Good Sleep Awareness Promotes Good Leadership - Experts

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark this year's World Sleep Day with the theme "Good Sleep is a reachable dream", experts have called for the enabling of good sleep awareness in the country towards promoting better leadership qualities.

Noting that good leaders sleep well, the experts argued that the average person spends approximately one third of his or her life in bed, sleeping.

Foreign Airlines to Sack 2,000 Nigerian Workers

The National Union of Air Transport Employees ,NUATE, has revealed that foreign airlines plan to sack about two thousand (2,000) Nigerian workers due to what they claimed is their inability to transfer their earnings to their respective home countries to meet operational costs in accordance with international rules because of new Central Bank of Nigeria , CBN, policy on forex and fund transfer.

Abaji Communities Want Bridge Across River Gurara

Residents of six riverine communities in Abaji Area Council, Abuja, have appealed to the chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulrahman Ajiya, to liaise with the FCT Administration on the construction of a bridge across the River Gurara when elected into office.

The residents of Alu, Mamagi, Mawogi, Pachuwa, Yewuni and Ebagi riverine communities in Abaji Area Council, made the request when the APC chairmanship candidate visited the community on Thursday.

Kano Supports Grazing Reserve

Kano State government has said that it would support current effort by the Federal Government to carve out grazing reserve for herdsmen across the country.

Director of Press to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Aminu Yassar, told Vanguard on phone that the idea, which was borrowed from Kano, remained the best step towards addressing incessant clash between farmers and herdsmen.

'Declare State of Emergency in Oil Sector Now'

Federal Government has been called upon to declare state of emergency in the oil and gas sectors for the benefit of the country.

The National President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade F.O Johnson, made the call while chatting with Daily Trust during public presentation and lunching of the book ,"Reciter's Guide" in National Mosque, in Abuja, yesterday.

Buhari Leads Security Team to Malabo for Maritime Policing

President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow travel to Malabo for talks with President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea on further measures to protect the people and resources of the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea.

Presidential spokesman Mr Femi Adesina said in a statement today that this was in continuation of the Federal Government's efforts

Government to Support Production of Lady Mechanic's Car

The Nigerian government has promised to help in the mass production of a car being developed by some woman artisans under the Lady Mechanic Initiative. By Zakariyya Adaramola

The Federal Government has promised to help in the mass production of a car being developed by some female artisans under the Lady Mechanic Initiative.

Buhari Wins Polio Eradication Champion Award

In acknowledgment of his government's efforts to keep Nigeria polio-free, Rotary (http://www.Rotary.org) Wednesday presented President Muhammadu Buhari with its Polio Eradication Champion Award.

Last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) removed Nigeria from its list of polio-endemic countries after the country went one year without reporting a case of the disease.

Death Toll Rises to 24 in Lekki Building Collapse

Six corpses were recovered from the rubble where a five-storey building collapsed in Lekki, Lagos, on Tuesday, the National Emergency Management Agency has said.

Economist's Nigeria Summit Begins Monday 

 

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote are among eminent personalities slated to speak at the 11th edition of the annual Nigeria Summit organized by the Economist.

The summit which holds from Monday, March 7 to Tuesday March 8 at the InterContinental Hotel, Lagos, will review Nigeria's current economic situation and provide an overview of the global macro-economic picture, talking through the growth prospects for Nigeria and the region.

U.S.$20 Billion Idle in Private Accounts, CBN Says

 

Central Bank Governor Mr. Godwin Emefiele has said over $20billion is idle in domiciliary account of private individuals at a time when the country is facing foreign exchange crisis.

Emefiele's comment was made at a session of the joint committee on appropriation of the National Assembly yesterday.

Federal Government Urged to Declare National Emergency On Maternal, Newborn Deaths

Stakeholders in the health sector, especially on maternal and child health, have urged the Federal Government to make the health of mothers and children a priority, as well as declare a national emergency on the high maternal and neonatal deaths in the country.

MLSCN Seals 28 Labs in Lagos

As part of efforts to rid Lagos State of unprofessional laboratory practise, the Medical Laboratory Science Council Of Nigeria (MLSCN), has sealed off 28 laboratory facilities within the metropolis, as well as charge four persons for quackery.

Fighting Female Genital Mutilation On All Fronts

Abimbola Akosile captures the united outraged voices raised against the scourge of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Nigeria, at a programme jointly organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in Abuja, recently

UNFPA, Senate Seek More Investment in Reproductive Health

The senator representing Lagos Central and Chair of Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Oluremi Tinubu yesterday joined stakeholders in the reproductive health to canvass for greater accountability and investment for life-saving health care delivery for marginalised women, newborns, children, and youth.

Measles Is the 'Strange' Disease Killing Children in Lagos - LASG

Lagos State Government on Monday identified measles as the 'strange' disease that has killed over 20 children in Eti-Osa area of the state.

The state commissioner for health, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this to journalists added that water samples also confirmed traces of bacterial infection as a result of poor environmental issues in the slum community.

'Kogi Will Be Free of Polio in Six Years'

Mrs Blessing Ameh, Health Educator, Kogi State Ministry of Health, said on Saturday that the state was free of polio for upward of six years without new cases.

Ameh said this in an interview in Lokoja, attributing the success story to routine polio immunisation exercises.

Electricity Tariff Hike - Court Rule On NERC Application for Stay of Proceedings Feb 22

 

Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos will on February 22, decide whether or not to stay further proceedings in a suit instituted by a lawyer, Toluwani Adebiyi against the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), over the recent hike in electricity tariff.

NERC had filed the application for stay of proceedings pending the hearing and determination of its appeal against two previous rulings delivered by the judge.

Oil Price Stability High On Agenda As Buhari Visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar

President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Feb. 22, a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said on Sunday in Abuja.

The statement also said that the President would first fly to Riyadyh for talks on Tuesday with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and senior officials of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Motorists Want Urgent Repair of Benin-Okene Highway

 

Some motorists plying the Benin-Okene highway have called for its urgent repair to reduce accidents and loss of lives on the road.

The motorists told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin that aside accidents caused by its poor state, some criminals took advantage of the bad portions of the road to rob travelers.