WHO launches campaign to help 100m people quit tobacco
Calls on govts to provide enabling environment By Chioma Obinna The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Tuesday launched a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 tagged: “Commit to Quit” even as it called on all governments to ensure their citizens have access to brief advice, toll-free quitlines, mobile and digital cessation services, […]
Three Senegal fathers sentenced after pushing sons to migrate to Europe
A Senegalese court on Tuesday handed down jail terms to three fathers accused of pushing their sons to migrate to Europe by sea, sending them on a trip that left one of them dead, a defence lawyer said. In a high-profile case, the trio were given two-year jail terms, 23 months of which were suspended, […]
Buhari extends Buni-led caretaker C’ttee by 6 months
—As APC NEC expels Hilliard Eta PRESIDENT Muhmmadu Buhari on Tuesday, extended the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC for another six months. This is as the APC National Executive Council, NEC, has approved expulsion of the party’s former National Vice Chairman, South-south, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, […]
Qatar 2022 will be special on and off the pitch, Tim Cahill assures
By Tim Cahill Two years from now, football will become the major topic of conversation in almost every corner of the world. Over the course of 64 games, the world’s best players will compete for the honour of being crowned as world champions. Fans from all over the globe will travel to Qatar to participate […]
Angry youths storm Imo INEC office in protest
By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri Aggrieved youths from Imo North Senatorial district yesterday staged a peaceful protest to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, along Port Harcourt road in Owerri. The protesters who were clutched with placards had inscriptions like “Please INEC don’t set bad record”, ” We are not happy what is […]
2023 Presidency: Nigeria needs president that will unite country — Olawepo-Hashim
*Says rotation is divisive, let the best man win By Clifford Ndujihe To start the process of re-steering the ship of the Nigerian state to the right path, Businessman, rights activist, and 2019 Presidential Candidate, Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has urged Nigerians to elect the best candidate irrespective of ethnic and religious colouration in 2023. Olawepo-Hashim, […]
