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AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE DAY: OONI HOLDS WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE, CALLS FOR MASSIVE INVESTMENT ON RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT

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The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Tuesday held a world press conference in commemoration of the annual African Traditional Medicine Day, at his Ile Oodua palace, Ile-Ife. The African Traditional Medicine Day is commemorated on 31st of August, every year. Addressing newsmen after a brief introduction by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare, Ooni Ogunwusi who is the spiritual leader of the prestigious Yoruba race, described the African Traditional Medicine as a major inheritance of the black people which is capable of solving all medical, spiritual and other problems. The monarch who called on Nigerians particularly sons and daughters of Oduduwa to join in the promotion of the African Traditional Medicine, added that herbs and roots are of unbeatable efficacy globally. He said, "Recently, as part of my COVID 19 response, promising traditional therapies have emerged and are still emerging. The Ministry of Health

Inner Wheel Club Pays Courtesy Visit on Oshodi Council Boss

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•Organizes free medical checkup Inner Wheel Club, a charity cum philanthropist organization, paid a courtesy call on the Executive chairman of Oshodi-Isolo local government, Otunba Kehinde Almoroof Oloyede and his vice, Hon. Mrs. Modupe Badmus-Aregbe.  The delegation was led by the district chairman, Mrs Adefunke Olubunmi Shinaba (district chairman, 912) for year 2021/2022. Inner Wheel Club is a charity organization that focuses majorly on women course. They target mainly widows, orphans, youths and girls and they operate currently in 104 countries. In Nigeria, they operate 6 districts.  The district chairman, Mrs Adefunke Olubunmi Shinaba, informed journalists that the aim of their visit was to felicitate with the chairman on his election victory and to intimate him on the operation of the club as well as intimate  him of the free medical checkups they are doing in the local government.. "We are here today to felicitate with the chairman and his vice on their election victory. We

Women Empowerment Will Bring Rapid Social, Economic Development, Says Aregbesola

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The social and economic development of any society is directly proportional to the level of gender equality and women empowerment.  The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made this assertion on Thursday, 26 August, 2021 at the 21st Regular National Council Meeting on Women Affairs in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.  For Aregbesola, where women are encouraged to thrive, there is always rapid development. For this reason, "one of the greatest self-harm humanity has done to itself is to deliberately hold back more than half of its own species". The Minister in his speech titled "Better Women, Better Society" described women as God's special gift to mankind, acknowledging the very vital role they play in human progress, particularly the perpetuation of the human race. "Women are the stabilizing agent in the family.  The major reason women are always very successful in any given assignment is unique to their feminine biology. Women demonstrate uncanny focus and

LASACO: "Our strategic digital transformation plan will aid customer experience and the diversification of income streams, Says Teju Philips

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The Chairman of Lasaco Assurance Plc, Mrs Olateju Philips, has disclosed that in spite of the challenging situation experienced in the year 2020 has a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company was able to deliver an awesome performance with a record Gross Premium Written of N10.937billion.  Mr Philips who made this known during the company’s 41st Annual General Meeting held at Marriott Hotel, Ikeja GRA Lagos, added that Lasaco Assurance Plc was able to generate N8.05billion in net underwriting income as against N6.71billion made in 2019, signifying an increase of 20% year on year.  According to her,”In spite of the challenging situation experienced during the course of the year, the company was able to deliver an awesome performance in 2020 and grew stakeholders’ value. We recorded a Gross Premium Written of N10.937billion.  “This signifies a 17% growth in performance compared to Gross Premium Written in 2019. The company made N8.05billion in net underwriting income as against N6.71

Do More For Nigerian Employees, Aregbesola Charges Indorama Management

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  The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has charged the management of the Indorama Petrochemicals and Fertilizer Limited, Port Harcourt, to create a clear career path for their Nigerian staff through promotion, upgrade, conversion and advancement in their chosen fields.  Ogbeni Aregbesola made the remarks on Monday, 23 August, 2021 when he paid a working visit to the industrial complex. The Minister was guided round the complex, seeing the control room, the bagging and loading sections and the product display room.  Speaking at the end of the tour, the Minister noted that he was impressed with the level of investment and expansion of the company, commending the management for their contribution to the development of the Nigerian economy. He however stated that Indorama needed to do more in employing more Nigerians to work at the facility.  “If I was the Minister of Trade and Investment, perhaps, I would have applauded you and left this place, as the level of investment is q

INCREASING WAVE OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTHS… ‘SICKENING AND WORRISOME’ – HON. HAKEEM OLUSOLA SOKUNLE.

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The call has again been made to Parents, Guardians, Teachers, and Religious leaders to pay attention to Nigerian children and youths in the face of the heightened rates of substance abuse in the society.  This note was shared by participants at the 7th Annual Constituency Stakeholders’ meeting, held simultaneously in all the forty (40) Constituencies of the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday Thursday 19th August, 2021. In His Opening remark, the Council Mayor of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government, Otunba Kehinde Oloyede-Almaroof call for synergy among all political office holders in Oshodi, he also passed vote of confidence in the Lagos lawmaker for His brilliant and quality representation. At the Stakeholders meeting hosted by the Chairman, House Committee on Health, Hon. Hakeem Sokunle at the Legislative building of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Secretariat on Thursday 19th August, 2021, Stakeholders harped on the need for Youths to eschew drug addiction and abuse, because it is dang

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia seek partnership on drug war

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Nigeria and Saudi Arabia have agreed to strengthen partnership in the fight against trafficking of illicit drugs between the two countries. The anti-narcotics agencies of the two countries, Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate Of Narcotics Control (GDNC) at a meeting in Abuja emphasized the need for such agreement. This was the highpoint of discussions on Monday and Tuesday between the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) and representative of GDNC, Colonel Naser Hajid Al Otaibi. A press statement by the spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said Marwa while welcoming the Saudi official, expressed appreciation for the support received from the Saudi authourities in the past.  He said “considering the need for an enduring partnership, we propose a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two agencies in combating trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and its precursor