the remark when he laid the ground breaking foundation stone of the over N3.4bn Runjin Sambo nine span flyover project contracted to CCECC Limited by the […]
117, 424 households benefit from interventions in Kaduna
No fewer than 117, 424 Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs) in the Kaduna State Social Register have benefited from various social protection interventions in the state from 2017 to date. Mrs Nina Dawong, the Coordinator, State Operations and Coordinating Unit (SOCU), Planning and Budget Commission, made this known in an interview with the News Agency […]
Earth day 2021; Climate group has called for collaborative effort toward protecting the universe
Earth Day 2021 Press release from Global Environmental and Climate Conservation Initiative (GECCI): We need to #RestoreOurEarth! Here’s how Global Environmental and Climate Conservation Initiative (GECCI) is working with people toward to solve climate challenges & realize the commitments of the African Union Agenda 2063, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration a success, and the Paris […]
Kaduna: Nurses’ abduction counter-productive – Health Journalists
A group of Journalists under the Health4All Media Initiative (HAMI) has described the Thursday adoption of two nurses in Kaduna health facility as counter-productive. The group in a statement through its Secretary, Shola Ojo, expressed worry that the development may take the state aback in its efforts to improve health care services to the people […]
NIN: Agency supports enrollment of 2.1m poor, vulnerable in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Residents Registration Agency (KADSRRA) says it is supporting the enrollment of 2.1 million poor and vulnerable captured in the State Social Register for the National Identity Number (NIN). Its Executive Secretary, Dr Zayyad Tsiga, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday. Tsiga […]
FG grants N20bn Tax Waiver to NLNG to Construct Bodo Bonny Bridge.
The Federal government has granted Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) company ₦20 billion tax waiver for the construction of Bodo Bonny Bridge in Rivers State. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) presented the road infrastructure credit certificate to LNG in Abuja on Thursday. NLNG has so far received three credit certificates in the last three […]