The Federal government has taken delivery of the first batch of 846,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccines, from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The official launch of the vaccines on Thursday was attended by officials of the Ministry of Health, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), and development partners.peaking to newsmen while…
Former US President, Donald Trump told Hispanic voters on Wednesday, October 16, that under his administration migrants will have to “love our country” to be allowed in. Trump, 78, made the statement to Hispanic voters at a town hall event in Miami, before expressing support for continued legal immigration. “We want workers and we want…
The governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed, says the monetary policies introduced by the Tinubu-led administration are not working as people are hungry and suffering. Governor Bala said this while addressing participants at the launch of the Nigeria Development Update in Abuja on Thursday, October 17.
The Federal government has revealed that it plans to transfer cash to 20 million poor Nigerians to alleviate the suffering in the land. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, revealed this on Tuesday, October 15 saying the substantial increase in the country’s revenue for the 2024 fiscal year…
Adedeji Adeleke, the father of multiple award-winning Nigerian artiste, Davido, has revealed that his company, Pacific Energy, generates about 15% of Nigeria’s electricity. Adeleke disclosed this during the Seventh-Day Adventist Church’s General Conference Annual Council 2024, held on 15 October.The billionaire highlighted his investments in the nation’s power sector, saying his thermal power plant is…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has asked Nigerians to pay taxes as the government needs money to provide social services for citizens. Wike spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the Abuja Business and Investment Summit organised by the Abuja Investment Company Limited. The former…
Nigeria’s annual inflation rate climbed for the first time in three months in September, sparked by a spike in gasoline prices and severe floods in food-producing areas. Consumer prices index (CPI) rose to 32.7% in September from 32.2% in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement published on its website…
Two Igbo councillorship candidates, Austin Nwachukwu and Okoro Uzoma Anthony, emerged winners in the just concluded Plateau State Local Council elections. The Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission on Monday presented certificates of return to 304 councillors-elect across the state, including Nwachukwu and Uzoma.Nwachukwu, from Abia State, was elected to represent Tafawa Bela Ward, in…
Veteran actress, Lola Idije, has finally addressed rumours surrounding her junior colleague, Biodun Okeowo, allegedly snatching her daughter’s husband. In a statement released on her Instagram page, the veteran actress set the record straight, stating that Biodun did not snatch her daughter’s partner. She recalled that she attended Biodun’s wedding, which wouldn’t have been…
The Federal Government on Tuesday, October 15, said the UK government did not endorse the petition by Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as “Sunday Igboho”, for the creation of Yoruba Nation. In a statement, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Eche Abu-Obe, described media reports on the petition as…
