The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced that the much-anticipated malaria vaccination campaign will commence in Kebbi and Bayelsa states on December 2, 2024. The NPHCDA said the initiative is part of Nigeria’s continued efforts to curb the devastating impact of malaria, which remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the country. Dr Muyi Aina, Executive Director, NPHCDA, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Friday in Abuja. Aina said that the malaria vaccine, which has shown promising results in trials, would be administered to children under the…
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has insisted on plans to embark on two weeks warning strike from Dec. 2. Mr Kpanja Shammah, President of ASUP, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of its 112th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Shammah said that the Federal Government was yet to implement the 11 items in the agreements entered with ASUP. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that ASUP had issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government and other relevant agencies. The ultimatum was for them to immediately review and reverse all decisions…
The Nigerian stock market bounced back on Thursday, recovering from previous losses, adding N306 billion to investors’ portfolios. Specifically, the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) market capitalisation, which opened at N58.969 trillion, rose by 0.50 per cent to close at N59.275 trillion. Similiar, the All-Share Index gained 487.24 points, or 0.50 per cent, to settle at 97,783.81 compared to Wednesday’s 97,296.57. This rally pushed the Year-To-Date (YTD) return up to 30.77 per cent. The market’s recovery was driven by investor interest in Zenith Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Access Corporation, Aradel, Oando Plc, and Dangote Sugar, among other stocks. However,…
The Senate has received President Bola Tinubu’s request for confirmation of appointment of three persons as members of Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the letter was read on Thursday by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at plenary. The president, in the letter, said that the confirmation of CCB board members’ appointment was in accordance with the provisions of Sections 154(1) and paragraph 1(a) and (b) of part 1 to the Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The letter gave the names of the members as: Mr Fatai Ibikunle, Mr Kennedy…
The Senate has passed for second reading fours bills designed to reform Nigeria’s tax system. This followed the presentation of the general principles of the bills by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), during plenary on Thursday. The four bills, which were first read on Oct. 30, are:o Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria Establishment Bill, 2024; Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, 2024; Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, 2024 and the Nigeria Tax Bill, 2024. Leading the debate on the general principles of the bills, Opeyemi saidthat they represented a significant move toward overhauling the country’s tax system. He said that the…
The Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Mr Nasir Kwarra, says considerable progress has been achieved in addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria. Kwarra said this while speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the fifth anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The 2024 commemoration of the summit has “The March Continues: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All,” as theme. Kwarra said that GBV was a global issue that remained a priority and that the Federal Government had made significant strides in aligning national policies with the goals of the ICPD and the…
The Kogi Government has flagged off the 2024 measles supplementary immunisation campaign against the spread of measles infection. Kogi Governor’s Wife, Hajia Sefinat Ododo, who flagged off the campaign on Thursday in Lokoja, said that the effort was to mitigate the escalation of measles during the harmattan season. Ododo urged parents to avail their children for the preventive measures to tackle the killer disease. The governor’s wife was represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Sandra Musa. She said the free measles vaccination was part of the government’s commitment to paying attention to…
The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos has unanimously confirmed the appointment and installation of Oba Kabir Adewale Shotobi as the authentic Ayangburen of Ikorodu.This is contained in a statement by Oba Shotobi’s personal assistant, Mr Ademola Adeyeri on Thursday in Ikorodu.According to Adeyeri, this decision brings an end to the nine-year dispute over the Ayangburen stool.Adeyeri said the Lambo branch of the Lasunwon Ruling House had filed an appeal challenging Oba Shotobi’s installation.He, however, said the appellate court, presided over by Hon. Justice Obande Ogbuinya, had now confirmed Oba Shotobi’s position as the rightful Ayangburen of Ikorodu.(NAN). READ ALSO:
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the education of Nigerian children. The President reiterated this at a meeting with his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris. Tinubu said that he would reduce the number of out-of-school children through innovative return-to-class initiatives and skills development programmes. Tinubu highlighted the government’s ongoing efforts to create a supportive framework that would ensure school-age children re-entered classrooms, emphasising the role of motivation and skill acquisition in this initiative. “In order to bridge the gap for some who are of age, and have been out of school for a while,…
Chief Edozie Njoku says he has resolved to abide by the Supreme Court judgment which removed him as the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Supreme Court had, on Wednesday, declared Sylvester Ezeokenwa as the national chairman of APGA, this bringing to an end the lingering leadership tussle which had rocked the party for years. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had, in his judgment, restrained Njoku from parading himself as the APGA national chairman. Omotosho, while delivering the judgment in a suit filed by APGA…