By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 A medical expert, Prof. Olalekan Adebimpe of the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, has implored pregnant women to register early in government approved health facilities to stave off avoidable deaths. Adebimpe, a consultant to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), stated this during a one-dayContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 President Emmanuel Macron has cancelled a Dec. 20 to 21 trip to Mali to visit French troops due to France’s deteriorating health situation over the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, his office said. “This decision was taken in order for there to beContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday tasked Nigerian universities to come up with a cure for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Represented by Mr John Mairafi, a Director with the National Universities Commission (NUC), Buhari gave the charge in Oye-Ekiti, at the 5th and 6th convocation ceremony ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says President Muhammadu Buhari’s life has been that of unalloyed service to Nigeria, his country, and to humanity at large. The minister said this in a tribute he rendered while addressing newsmen to mark theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reiterated its commitment to assist Borno State Government in its ongoing resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back to their ancestral communities. The Director-General of NEMA, Mr Mustafa Habib, said this in Maiduguri on Friday at theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a national protest on Feb. 1, 2022 against plans by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy. The decision is contained in a communique issued on Friday in AbujaContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar, on Saturday turbaned Yusuf Buhari, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari as Talban Daura and district head of Kwasarawa community. Umar said at the occasion that Buhari deserved to be appointed as district head considering theContinue Reading
By Gambo Jagindi December 18, 2021 FCTA threatens to sanction contractor handling Apo-Karshi road project The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has threatened to sanction the contractor handling the Apo-Karshi road project in Abuja over continued delay in the completion of work. Comrade Ogwuebu Francis, Coordinator, Satellite Towns Development DepartmentContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 Federal, states and local councils shared N675.946 billion from the federation account for November on Friday. Mr Olajide Oshundun, Acting Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning stated this on Saturday in Abuja. The Federal Government received N261.441 billion of the money,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 The Debt Management Office (DMO) has clarified that loans from China to Nigeria, which presently stood at 3.59 billion dollars, constitutes only 9.4 per cent of the country’s total foreign debt stock of 37.9 billion dollars. Ms Patience Oniha, the Director-General of DMO made this knownContinue Reading
