The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), in partnership with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), the World Bank and Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria, has launched a Health Security Scorecard aimed at improving states’ preparedness for disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies. The scorecard was unveiled on Wednesday at a validation workshop…
Some military personnel deployed to Bawku in the Upper East Region were involved in a road accident at Nkenkesu in the Ashanti Region on Sunday, July 26, after the vehicle transporting them collided with a State Transport Corporation (STC) bus. According to preliminary information, the crash involved a military truck carrying the personnel and an…
Three suspended officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps) have secured a significant legal victory after the High Court of Ondo State, sitting in Akure, held that the Corps lacks the legal authority to unilaterally declare any Nigerian citizen wanted. The consolidated fundamental rights enforcement suits were instituted by Abu Taiwo, Akinsipe…
Chelsea boss, Xabi Alonso, has described the club’s new signing, Morgan Rogers, as a flexible player. Speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Chelsea’s first pre-season fixture against Western Sydney Wanderers on Tuesday, Alonso said that Rogers’ arrival at Stamford Bridge is a great signing. Chelsea recently signed the England international from Aston Villa…
By Frank Ulom Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, has approved the appointment of Mr Uduak Effiong Isaac as Permanent Secretary, Human Capital Development and Statistician-General of the state. The appointment, which takes immediate effect, was announced in a press release issued on Monday by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Enobong…
The House of Representatives Committee probing the contentious Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the Director-General of the alleged fake agency, Adeyemi Martin, before it on Wednesday by 12 noon. The committee gave the order on Monday after the Nigeria Police Force confirmed key aspects…
