Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has asked President Bola Tinubu to increase workers’ minimum wage to N100,000. Ayodele made this call in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin on Thursday. The cleric said an increase in the minimum wage would cushion the effect of subsidy removal instead of the proposed N8,000 palliatives to 12 million households. Primate Ayodele said the N8,000 palliatives will only lead to corruption and will not reach out to the poor masses that need it. He said the palliatives will not have any serious impact on the people because of…
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A Psychiatrist, Dr. Sunday Amosu has advised those experiencing persistent malaria symptoms, accompanied by insomnia (inability to sleep) to see a doctor for a proper diagnosis to ascertain if it is not depression or any other serious medical conditions. The mental health expert noted that people should not dismiss prolonged fever accompanied by sleeping disorder because depression signs and symptoms have semblance with that of malaria. Speaking with PUNCH Healthwise, the psychiatrist explained that someone can be evaluated for depression when there are symptoms like weakness, social disengagement, appetite loss, and a persistent fever. Dr. Amosu, who is the Head…
The Ogun State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Kunle Ashimi has expressed concern over the exclusion of Nigeria from the list of African countries to benefit from the new malaria vaccine rollout by the World Health Organisation and its partners. While lamenting that Nigeria is still grappling with high figures of malaria cases, Ashimi stressed that the country not benefiting from the vaccine would make eliminating the disease by the year 2030 difficult to achieve. Nine African countries are to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine. But Nigeria, which accounts for an estimated…
Stakeholders in the health sector have called for a comprehensive review of the country’s healthcare system to reduce maternal mortality. They made the call on Thursday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the sixth Annual General Meeting and International Scientific Conference of the Association of Fetomaternal Medicine Specialists of Nigeria. A Neonatologist at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr. Ayede-Adejumoke Idowu, said the review would bring about a drastic reduction in the high maternal mortality rate experienced by the country. According to her, the review must revolve around both the primary and secondary healthcare facilities…
The opposition parties on Thursday demanded the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, on the basis of the European Union Election Observer Mission report which gave INEC low marks in its conduct of the general elections. The Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party said the EU report on the election confirmed their positions that the 2023 polls were not transparent or credible, but the INEC and the All Progressives Congress dismissed Yakubu’s indictment by the parties. The electoral agency had declared the APC standard bearer, Bola Tinubu, the winner of the presidential election…
Some students of the Lagos State University, Ojo, have blamed cultists also known as ‘Ojo boys’ for the disruption of the Poco Lee Homecoming concert on Thursday evening in Lagos. The students also alleged that the cultists came into the campus with pistols and other arms. Pascal Odinaka, a dancer and an alumnus of LASU popularly called Poco Lee, hosted a ‘Homecoming’ concert at the LASU Main Auditorium, Ojo Campus, on Thursday. Another alumnus, Bella Shmurda, a popular singer was also billed to perform at the show. A student who gave his name simply as Seye, explained that the first…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has dismissed the case against the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Delivering judgment, Justice Yusuf Halilu, described the EFCC’s charges of fraud and abuse of office against Okorocha as an abuse of judicial process on the grounds that the anti-graft agency had filed a similar charge against the defendant at the Federal high court. Details later…
The Kano State Government has faulted the distribution of the Federal Government’s allocation of N500 billion through the Bank of Industry to support small-scale industries across the country’s geopolitical zones. Governor Abba Yusuf made the complaint during a meeting with representatives from the Kano Cooperative Society at the Government House on Thursday evening. He revealed that the distribution was heavily skewed, with Lagos State receiving 47 per cent of the allocation, followed by the South-South Zone with 17%, and other regions receiving significantly lower percentages. Yusuf described the distribution mode as “unfair, unconstitutional, and illegal”. He called on relevant authorities…
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Friday reserved judgment in the petition of the Allied Peoples Movement challenging the conduct of the February 25 elections wherein Bola Tinubu emerged as the elected president. The party is seeking the disqualification of Tinubu on the grounds of unlawful nomination of the Vice President, Kassim Shettima. Respondents in the suit are the Independent National Electoral Commission, the All Progressives Party, Tinubu, his vice, Shettima and the purported placeholder, Kabiru Masari. At the resumed proceedings in the petition on Friday, the court reserved its verdict and adjourned the matter for judgement after the parties…
Date: 2023-Jul-14 🎯TOPIC: THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/CF0Konx-jAk ✝ TEXT: Luke 17:20-29(NKJV) 17:20. Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 17:21. “nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” 17:22. Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you…