By Ayomide otitoju the World Health Organization (WHO) urges governments to stop subsidizing tobacco farming and support more sustainable crops that could feed millions. “Tobacco is responsible for 8 million deaths a year, yet governments across the world spend millions supporting tobacco farms,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “By choosing to grow food instead…
By Ayomide Otitoju During discussions in Committee A of the Assembly, Member States agreed today the draft resolution with the proposed programme of work for the next two years (2024-2025).The budget to deliver on this programme was also agreed, at US$ 6.83 billion, the most ambitious to date, and which includes a historical 20% increase…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lacks legal right to defend the President-elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, in the drug and dual citizenship accusations against him.Atiku described INEC as…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has reacted to the recent telephone conversation between the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Obi said the US should respect the principles of law and democracy by allowing the courts of law in Nigeria to decide who the winner…
The Federal High Court in Kano has declared the votes polled by the Abia State governor-elect, Alex Otti, in the last general election as wasted but refused to nullify the certificate of return issued to him as the winner of the poll. The judgement delivered by M.N. Yunusa on Thursday affects other Labour Party candidates…
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has dismissed as false and unfounded, the statement ascribed to the Labour and Civil Society Front (LCSF),threatening to disrupt activities in the country if justice was not delivered in the presidential election petition. Instead, Ajaero said LCSF was a platform founded with the aim of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the November 11 governorship election in Kogi state, Senator Dino Maleye yesterday constituted a committee to draw a blueprint for his campaign as well as his administration, if elected. Melaye said that the Policy Document Development Committee (PDDC) is to chart a way forward for his administration, if elected the…
But for the timely intervention of police officials, angry supporters Labour Party (LP) supporters suspected to be sympathetic to the Julius Abure faction of the party would have lynched the Acting National Chairman, Mr. Lamidi Apapa. Apapa was attending the court’s proceedings for the first time yesterday, even though the court had declined to recognise…
In a recognition by the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), the premier association of all broadcasters in Nigeria, ARISE News Channel emerged the Best TV Station of the Year, beating heavyweights, like Channels TV, at the maiden edition of The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards (TNBA), held last night in Lagos. The television station also clinched the…
