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President Bola Tinubu on Friday was appointed as the African Union (AU) Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership following his ambitious, innovative, and people-focused efforts in the sector. The appointment is in recognition of Tinubu’s commitment to train 120,000 frontline health workers in Nigeria within 16 months and to double the number of primary health facilities in communities across all local government areas of the country from 8,800 to over 17,000 over the next three years. Tinubu also plans to double health personnel enrollment capacity from accredited nursing and midwifery institutions to accommodate the new…

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, collapsed and died on Friday after going for a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony, where he was serving a lengthy sentence, according to the Russian prison service. Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, rose to popularity more than a decade ago with blogs about widespread corruption and opulence among Russia’s elite, which he described as “crooks and thieves”. According to a statement from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District’s Federal Penitentiary Service, Navalny became ill after going for a stroll at the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp, which is roughly 1,900 kilometres (1,200…

President Bola Tinubu and governors of the 36 states of the federation, in what is believed to be a more effective approach in solving the nation’s insecurity challenges have resolved to consider the creation of state police to complement the existing policing structure in the country. This resolution was part of the agreements reached at an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and 36 state governors at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Thursday. Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris stated that deliberations on the matter was still at the early…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday appointed his son-in-law, Oyetunde Oladimeji Ojo, as the Federal Housing Authority’s new Managing Director/CEO. Ojo, a former member of the House of Representatives is married to Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, President Tinubu’s eldest daughter. His appointment is one of many in the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. “New FHA CEO, Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, is a former Member of the House of Representatives with over a decade of work experience in the housing and hospitality industries,” Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to Tinubu on Media and Publicity announced on Thursday. The statement added, “He holds a…

The police command in Kaduna State says it has arrested a suspected member of a terrorist and kidnapper group in the state. The state police public relations officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. Mr Hassan said that operatives attached to the Commissioner of Police monitoring unit, acting on credible intelligence, arrested the suspect on February 12. “The suspect, Adamu Shuaibu of the Dumale village in Kagarko Local Government Area of the state, had in his possession an AK-47 Rifle at the time of his arrest on February 12,” said Mr Hassan. Police…

President Bola Tinubu has re-appointed Prof. Moji Adeyeye as Chief Executive Officer and Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Dr. Olajide Idris as Director-General for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Idris, who is slated to assume office on February 19, 2024, replaces outgoing NCDC boss Prof. Ifedayo Adetifa Tinubu also appointed Dr. Mansur Kabir as the new Chairman of the board of the NAFDAC. The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced the appointments in a statement on Thursday titled ‘President Tinubu approves leadership changes in…

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Adetokunbo Pearse, has attributed the poor outings of the party in recent elections in the state to lack of unity. Mr Pearse, a former chairmanship aspirant of the party in the state, expressed the view during an interview on Thursday in Lagos. He said the party had also not been functioning well as a political party in the state because its structure had been weakened and that no leader was serving as a rally point in the chapter. “We have some fundamental problems in this state chapter and because…

Nigeria’s inflation rate hit 29.90 percent in January 2024, rising from 28.92 percent recorded in December 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed this in its ‘Consumer Price Index, published on Thursday. The 0.98 increase in inflation rates raises more concerns on Nigeria’s economic performance, as experts expect the Central Bank’s monetary policy committee to sharply raise interest rates at its February 26–27 meeting—iits first in seven months. “In January 2024, the headline inflation rate increased to 29.90 percent relative to the December 2023 headline inflation rate which was 28.92 percent. “Looking at the movement, the January 2024 headline…

Nigeria’s inflation rate surged further in January, reaching nearly 30% in annual terms, owing to rising food prices and the country’s naira falling to record lows. Some economists believe the statistics could persuade the central bank to raise interest rates significantly when it meets later this month. Consumer inflation increased for the 13th consecutive month in January, reaching 29.90% year on year from 28.92% in December, according to National Bureau of Statistics statistics. Inflation in Africa’s largest economy and most populous country has not been this high since mid-1996, destroying earnings and savings and exacerbating the cost-of-living crisis. The weakened…

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