Month: September 2025

Breaking: Zion Ministry Launches Nigeria’s First Free Psychiatric Hospital

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By: Mandy Park Seraphic Homes Foundation, a non-profit charity organisation last Friday opened the first free Psychiatric Hospital and Home for the Elderly in Anambra State. This came barely five months after it commissioned a massive Orphanage and Old Peoples Home in Mgbirichi, Imo State. Set up by Evangelist Chukwuebuka Anozie Obi, Spiritual Director of Zion Prayer Movement Outreach, the new N600 million facility, free Psychiatric Hospital and Home for the Elderly, was inaugurated by Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State in Aguleri community, Anambra East Local Government Area of…

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Families of Slain Owode-Onirin Traders Cry Out for Justice, CHSR Urges Tinubu’s Intervention

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By: Emma Nnadi The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has taken up the case of families seeking justice for traders slain at the Owode-Onirin Motor Spare Parts Market in Lagos. This is as the group, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to quickly intervene and ensure prompt justice for slain traders families. At a World Press Briefing in Lagos on Wednesday, 17th September, the group’s President, Comrade Alex Omotehinse, vowed that CHSR will stop at nothing in pushing for accountability and transparency in the investigation and prosecution of those…

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Jonathan’s potential candidacy rattling Tinubu’s camp, says Prof Udenta, Tsado, as calls for ex-President to run hotsup

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By: Mandy Park Professor Udenta Udenta, a political strategist and founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), has stated that President Bola Tinubu’s camp is panicking over a potential candidacy of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2027 election. Udenta’s claim, made during an Arise News interview on Tuesday, was supported by Mathias Baba Tsado, a former presidential aspirant for the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2019 election. Tsado, while appearing on AIT’s political Jigsaw, compared Jonathan to the biblical David, a man endorsed by God and…

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CSOs Reject Oil Drilling in Ogoniland, Demand $1trn Cleanup Fund

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  By: Mandy Park No fewer than 10 Civil society organizations  have vehemently rejected plans to resume oil drilling in Ogoniland, citing the legacy of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Recall that Saro-Wiwa was executed in 1995 for his activism against the environmental degradation caused by oil extraction in the region. At a World Press Briefing on Monday, 15th September held in Lagos to commemorate the life and work of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, a coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) including: Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), Health of…

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CAPPA Lauds FG’s Health Tax Policy, Urges Higher Tax on Sugary Drinks to Combat NCDs

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By: Emma Nnadi The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Federal Government’s decision to develop a draft policy that will earmark revenues from excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) for health financing. It described the initiative as a decisive opportunity for the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to leave a legacy of sustainable funding for Nigeria’s fragile healthcare system and to protect the health of Nigerian citizens. Speaking at a recent national health-financing dialogue in Abuja, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential…

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Akpabio’s Actions ‘Embarrassing’ and ‘Illegal,’ Says Human Rights Lawyer Inibehe Effiong Over Natasha’s Resumption Delay

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By: Mandy Park Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has criticized Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s handling of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s resumption, calling the delay “illegal” and “embarrassing”. Effiong raised the alarm that Akpabio is pursuing a personal vendetta against Akpoti-Uduaghan and that the Senate’s actions are an act of lawlessness. Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was suspended six months ago by the Senate, served a notice to the Clerk of the National Assembly of her planned resumption following the expiration of her suspension. But in a surprised twist, the Senate, through the Clerk, says…

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CAPPA Lauds FG Health Tax Policy, Renews Call for Higher Sugary Drinks Excise Duty

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By: Mandy Park TheCorporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Federal Government’s decision to develop a draft policy that will earmark revenues from excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) for health financing. It described the initiative as a decisive opportunity for the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to leave a legacy of sustainable funding for Nigeria’s fragile healthcare system and to protect the health of Nigerian citizens. Speaking at a recent national health-financing dialogue in Abuja, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal…

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Police locate missing Mbadiwe’s grand son

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By: Mandy Park The Police Command in Lagos State has found a 32-year-old man, Odera Mbadiwe, who was previously reported missing and whose case went viral on social media. The command’s deputy spokesperson, DSP Babaseyi Oluseyi, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. He stated that it was reported to the police that Mbadiwe left his residence at Victoria Island on Monday with his father’s vehicle, a Nissan 350Z Convertible, and did not return home. “This prompted his family to report him missing at Victoria Island Police Division…

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