Tag: Nigerians

“Nigerians should be grateful; other Africans are suffering” – Buhari

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said Nigerians would be more “grateful to God” if they “knew what other countries in Africa are passing through”. According to an issued statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu, the President said this in Katsina, during his Sallah homage to the Emir, AbdulMumini Usman. According to the statement, which was titled: ‘How Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu emerged our flagbearer in APC, President Buhari’, the President said the openness and fairness with which the election convention and the nomination convention of…

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26th CHOGM: President Buhari at Kigali memorial, says Nigerians must be their brothers’ keepers

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has made a passionate appeal to Nigerians to be tolerant of one another and embrace peace for the general good of society. The president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, in an issued statement in Abuja, said Buhari made the appeal after visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda yesterday. The President toured the permanent exhibitions at the Memorial and laid a wreath at the mass graves where more than 250,000 victims of the genocide were buried. He also paid tribute to the memory of the victims and prayed for…

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Leadership: ‘Nigerians are unfortunate global citizens’ – Attahiru Jega

Aminu Imam

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, lamented that Nigerians belong to the category of the ‘unfortunate citizens of the world’. Prof. Jega stated this during the pre-Ramadan lecture, organised by the University of Lagos Muslim Alumni (UMA), with the theme: “Leadership Recruitment – The Missing Anchor in Our National Development.” According to him, this is because the country’s leadership “ in the context of a civil democratic dispensation, leaves much to be desired”. Jega, who was Chairman of the occasion, further said Nigerian…

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Nigerians commend President Buhari, express hope of new dawn in the nation’s electoral system

Aminu Imam

The new Electoral Act signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday holds potential for the improvement of the Nigerian electoral system, according to stakeholders. Investment banker/founder of ANAP Foundation, Atedo Peterside, on his verified Twitter handle, expressed his gratitude to President Buhari. He stated: “Thank you @MBuhari, for signing into law an Electoral Act that constitutes a significant improvement over previous legislation. The #GoNigeria movement wishes to thank Mr. President, our legislators, Civil Society, etc. for this team effort”. Others who spoke on the new Electoral Act 2022…

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“Nigerians no longer seeing the benefits of being in this country” — Prof. Yusuf

Aminu Imam

Former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof Usman Yusuf, has said the use of the military to address what he described as a ‘social problem’, is wrong and would only make a bad situation much worse. Yusuf, who stated this in an interview, said both bandits and IPOB are social problems because they are both the product of corruption and bad governance. According to him, the Buhari-led administration is disconnected from the people, adding that once the people feel alienated, there is bound to be agitations “because…

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Voter Registration: 120,600 Nigerians complete physical registration within 9 days -INEC

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 120,600 Nigerians have completed their physical registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) between July 26 and Aug. 3. Update provided by INEC on Wednesday in Abuja indicated that out of 120,600 Nigerians, who had completed their physical registration, 72,075 were male, while 48,525 were female. Also 1,274 in of the figure were people living with disability. The distribution of the complete registration by states indicated that Anambra had the highest number with 8,624 and followed by Osun with 8,114. The…

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Difficult times: Caritas urges Nigerians to remain courageous, strong

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Caritas Nigeria, an NGO, has charged Nigerians to console one another, remain courageous and strong in the face of the current challenges in the country. Reverend Father Uchechukwu Obodoechina, Executive Secretary, Caritas Nigeria, gave the charge while distributing palliatives to the poor in Abuja, to mark the 2020 World Day of the Poor. Obodoechina emphasised that this is the time to show love to, and sacrifice for another person to be happy. According to him, the kind of consolation that God requires of us is not a consolation of the…

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NCDC cautions Nigerians against misuse of antibiotics, as Antimicrobial Resistance grows

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) today joined the global community to commemorate the 2020 World Antibiotics Awareness Week (WAAW) to further strengthen commitment to mitigating the threat posed by Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to peoples’ health and well-being. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General of NCDC, said on Wednesday in Abuja that  since 2017, NCDC as the National AMR Coordinating body, had worked closely with states, relevant stakeholders in the Ministries of Health, Agriculture and Environment to strengthen surveillance for AMR and raise awareness on this global public health threat.…

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Pharmaceutical coy to educate Nigerians on diabetes prevention

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A pharmaceutical company, Mega We Care, says it has launched a nationwide campaign to educate millions of Nigerians on the challenges of preventing complications from diabetes and its management. Amit Singh, Business Head, the Chronic Care Division of the company, said the campaign was under the “Good Health By Yourself” initiative (GHBY) as part of the activities marking the World Diabetes Day. The World Diabetes Day is a global awareness campaign marks every November 14. Diabetes is a non-communicable long-lasting disease condition known to be one of the major health and development challenges…

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Bear with us, if we have not done enough – Buhari appeals to Nigerians

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appealed to Nigerians yet to feel the impacts of his Administration and those who feel the government is not doing enough to bear with the government. The President made the appeal in Ilorin at a town hall meeting with the traditional rulers, youths, students, organised labour, market women and other stakeholders on the #EndSARS protest and its aftermath. Recalled the President had directed all his cabinet ministers to go to their respective states and interact with the people over the protest and what the government…

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