Day: August 22, 2022

NOA to partner NTCA on tobacco control

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By Mandy Park The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Garba Abari, on Thursday, 18 August 2022,  disclosed that his agency is willing and available to work with the tobacco control community to ensure that tobacco products are effectively controlled in the country. Abari made the commitment when a delegation of tobacco control advocates from the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) paid him an advocacy visit at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja. Akinbode Oluwafemi, the NTCA Board Chairman and leader of the delegation thanked the DG for…

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Obi didn’t demolish mosque—Coalition of Northern groups

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By Omocho Kalu The Coalition of Northern Groups in Anambra State, has debunked the allegation that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), discriminated against Northerners in the state on tribal lines during his tenure as governor. The group also dismissed reports that the former governor demolished seven mosques in Onitsha, the commercial centre of the state and chased the Muslims away. Recall, Obi was governor of Anambra State between March 2006 and March 2014. There had been allegations that the LP candidate did not only demolish mosques…

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Uzodimma swears-in new commissioners, SOLADs, others

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By Mandy Park Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has sworn-in two new commissioners, four members House of Assembly Service Commission and 27 sole administrators for the 27 local government areas of the state. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Sam Mbakwe Executive Chambers, Government House Owerri on Wednesday, as the governor charged the new appointees to use their position to serve the people and also to drive the affairs of government. In a statement issued by Mr. Oguwike Nwachuku, the chief press secretary and media adviser to the governor,…

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