Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has called for stronger efforts to ensure that vaccines and other life-saving interventions reach citizens living in rural and underserved communities. Prof. Pate made the appeal in Abuja at the close of the National Health Financing Policy Dialogue, where he stressed the […]
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has extended warm greetings to the Muslim Ummah in the state and across Nigeria on the occasion of this year’s Eid-ul-Maulud, which commemorates the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. In a goodwill message issued on Friday by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere, the governor […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order cutting tariffs on Japanese car imports in a landmark trade deal that also secures massive Japanese investments in the American economy and significant concessions on agricultural trade. The order, signed in Washington this week, slashes tariffs on Japanese automobiles from as high as 27.5 percent down […]
The Kano State Police Command has commenced investigations into an alleged attack on Hon. Al-Hassan Ado Doguwa, member of the House of Representatives representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency, and other supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Police spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed on Thursday that all parties involved, including the Chairperson of Tudun Wada […]
The wife of the Cross River State Governor, Bishop (Rev.) Eyoanwan Bassey Edet Otu, has officially unveiled the state’s Diaspora Office, describing it as a landmark initiative to connect Cross Riverians abroad more closely with the development agenda at home. The unveiling took place in Calabar during a courtesy visit by Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, […]
A federal appeals court in the United States has upheld a lower court ruling directing the State Department to resume issuing passports with an “X” gender marker, a major win for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans who had challenged a Trump-era policy. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected the […]
