Akeredolu denies alleged ACN members’ decampment to LP
THE Rotimi Akeredolu Campaign Organisation, RACO, has debunked media reports that no fewer than 10,000 Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, members had decamped to the Labour Party, LP, describing it as a ploy by Governor Olusegun Mimiko to deceive voters in the state.
Transporters get health scheme as Insurance firm, unions partner
Standard Alliance Insurance Plc, SA, Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO and the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, have flagged off a health insurance scheme for members of the two unions.
Group seeks inauguration of Presidential Task Force on injection safety
A GROUP, the Global Initiative for Safe Injection and Medical Waste Management, GIFSI, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to inaugurate a Presidential Task Force on injection safety as a way of checkmating the unwanton proliferation of unsafe injection practices in the country.
Massalla-led APGA accuses INEC officials of sabotage
ABUJA—Alhaji Sadiq Masalla faction of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has accused officials of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of tampering with some vital documents submitted to the electoral umpire prior to the convening of its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting.
Environment Minister inaugurates committee on Great Green Wall
Minister of Environment, Mrs. Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia says the Federal Government will partner with relevant organisations to check the problems of land degradation, desertification, food insecurity and impoverishment of communities in the dry land regions of Nigeria.
Lagos seals 38 drugs stores
LAGOS—NO fewer than 38 illegal drugs stores in the state were, weekend, sealed by a team of the Lagos State Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods to rid the state of illicit drug store operators.
