NEM Starts Fitness Walk To Increase Public Insurance Awareness
NEM Insurance Plc has embarked on its second phase of Fitness Walk for the year to enhance insurance education and awareness in the country. The Walk, which comes up twice a year, precisely in March and between October and November each year, was meant to ensure insurance practitioners are physically and mentally fit to sell insurance products and services. Speaking to journalists...
Niger Boat Mishap: 9 Bodies Recovered, 22 Rescued—Official
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said that nine bodies were recovered from a boat mishap that occurred in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. The Head of Relief and Rehabilitation in NSEMA, Alhaji Salihu Garba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday. NAN recalls that ten persons were...
FG Frees 4,068 Inmates Nationwide To Decongest Prisons
The Federal Government has flagged off the release of 4,068 inmates sentenced to various terms of imprisonment with the option of a fine and compensation in custodial centres nationwide. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who performed the symbolic release of the inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja, on Saturday, said this was in a bid to...
Abia Polytechnic Student Who Is Only Son Of His Parents Reportedly Drowns
An HND 1 student of Abia State Polytechnic Abia has reportedly drowned during a swimming in a river in Umuahia, the state capital. The student whose identity could not be ascertained as at the moment of this report hails from Uzuakoli in Bende LGA and is said to be the only son of his parents. He was said to have drowned...
Despite Court Order, Gov. Adeleke Appoints New Acting Chief Judge
Following the suspension of Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo, Governor Ademola Adeleke has appointed Justice Olayinka Afolabi as acting chief judge of the state. Justice Dele Peters of the National Industrial Court had Ibadan Division, restrained Governor Ademola Adeleke from removing the State Chief Judge, Oyebola Ojo. A statement issued by the governor's spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, stated the appointment...
Gov. Soludo Announces Guidelines For Father’s Burial
The Anambra State governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said his late father, Pa Simeon Soludo, will be buried according to the strict compliance with the Anambra State burial laws. The governor stated this after receiving a condolence letter from members of the State Executive Council, delivered by the Deputy Governor, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, and the Secretary to the State Government,...
End Avoidable Deaths In Our State, Ikechi Emenike Charges Abia Govt
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The 2023 Abia State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, has urged conscious efforts to ensure that lives are not wasted due to avoidable deaths in the state. Reacting to the fatal accident at the Ogbor Hill area of Aba on Tuesday, which led to the loss of four lives and 11 people surviving...
NMA Threatens Industrial Action Over Kidnap Of 10 Doctors In Enugu
The Enugu State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has threatened that industrial action may be taken in Enugu state if the state government and security agencies fail to take immediate proactive measures to safeguard the Medical and Dental Council workers in the state. The body raised the alarm that no less than 10 of its members had fallen...
Aba Accident: Abia Government Imposes Restriction On Movement Of Heavy-duty Vehicles
Following the auto crash that claimed about four lives at the Aba waterside bridge in Aba, the Abia State government has restricted the movement of heavy-duty vehicles from 7am to 8pm in Aba and Umuahia. A container-laden truck had on Tuesday lost its brakes and crushed a Toyota Sienna car and a tricycle, killing four persons, with scores injured. The state...
Labaran Maku’s Phone Stolen Inside Appeal Court
Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, lost his cellphone inside the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday. The ex-Minister was among the politicians from Nasarawa state who stormed the court in solidarity with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate, David Ombugada. After fruitless attempts to recover the phone, Maku became so worried but he tried to maintain calmness. Some of...
