Month: March 2023

Mandy Park A child’s rights organization, the Center for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), has commended the Lagos State Government over the outcome of its findings on the death of Whitney Adeniran.  This is as the organisation called for continued vigilance on  prosecution of the incident until justice is done. Adeniran was a student of Chrisland School in Lagos.  Recall that the 12 year-old Adeniran slumped and died during a school inter-house competition at the Agege Sports Stadium on February 9, 2023.  While multiple sources claimed that she…

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By Mandy Park Public health experts, industry professionals, and Civil Society Organisations among other stakeholders have called on the federal government to increase tax on sugar sweetened beverages so as to discourage and reduce its intake by the gullible and easy to fleece public. By extension they submitted that it would reduce the health burden associated with the consumption of SSB.   This is as they express worry over bad narratives that are making the rounds and causing most Nigerians to turn against a policy they should be supporting. Speakers,…

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…expresses shock on the death of Chief Sir F.N. Nwosu … backs High chief Ikechi Emenike … congratulates  President-elect, Asiwaju Tinubu By Mandy Park Total Blessing Campaign Organisation has lashed the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) for pronouncing Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe as Senator-elect for Abia South federal constituency when the election was inconclusive. The group says its unacceptable to them. Also the group pledged massive support on the leadership of the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Party (APC) in Abia State, High chief Ikechi Emenike, stressing that he has…

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, withdrew a fresh application they filed to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow their agents to participate in the process of sorting out ballot papers that were used for the presidential election that held on February 25. Both PDP and Atiku, who are separately challenging the outcome of the election that was declared in favour of the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, told the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting…

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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has visited the presiding bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide Bishop David Oyedepo as the March 18 date for the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections draw close. Mr Sanwo-Olu paid the courtesy visit on Monday at the church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State. Dressed in white, the governor posed for photos with Oyedepo who was also dressed in his customary white attire. Sanwo-Olu announced his visit via Instagram on Tuesday. “I paid a courtesy visit to Bishop David Oyedepo founder of the Living Faith Church…

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Police in Bauchi have declared a member of the House of Representatives Yakubu Shehu wanted and placed a bounty of N1 million on him over alleged homicide. Bauch State Police Command’s spokesperson Ahmed Wakil announced this in a bulletin on Tuesday. Shehu represents Bauchi Federal Constituency on the platform of PRP but later defected to APC. The bulletin said the Nigeria Police Force, under the authority of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, had declared Shehu wanted. He is wanted “in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, causing grievous…

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