The Coordinator of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Dr. Godwin Ntadom has expressed concerns over the diversion and sale of “free” treated mosquito nets across the country, vowing to institute a probe. Ntadom made this known during an anti-corruption radio programme, Public Conscience, produced by Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG), on Wednesday in Abuja. The latest alarm …

The Imo state government on Monday debunked speculations that the federal government has established an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp in Ehime Mbano Council Area of the state. The Imo state Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation and Strategy, Declan Emelumba disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri while reacting to rumours about the establishment of an IDP camp in the state. …

The Lagos State Government announced the reopening of the Odo Iya Alaro Bridge in the Maryland area of the state on Monday after its temporary closure less than two months ago. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Transport, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on Monday. Osiyemi noted that the rehabilitation was executed by the state Ministry of …

Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian authorities to uphold human rights and respect the right to peaceful protest as Nigerians commence nationwide protests over food shortages and the cost of living crisis on Thursday. The Country Director of Amnesty International, Isa Sanusi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. “The Nigerian authorities must ensure that security agencies respect and …

The Presidency has reacted to a report published in the New York Times criticising the Nigerian economy as facing the worst trajectory in a generation. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, responded on Sunday to the report by Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal. According to the Presidency, the feature story, titled ‘Nigeria Confronts Its …

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has declared that Nigeria’s economy is experiencing appreciable growth that may see the high inflation in the country come down in a few months. Edun spoke on Sunday when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) had reported …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, said on Sunday, that the Bola Tinubu administration inherited an economic mess from former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and is unsure what charges to bring against him. At Senator Barinada Mpigi’s Thanksgiving service in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State, Akpabio described the economic situation left by …

The Diabetes Association of Nigeria  (DAN) has petitioned the Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof Muhammad Pate, on the rising cost of diabetes care in the country. The association said the price of insulin, a critical and lifesaving drug for diabetes patients, had risen by about 200 per cent from N4,000 to N12,000. DAN warned of a potentially catastrophic existential threat …

Muslim Association of Visually Impaired of Nigeria (MAVIN) has urged the government to assist people living with disabilities. The association spokesman, Abdulwasiu Salaudeen said this in Lagos, yesterday. “This is a distress call on President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly and top officials to look into the plight of people living with disabilities. “They should take steps to alleviate the …

The House of Representatives has said it will investigate the illegal sale of public property by government agencies between 2010 and 2022. The Green Chamber also said it would probe the non-remittance of the revenue realised from such sales into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the federation by the agencies. It resolved to investigate the factors affecting the success of …