Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has urged the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to consider imposing targeted sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, on President Macky Sall of Senegal and officials of his government. Falana said ECOWAS should urgently organise an extra-ordinary session to discuss and respond to the deteriorating human…
By Yetunde Oke A financial analyst, Mr Wale Akintola says the federal government should tackle inflation by adopting fixed exchange rate policy. Mr Akintola made this known while featuring on Pensioners FM Current Affairs Programme, Trending. According to Mr Akintola, with fixed exchange rate, investors coming into the country would be forced to trade in…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has donated ten million naira and one thousand bags of rice to the disengaged staff of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, OAUTH Ile-Ife, Osun state to Ameliorate their suffering as a result of the non-payment of their eleven-month unpaid salaries. Oba Ogunwusi announced the donation in his palace in Ile-Ife while addressing…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, on Tuesday, expressed concern over the non-compliance to the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act 2017 in most medical facilities. Pate said gunshot victims come under medical emergencies that require urgent attention to save the life of the patient or victim….
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has commenced the enforcement of the ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and glass bottles of 200ml and below. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this on Monday at a press conference in Abuja….
The Minister of Youth Development, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, says it is not certain that the Federal Government will increase the monthly allowance of serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Bio-Ibrahim, in an interview, says the government would find innovative ways of ensuring that corps members’ welfare are well-taken of. In January 2020, the…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu A group of Nigerian professionals in the Diaspora, the Omituntun Initiative in the Diaspora (OID), has commended Governor Seyi Makinde’s promptness and citizen-centric governance approach towards the Ibadan explosion. The group also urged the Governor to reinforce the implementation and expansion of Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTV) at every public and strategic locations to…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji on Sunday expressed his appreciation President Bola Tinubu, the Security agencies and Ekitikete for their support which led to the timely release of the kidnapped pupils of Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary school, Emure Ekiti. The children and their teachers were released in the wee hours on Sunday,…
School children of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State and their teachers, who were recently kidnapped by armed men have been released. newsmen cannot ascertain at the moment if the victims who regained freedom at about 2.00 am on Sunday were rescued by security operatives or released after payment of ransom. But the…
The Atayero of Aramoko Ekiti, HRH. DR. AMB. Olusegun Aderemi JP. MCArb., has condemned the dastardly act of some unknown gunmen that led to the gruesome killing of two traditional rulers, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin, the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, in the Ikole local government area of Ekiti State, and Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, the…