The Nigerian Army has commissioned a fully equipped Primary Health Care Centre in Umuchieze, Abia State, as part of its non-kinetic efforts to promote peace and enhance public welfare. This was contained in a press statement signed by Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 82 Division Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Olalekan, a copy of…
This special report explores how the new Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill could shake the financial foundations of key government agencies, grounding their revenue autonomy and testing the resilience of critical operations that millions of Nigerians rely on every day. Korede Abdullah, Africa Health Report Southwest correspondent sheds light on the development. Financial Turbulence Ahead…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kano State Government has imposed an immediate ban on the importation of scrap materials from northeastern states following a deadly explosion that claimed five lives. Announcing the measure on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, AVM Ibrahim Umaru (retd.), said, “We have traced the origin of recent explosives…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kano State Government has commenced a capacity-building training for Heads of Departments (HODs) from six Local Government Areas (LGAs) as part of efforts to make the state Open Defecation Free (ODF). The training, organised by the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), targets officials from Doguwa, Sumaila, Bebeji, Tudun…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health, has donated medical equipment valued at about N30 million to the Primary Healthcare Centre in Owena-Ijesa, Osun State. The donation, facilitated by Senator Francis Fadahunsi representing Osun East, was unveiled at a community event on Tuesday. Speaking through his aide, Bisi Babafemi, Fadahunsi…
In one of the largest pharmaceutical crackdowns in Nigeria’s history, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cleared banned, expired, and counterfeit drugs worth over ₦1 trillion from open drug markets across Lagos, Aba, and Onitsha. The enforcement operation, which ran from February 9 to March 27, 2025, targeted unregistered…
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, convicted and sentenced one Agudosi Christopher Okechukwu to six months imprisonment for non-declaration of foreign currencies at Lagos Airport. Okechukwu was arrested in December 2024 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS for…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dismissed a widely circulated message falsely claiming the introduction of N5,000 and N10,000 banknotes. On Thursday, the apex bank disclaimed the circular through a statement released on its official X (formerly Twitter) account on described it as, “fake” and urged Nigerians to rely only…
The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed a viral report claiming a surge in kidnapping incidents along Gbagada Expressway, labeling it as fake and recycled misinformation. The command’s spokesperson, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Friday, clarified that no such security alert was issued by the police and urged residents…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano For the second time in recent months, a commissioner in Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s cabinet has stepped down, as the Kano State Commissioner for Internal Security and Special Services, Maj. Gen. Muhammad Inuwa Idris (Rtd), has resigned from his position. Governor Yusuf has accepted the resignation, expressing gratitude for the retired…
