The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara Chapter, has said that it recorded physical or verbal attacks on its members almost every week. Dr Ola Ahmed, the state NMA Chairman, made this known to newsmen on Monday in Ilorin. Ahmed lamented that medical doctors in public healthcare facilities across the state and the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) are being attacked for no cogent reason. “Attacks on our members have been recorded across different hospitals in the state. “Several reports, engagement and letters have been written to our employees, especially the management of UITH and Kwara Government, but we have…
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The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Monday announced as its first bonds issuance for 2023, two Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Savings Bonds for subscription. According to a statement by the DMO, one is a two-year FGN Savings Bond due in Jan. 11, 2025, at the interest rate of 9.600 per cent per annum. The other is a three-year FGN Savings Bond due in Jan 11, 2026, at the interest rate of 10.600 per cent per annum. The DMO said that the opening date would be Jan. 3, while the closing date would be Jan. 6, and settlement date, Jan.…
The police command in Ogun has begun investigation into the death of a couple, Mr Kehinde and Mrs Bukola Fatinoye, at Ibara GRA in Abẹokuta, on the New Year’s Day. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abeokuta. NAN reports that Kehinde and Bukola were burnt to death when suspected arsonists set their house ablaze on Jan. 1. One of their children and their housekeeper were also alleged to have been kidnapped by those behind the suspected arson. According to Oyeyemi, the…
A final year student of Modibbo Adama University, Yola in Adamawa, Raudah Sheik-Jimeta says she rake in N80,000 monthly from the sales of local seasoning and spices. Sheik-Jimeta, who stated this on telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, said she produced variety of spices sourced from local produce. “I started dealing in spices like chili powder, ginger and garlic paste, “Daddawa” processed from locust beans, pap and dumpling powder locally called “Garin-danwake”. “I began the business in 2020 during the COVID lockdown with N30,000 seed capital because I really wanted to be self-reliant, so that…
he National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), says it has developed intervention model in partnership with sister agencies to stop the abuse of older persons in the country. Dr Emem Omokaro, Director-General of the agency, made the disclosure in an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Omokaro was reacting to questions on abuse of older people, especially in rural communities. She said NSCC was totally against any abuse of these categories of people in the society. She said the agency had built a strong partnership with other sister agencies like National Human Right Commission,…
The Zamfara House of Assembly has reiterated commitments to continue to provide people-oriented legislations in 2023. This is contained in a new year message by the Speaker of the house, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya, issued in Gusau on Monday by the Director General, Press Affairs and Public Relations to the house, Malam Nasiru Biyabiki. ”The assembly will remain committed to ensuring the well-being of the entire citizens by providing the most needed people-oriented laws to positively impact and promote their livelihoods,” Biyabiki quoted Magarya as saying. Magarya prayed and sympathised with the victims of all circumstances within the previous year 2022…
By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS Super Eagles defender, Leon Balogun has returned to full training at the Sky Bet Championship club, Queens Park Rangers, reports Prompt News. Balogun has been missing in action for QPR since sustaining an heel injury in the 2-1 home defeat to Huddersfield Town. The 34-year-old has missed the London club’s last five league games as a result of the setback. Ahead of Monday’s Sky Bet Championship clash against Sheffield United, QPR boss, Neil Critchley provided an update on centre-back’s fitness. “We will have to see if Stefan and Leon will be available. Stefan is slightly further…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau Emboldened by the recent endorsement of its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi by Nigeria’s former President Chief Olusegun Mathew Aremu Obasanjo, the Labour Party has appealed to other elder statesmen especially former Presidents / Heads of State and youths of Nigeria to boldly support Obi to win the February 25 presidential election. The Chief Spokesman of Labour Party/Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation (LP-PCO), Dr. Yunusa Tanko while reacting to Sunday’s public endorsement of Obi by Obasanjo in an Open Letter to the Nigerian youths, implored other prominent Nigerians and opinion leaders to also come…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a Brazil returnee, Prosper Agbasi with 105 parcels of cocaine concealed in candies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos on Christmas Day. This is contained in a statement by the Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested at the ‘D’ arrival hall of the MMIA during inward clearance of passengers from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He said that the suspect who arrived via Doha on Qatar Airways was intercepted following credible intelligence. “An initial search of the…
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has pardoned 11 convicts in exercise of the prerogative of mercy powers conferred on him by Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said that the governor, who acted on the recommendation of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, released the convicts on Sunday. The statement added that it was customary to extend a gesture of compassion on New Year day by granting pardon to deserving prisoners within the jurisdiction of the state. The Kaduna State Advisory Council…