The Kaduna State Government says it will recruit an additional 9,000 health personnel in the next five years. The State Commissioner for Information, Ahmed Maiyaki, disclosed on Sunday in Kaduna at a one-day Media Engagement Meeting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that it was organised by the Kaduna Contributory Health Insurance…
Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has emerged the winner of the Anambra State governorship election, following the announcement of results from all 21 local government areas (LGAs) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC announced that a total of 584,054 votes were collated across the state, with Soludo securing…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate, Chukwuma Soludo, continues to dominate the Anambra State governorship election, taking a commanding lead in 19 local government areas declared so far. The Independent National Electoral Commission began collating results at its headquarters in Awka, the state capital, following the completion of counting in most polling units across the…
As voting gradually winds down across polling units in Anambra State, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have begun moving to the designated collation centres. The State Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edogah Omoregie, made the announcement on Sunday morning at the commission’s headquarters in Awka, the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected claims of widespread vote-buying during Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, describing the allegations as baseless and unsupported by evidence. The commission’s response follows accusations by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Chukwuma Soludo, and the Labour Party candidate, George Moghalu, as well as the African…
The Kimpact Development Initiative on Saturday raised serious concern over widespread vote-buying and interference by party agents in the ongoing Anambra State governorship election. The group said agents of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, All Progressives Congress and Young Progressives Party were observed openly inducing voters with cash ranging from ₦3,000 to ₦10,000. The Executive…
By Ankeli Emmanuel, Sokoto Isa local government chairman in Sokoto East Senatorial District, Hon. Sharehu Abubakar Kamarawa has denied any allegation of inactiveness over recent and continued baditry attacks within his domain. The chairman who decried as baseless social media attacks that he never acted on intelligence regarding imminent attacks by bandits, clarified that,…
Mr John Chuma Nwosu, candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Anambra governorship election, has condemned alleged vote buying and selling during the exercise. Nwosu, who spoke after voting at Oduda Central Primary School, Nnewi-Ichia Ward 2, precisely expressed concern over what he called ‘increasing incidence of vote trading’, describing it as a…
India’s successful pivot to high-tech manufacturing offers a masterclass in industrial policy for countries in the Global South. Western nations, led by the United States, are actively cultivating India as a strategic counterweight to China and Russia and BRICS Plus Nations. This strategy is twofold: offering substantial trade and manufacturing incentives to integrate India into…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has seized expired but revalidated alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages worth N30 million from shops in Jos. The Director, NAFDAC North Central Zone, Kenneth Azikiwe, said on Saturday in Jos that the agency had earlier received reports from a consumer who purchased the expired…
