Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra recently said he would provide 543 tricycle ambulances to 543 Primary Healthcare Centres in the state. “The ambulances will assist in emergencies and this is part of my commitment towards the provision of quality healthcare services in Anambra,’’ he said. “We will supply medical equipments, functional operational vehicles, conducive and clean environment to enhance efficient and smooth operations generally,” he said. “We divided health sector intervention into three; upgrading of health infrastructure, ensuring the comfort of patients and training/retraining of health workers and welfare,” he said. The governor said the state Health Insurance Scheme (SHIS)…
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Muhammadu Buhari was in a meeting with leaders of the ruling party, the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) and main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday, August 25, 2017. This was revealed on the presidency’s official Twitter handle (@NGRPresident) which posted, “President MBuhari meeting with PDP and APC Leaders at the State House this morning. PDP Chairman Sen Ahmed Makarfi arriving for the Meeting”. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was also in attendance after returning from a commissioning trip to Taraba state on Thursday. The meeting took place at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Rashidi Ladoja, who ported to the Accord Party to contest the state’s governorship seat in the 2015 general elections, has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He added that it was not his wish to leave the PDP when he did. “When I left the PDP some years ago, it was because of the injustice done to me. “We left because the PDP leaders, at that time, were not ready to protect the interest of all members. We are back now because the new leadership has promised to right all wrongs and avoid mistakes of the past. “I have…
Federal Government has established six sickle cell reference centres in six Federal Medical Centres (FMCs) across the country, Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, said on Saturday. Adewole listed the FMCs as the Federal Medical Centres, Ebute Meta, Lagos; Federal Medical Centre, Keffi and the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe. Others are the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa; Federal Medical Centre, Birnin-Kebbi and Federal Medical Centre, Abakaliki. “I wish to passionately appeal to all partners to support the ministry to conduct National Survey so as to establish the current prevalence of NCDs for sound policy direction and planning in Nigeria,” Adewole…
Muhammadu Buhari has asked for responsible opposition in the country after his meeting with leaders of the ruling party, the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) and main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). President Buhari said, “Multi-party democracy is a very tried and tested form of government. Opposition does not mean hostility, enmity or antagonism. Democracy needs opposition, one which is vibrant but responsible. “I am imploring all Nigerians to continue praying for peace and prosperity in Nigeria.”
Sen. Stella Oduah recently petitioned the Peoples Democratic Party’s chairman, Sen Ahmed Makarfi with a warning that she can withdraw from the Anambra guber race. An aspirant in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra, Oduah has threatened to withdraw from the race, alleging irregularities in PDP’s build-up to the primary election. According to her, as if the case of hijacking was not enough, the ultimate result of the ward congress which was submitted by the Secretary of the panel was switched for a doctored result. “The exercise violated all known principles of democratic practice. Several complaints have continued to trail…
Arsene Wenger has tipped Alexandre Lacazette to have a similar impact at Arsenal as Luis Suarez did at Barcelona — and he believes current prices in the market show the £53million price tag is his real value for money. His team travel to face Liverpool on Sunday and Alexis Sanchez could come into the side having returned to training following an abdominal injury, and Wenger is excited to see the pair play together. And Wenger says that, with the explosion in the transfer market seeing Neymar and Ousmane Dembele move for in excess of £100 million, it could prove to…
Lionel Messi must leave Barcelona if he wants to prove his greatness, according to football agent Mino Raiola. Messi, 30, has spent his entire professional career at Barca since arriving from Argentina as a teenager. “A player like Messi must try another experience with a different club and prove how great he is,” the agent told Marca. “The market as we know it no longer exists,” Raiola said. “Now it is countries who are signing players, and that isn’t football. “But transfers of €200m are going to be normal from now on– it won’t be crazy to see that.”
Jose Mourinho says he is “very confident” after Manchester United won their third straight game to open the season, but he’s not getting carried away quite yet. “We can look into perspective, last season we won against Leicester at home so that doesn’t make a difference but we had too many draws at home last season,” he said. “The difference is the quality of our football, we’re playing better today and if we hadn’t won this match I wouldn’t have anyone to blame. “The team is playing very well and I’m very confident. We are comfortable on the ball and…
Paulo Dybala’s inspirational display saw Juventus fight back to win 4-2 after going 2-0 down in the first seven minutes of Saturday’s game away to Genoa. Tactically confused and in poor physical condition, Juventus started the match in the worst possible way and conceded an own goal in the first 20 seconds of the game. With Genoa doubling their lead six minutes later, it looked to be all over so soon. However, With Gonzalo Higuain acting as the director of play and Dybala playing like the champion he’s set to be, Juventus grew into the game and scored the goals…
Jose Mourinho has told Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku that no one is certain of a place in his Manchester United team. “Zlatan knows me. And he knows that I play the players that I think are the best for the team. I always did it. “I always did that in my life so if he comes here and he proves that he is the best, he plays. If the other ones don’t give him a chance to prove that, that’s life. But I try always to be honest with my players and with my team. I try. “Maybe sometimes…
Pep Guardiola is tipping Raheem Sterling to score plenty of goals for Manchester City this season. “In the preseason last season Raheem played all the time out wide and this season, since the preseason game against Real Madrid, in the second half, he has played more as a No. 10, behind the striker. “He is so dangerous in that position. I like him to sit there closer to the middle because he commits the central defenders. He is so aggressive in the small spaces. That is good. “He scored a goal. In the last four or five games, he scored…
Leicester City came to Old Trafford with the sole purpose of frustrating free-scoring Manchester United with a draw, yet the home side still cut Leicester open time and time agian for a 2-0 victory — a performance that, in its own way, was their most important and impressive of the season so far. Breaking down teams that sit deep is something that United have not been so good at in recent years, and this win — provided by two late strikes, the first of the season from Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini — was hugely encouraging in that respect. Breaking…
Jordan Henderson says the confusion of Philippe Coutinho’s future has no effect on the Liverpool squad. “As players and professionals, you expect things to happen, especially when transfer windows are open and stuff like that,” Henderson said. “That’s the nature of football at times. You’ve got to get on with it. “As players, you focus on what’s important — playing football and doing your job. And I’ve felt we have done that brilliantly over the last few weeks. We need to carry that on.” “It is. At the end of the day, whatever happens — players coming in and going…
Jose Mourinho has said Anthony Martial should be set for an impressive season with Manchester United but has begged the winger to make sure he does not waste his talent. Martial has come off the bench to score twice this season to make his case to be included in the starting XI for the first time when Leicester visit Old Trafford on Saturday. “I think when you have some talents you cannot waste, I think when you are blessed with that talent, you have to exploit and not be happy with glimpses of talent and that I’m not going to…
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin wishes Ousmane Dembele all the best at Barcelona, despite the suspect manner the France international left the Bundesliga club. Sahin, 28, was the man of the match in Dortmund’s 2-0 home victory over Hertha Berlin on Saturday, contributing a goal and an assist. After the match, he talked to reporters about Dembele’s imminent transfer. “I wish him all the best,” he said. “He knows that he made a mistake. It probably also would have worked out another way.” “He is a fantastic footballer and I can understand that he wanted to move to Barcelona,” Sahin…
Di’ja has just made her fans with new single ‘Oh radio’. The song comes in two versions – Alternate and House. Altims produced this one.
Solidstar has praised his British sweetheart and baby mama. The singer took to photo sharing app, Instagram, on Thursday, August 24, 2017, sharing photos of his baby mama with sweet words. “Thank you for standing by me through thick and thin, For not giving up on me when I didn’t win, when I don’t even deserve your love and loyalty, For your patience when I kept pushing you away, For caring when I act like I don’t need you, I am grateful knowing I can count on your strength, respect and loyalty, Knowing u can go any length for me…
Ibinabo Fiberesima and Emeka Ike have finally reconciled. The duo were pictured together on social media, with the former president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, stating that the forgiveness was in the best interest of the Nigerian film industry. While addressing the media over the weekend, both Ibinabo and Emeka agreed that the peace was now very necessary as their battle for power only hindered the Guild and also affected the nation’s movie Industry.
“Game of Thrones” is arguably the biggest show of the last decade, and so are its cast. According to a data published by Variety, the shows main characters currently receive a big chunk of $500,000 per episode. That is over 180 million naira per episode. This report means each of them was paid roughly $3.5 million for the ongoing seven-episode season. These main cast are Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), and Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister). Supporting cast Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and others probably earn…