By: Mandy Park Food justice campaigners, environmentalists, public health experts including, environmental think tank, Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, Director, HOMEF, Akinbode Oluwafemi, Executive Director, CAPPA, Dr. Francis Fagbule, Public health specialist, UCH, Ibadan, Fidelis Obaniyi, CSEA, Opeyemi Ibitoye, Project Officer, CAPPA, and Bukola Olukemi Odele among others have raised the alarm over the abuse of the fundamental rights of Nigerians to consume healthy foods and be protected from corporations promoting unhealthy diets. They expressed worry at the adoption and promotion of GMO and SSB products despite the growing rate of non-communicable…

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Mandy Park The Agribusiness incubation centre of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, ABIC- MOUAU, has flagged off Its Radio enlightenment programme tagged Farmers’ Friday. This is as the Director of the centre, Dr Phillips Nto pointed out that the Vice-chancellor, Prof Iwe Maduebisi is using the Agribusiness center to guarantee food security. Flagging off the interactive programme to be aired on Broadcasting Corporation of Abia state every Friday at 11.05 am, the Director of Agribusiness centre, Dr Philips Nto described Agribusiness as a modern concept that presents agriculture as…

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Mandy Park Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the Lagos State Government for allegedly pushing a single policy direction toward privatization of water utilities without considering alternative management models, to the detriment of disadvantaged communities within the state. The organisation noted expressly that privatization was not the solution, while expressing grave concerns about statements made during the just-concluded Lagos International Water Conference (LIWAC), hosted by the Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LASWARCO) from June 25 to 26, 2024. According to the accountability watchdog, although the LIWAC 5.0,…

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Mandy Park Worried by what it described as an abuse of individual right, intimidation and unsubstantiated allegation by the Nigeria Police Force over the ill-treatment of Çhíef Mrs Dorcas Adeyinka, the Centre for Human and Socio-economic Rights, CHSR, has written to Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Rt. Hon. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker for urgent attention and quick intervention. CHSR is a public good oriented non-governmental organization (NGO) registered as a corporate body to defend, sustain, promote culture, fundamental human and socio-economic rights of citizens…

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By Mandy Park Pan Ndigbo Socio- Political organization, Ala-Igbo Development Foundation, ADF has expressed its condolence to the family of late General Philip Effiong on the passing into grory of Mrs Josephine, wife of the Biafra hero.In a statement signed by ADF President. Emeritus Professor T Uzodinma Nwala, it noted that the organization and the entire commiserate with the family on the exit of the matriarch.Part of the statement reads ” With the Effiong’s family in our hearts.The message concerning the passage to eternal glory of our dear Matriarch- Lady…

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By Umar Ardo, Ph.D I feel thoroughly sad by what is happening in the Kano chieftaincy imbroglio. And every right thinking northerner should feel sad as well. I equally feel disappointed with especially the Kano politicians whom I put the entire blame on for, by their faulty judgements, both in governance and politics, instigating the whole unfortunate situation. At a perilous time of adversity like this against Northern Nigeria, and particularly against the Caliphate establishment, when all hands ought to be on deck to mobilize our people to use the…

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Dr. Ossai Ossai Edmund is a University lecturer , activist, and international public health consultant.He spoke with select media recently on some national issues including, one year of Tinubu presidency, admission age limit controversy, strike, and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s continued detention among others Excerpt How can you briefly assess the one year in office of President Bola Tinubu ? The government of President Ahmed Tinubu has a huge task in his hands to restore hope to Nigerians. The state of despondency in Nigeria at present is very high. Economy has…

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Mandy Park Immediate past Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu (ASCETA), Dr Philips Nto has described the institution as the most suited to host the proposed South East University. This is as he pointed out that the institution boasts of requisite infrastructure to host a university, including the added advantage of a serene environment. Dr Philips Nto who was reacting to the plan by South East governors to site the university at Arochukwu, noted that the college already has high-powered structures and technical equipment to host any…

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By: Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has sounded alarm bells over Nigeria’s latest cholera outbreak, asserting that the recurring crisis, which affects thousands of vulnerable Nigerians, is a direct consequence of government’s failure to invest in the provision of safe public water supply. This is as the organisation advised Nigerians to protect their health by boiling their drinking water and maintaining proper sanitation and hygiene practices, such as washing their hands regularly with soap and clean water, especially before eating and after using the toilet.…

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Mandy Park GreyDots AI on Friday, 14th June, inside the Grand Ball Room, Eko Hotel and Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos màde history in Nigeria’s technology as it launched it’s first AI solution entirely developed. This is as the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of GreyDots AI, Arnold Agure-Dam boasted with enthusiasm that the latest feat would end the Google era, promising that NiGPT will have real local solutions to address specific problems across sectors. Also the event provided opportunity for the organization to highlight AI’s potential to revolutionalise almost all…

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