Over 330,000 cattles, goats and sheeps have been earmarked for vaccination against anthrax disease across sixteen local government areas of Kwara state.
A public accountability platform, Tracka, tracked that Kebbi state government budgeted N100million to empower less privileged but according to Tracka, projects tracked showed that only sixty persons were empowered with sewing machines and grinding machines from the N100million allocation for Kebbi South senatorial district.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has claimed that 76 percent of individuals who encountered bribery requests in the Northwest region resisted recording highest refusal rate among Nigeria’s geopolitical zones as an indication of growing resistance to bribery in the region, while 70 per cent of Nigerians who were approached for a bribe in 2023 refused to comply nationwide.
Our country is seen as the giant of Africa in trade, commerce and culture but now bears another title, the emerging epicentre of lifestyle diseases as traditional eating patterns give way to fast food, and custom practices yield to sedentary routines, Nigeria is topping the charts for lifestyle-related diseases.
