A fresh controversy has erupted in Delta State over what many believe is a politically motivated academic punishment meted out to Osato Edobor, a top-performing final-year student of the Delta State College of Nursing, Asaba, following a viral TikTok video linked to an event attended by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. In March 2025,…
Commissioner for health and chairman of COVID19 Taskforce Team, Dr. Betta Edu has said that there is no need in he state to force people to take vaccination against the Delta variant of he COVID19. She said that they were lucky that the people are on their own responding to calls to take the jab….
Nigeria High Commission office in London has been shut as more staff tested positive to covid 19. A statement from the High Commission stated that the shut down is in line with covid 19 protocols and the laws of the United kingdom. The shutting down of the high Commission is coming at a time two…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has taken several measures to stop the spread of Cholera as well as provide the highest level of care to those affected by the disease. Some of the measures already taken from early May 2021 when we started having the diarrheal disease in the FCT include: Formation of Cholera Emergency…
Fellow Lagosians, It has become imperative to once again provide you an update on the Coronavirus pandemic situation in Lagos State, and our ongoing response as a State Government. Starting around the end of March 2021, the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos State began to wind down, and we began to enjoy…
URGE IMPROVED FUNDING FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE The World Health Organisation Country representative for Nigeria Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo has described the FCT Administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health challenges as one of the best in Nigeria. Dr Mulombo made this remark when a delegation of the WHO paid a visit…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has flagged off the distribution of 54 Polymerase Chain Reaction, PCR, machines and related medical items to health institutions across the Niger Delta region for the fight against the Coronavirus, COVID-19. Speaking during the ceremony at the NDDC Warehouse, in D-Line, Port Harcourt, the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Prof….
All Schools within the Federal Capital Territory are to re-open for the first term of the 2020/2021 academic session on Monday, 12th of October 2020. This was revealed by the Honourable Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello during a press briefing held on Thursday, 8th October in his office. According to the FCT Minister, boarding…
The Honourable Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has congratulated all the teachers in the FCT on the celebration of the 2020 edition of the World Teachers Day Malam Bello also used the occasion to reiterate the commitment of the FCT Administration to the development of the education sector and the improvement of…
The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has distanced herself from reports linking her to the diversion of school feeding funds to private accounts. In a statement on Monday by her media aide, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the Npower Minister explained that the report by Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt…
