Dr Kemi Ogunyemi, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, speaks to VICTORIA EDEME on the cholera outbreak in the state. *What are the primary causes of the recent cholera outbreak in Lagos State?* There have always been cases of cholera in Nigeria. We typically have isolated cases that we treat. However, we observed a surge in cholera cases between the 10th and 11th of June 2024. This increase qualifies it as an outbreak. The top three affected local government areas are Lagos Island, Kosofe, and Eti-Osa. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention anticipates cholera…
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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Saturday, issued three Exective Orders to establish two new agencies, namely: The Ogun State Mineral Resources Development Agency and The Ogun State Landscaping and Recreation Agency. In addition to the establishment of these two agencies, the third Executive Order, however, restrains traditional rulers from entering into any form of agreement or Memorandum of Understanding concerning mining activities or any other land matters in their domains. A statement issued on Saturday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, stated that the three Executive Orders take an immediate…
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has permanently forfeited to the Federal Government properties valued at N11,140,000,000.00 (billion) and N1.04 billion linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke made the order of final forfeiture after hearing a motion filed and argued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), through its counsel Chineye Okezie. The judge had on June 5, 2024, upheld the anti-graft agency’s motion filed an argued by its counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), for an interim forfeiture of the property. Oyedepo informed the court that Emefiele was suspected…
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has appointed Prof Sammy Olufemi Sam-Wobo as the new Director of the FUNAAB Zoological Park. Prof Sam-Wobo is of the Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, College of Biosciences (COLBIOS) of the University. He takes over the running of the FUNAAB Zoological Park from Prof. Oladapo Oduntan, its immediate past Director. With his new appointment, Sam-Wobo who is also the President of the Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria (PPSN), is expected to bring his wealth of knowledge and experience into the running and management of the FUNAAB Zoological Park. According…
Agency Reporter Celeste Arantes, the mother of Brazilian football legend Pele, has died aged 101, outliving her famous son by 18 months, the family announced Friday. Arantes was 17 when she gave birth to her first child on October 23, 1940, a baby who would grow up to be the man widely considered the greatest footballer of all time. “Rest in peace, grandma,” Pele’s eldest son Edinho wrote on Instagram, a message illustrated with a photo of him hugging his grandmother. No details were given on the cause of death. According to local media Arantes had been hospitalized for eight…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa Mrs. Timinipre Ohia of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Yenagoa has emerged the newly elected Chairman of the Bayelsa chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, (SWAN). She won the election held on Friday at the state secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). The keenly contested election saw Mrs Timinipre Ohia clinching eleven votes out of twenty one, while her only challenger, Pereolotu Amgbare of The Light Newspaper garnered ten votes. George Ameli of Niger Delta Television (NDTV), who initially was contesting for the office of the Chairman, announced his withdrawal from the race a…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The execution of the Ubeta Field Development Project by TotalEnergies Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) will create thousands of jobs in the country and catalyse the economy, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has stated. Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, stated this at the signing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) by the project promoters and their contractors. He stated that the approval of the final stages of the Nigerian Content Plan for this project” was one of the first acts he performed…
. UK-based investor expresses delight, affirms company CEO’s integrity Inspite of the high inflationary trend in Nigeria, the Chief Executive Officer of Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, Dr Babatunde Adeyemo, says no fewer than 10 sets of Ecostay Apartments will be commissioned by the foremost real estate firm on September 11. Adeyemo noted that the success of the projects were the combined results of discipline, sacrifice, integrity, prudence and commitment to quality delivery. The Pelican Valley CEO disclosed this when he led a United Kingdom-based Nigerian and one of the investors in the projects, Pastor Abiodun Adeboye, on a tour of…
…our target is to commission 10 sets of apartments September 11 – Pelican Valley CEO A United Kingdom – based Nigerian, Pastor Abiodun Adeboye, who is eager to have a country home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has expressed the joy that the dream is coming to reality sooner than expected with his investment in the Pelican”s Ecostay Apartments, where nature meets luxury for healthy living and comfort. Excited Adeboye said he’s elated to invest in the Pelican’s Ecostay Apartments located at the Kobape – Masa corridor of Ogun State, a project of the Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, because…
The move by the Presidency to buy a new presidential aircraft for the use of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reached an advanced stage as the federal government has put up three aircraft in the presidential fleet for sale. The National Assembly has recently prepared ground for the presidency to buy a new jet after the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence recommended the purchase of new aircraft citing the safety of the number one citizen. In May, the House of Representatives ordered the committee to investigate the state of the presidential air fleet following reports of…