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FCT Police Commissioner Meets Security Chiefs on Familiarisation Tour

By Ayomide Otitoju The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), CP Miller G. Dantawaye, on Tuesday, October 22, 2025, paid courtesy visits to the heads of key sister security agencies in Abuja as part of his ongoing familiarisation tour. Those visited included the Commander, Guards Brigade, Brig. Gen. Adebisi Onasanya; Commander, Naval Base Abuja,…

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Nigeria’s Rapid Growth Fuels Rising Plastic Waste Challenge

By Ayomide Otitoju Across Nigeria’s bustling cities and emerging peri-urban communities, economic growth continues to accelerate, marked by expanding markets and a youthful, consumption-driven population. Yet, this progress brings a mounting challenge — plastic waste. From the streets of Lagos to the waterways of the Niger Delta, discarded packaging clogs drains, litters markets, and threatens…

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LASHMA Unveils Nigeria’s First Health Insurance Online Radio

By Ayomide Otitoju The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) has launched ILERA EKO Spotlight, Nigeria’s first health insurance online radio station, to expand public awareness on the state’s mandatory social health insurance scheme and advance universal health coverage. The Permanent Secretary of LASHMA, Dr. Emmanuella Zamba, unveiled the initiative during the agency’s 2025 Quarter…

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WHO Warns Tobacco Industry Is Undermining Global Control Efforts

By Ayomide Otitoju The Secretariat of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has issued a warning that the tobacco industry is stepping up efforts to undermine global tobacco control measures by interfering with the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP), the treaty’s highest decision-making body. The WHO FCTC, which entered…

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TASA Hails Lagos APC for Unity-Driven Stakeholders Forum

By Ayomide Otitoju The Tinubu–Ambode Support Associates (TASA) has lauded the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State Chapter, for organizing a highly impactful and unifying Stakeholders Forum on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island. The event brought together party stalwarts, legislators, cabinet members, council chairmen, youth mobilizers, and political leaders…

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Ogun First Lady Launches Free Cancer Screening for 10,000 Women

By Ayomide Otitoju The First Lady of Ogun State, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, through her Ajose Foundation, in collaboration with First Ladies Against Cancer (FLAC), Roche Pharmaceuticals, and the Ogun State Ministry of Health, has announced a two-year free breast cancer screening initiative targeting 10,000 women across the state. Mrs. Abiodun made the announcement during the…

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