‘Nigeria loses 100,000 infants to sickle cell annually’
As Nigerians joined the rest of the World to mark this year’s World Sickle Cell Day, at least 100,000 Nigerian infants die annually due to Sickle Cell Disease, SCD.
Some 2017 budget provisions violate the constitution, says Fashola
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has said there were aspects of the 2017 Appropriation Act which violate the constitution, noting the judiciary might have to explain how far lawmakers could go to alter the budget.
A/Ibom Assembly lauded over Fiscal Responsibility Bill
A coalition of civil society groups, Open Budget Platform, OBP, has commended the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly for the recent passage of the state’s Fiscal Responsibility Bill into law.
Don, activist fault anti-corruption war
A lecturer in the Department of History and International Studies, University of Benin, UNIBEN, Professor Eddy Eragbe, has expressed fear that the war against corruption might be lost if those who were earlier convicted by the courts are exonerated by the same courts.
DAY 27: Ambode, police re-strategise to free kidnapped students
Hope for the return of the six Senior Secondary School students who were abducted 27 days ago at the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla-Nla Epe, was rekindled yesterday, following a joint move by the Lagos State government and the Police to that effect.
Court remands Niger PDP Chair in prison’s custody
A Minna high court judge, Justice Aliyu Maiyaki, yesterday, remanded the Niger State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Tanko Beji, in prison till Friday when he will rule on his bail application.
