In a keenly contested battle, Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has won the Zambian presidential election. He defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu, the electoral commission said on Monday when releasing the final results from 156 constituencies, barring one. In the final vote tally, Hichilema secured 2,810,777 votes while Lungu was in second place with 1,814,201 votes, out Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Saturday’s ambush in central Plateau state of buses returning from a religious festival in nearby Bauchi state. In a statement issued on Sunday, the President described the killing of 23 people returning from a Muslim festival in neighbouring Bauchi State as a premeditated ambush. “It is clear this was a Read More…
Approves Upgrade of Five Health Centres to General Hospitals To stem the rising tide of brain drain, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the recruitment of clinical staff to fill the existing vacancies in the 27 secondary healthcare facilities in the State. The recruitment is also to ensure that residents get optimal healthcare services Read More…
In picture above: Taliban leaders inside the presidential palace [Screen grab/ Al Jazeera] “The war is over in Afghanistan. We have reached what we were seeking, the freedom of our country and the independence of our people, a spokesman for the Taliban told the television news outfit, Al Jazeera, on Sunday as the Afghan President Read More…
In picture above: Taliban militants waving a Taliban flag on the back of a pickup truck drive past a crowded street at Pashtunistan Square area in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in this still image taken from social media video uploaded on August 15, 2021. Social media website/via REUTERS The Taliban military forces are within a shouting distance Read More…
As this August marks the first year of its investiture, on Saturday, 21st August 2021 at 12 noon, the Nkata Ndi Inyom Igbo (NNII) group plans to spread its tentacles with an anniversary event which will be streamed across social media platforms. The theme for the programme is “Enhancing Women’s Participation and Partnership in Governance Read More…
Two decades after an abortive first attempt to break the national grid monopoly, the Lagos State Government has rolled out a Lagos Electricity Policy that would ensure that the people of Lagos State will begin to enjoy stable, and sustainable state-driven power supply by 2023. This will form the basis of a comprehensive electricity law Read More…
To mitigate the effects of the third wave of COVID-19 infection, the Lagos State Government has fully begun operations at 10 COVID-19 Oxygen Treatment and Sample Collection Centres as well as 20 Local Government Area (LGA) Based Sample Collection Sites. Reviewing reports of operations at the centres, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Read More…
Contrary to its earlier resolution on the Lagos Concession Company (LCC), the Lagos House of Assembly says it only approved Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s request to convert the $53.9 million Lagos Concession Company (LCC) private loan to a public sector loan. On Monday, 9th August 2021, it was reported that the Lagos State House of Assembly Read More…
The state of the COVID-19 pandemic has taken an alarming turn as Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, says 42 persons have died from COVID-19 related complications in the state between Aug. 1 and Aug. 8. Disclosing this on Tuesday in a Facebook post on the state’s COVID-19 update for Aug. 8, Prof. Read More…