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World Health Day: CAPPA Urges Govt to Fix Health Funding, Policy Gaps

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CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on governments at all levels to urgently address what it described as chronic underfunding and policy failures in Nigeria’s health sector, warning that the situation is worsening the country’s disease burden. The group made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday to mark World Health Day 2026. CAPPA said Nigeria has consistently failed to meet the 15 per cent health budget benchmark set under the Abuja Declaration, noting that even approved allocations are often not fully released. It cited figures from the Budget Office of the Federation, stating that only N36 million of the N218 billion allocated to the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare’s 2025 capital budget had reportedly been released. In 2024, it added, N26.552 billion was released out of N233.656 billion earmarked for capital projects. CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, said the gap...
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Lagos Police Arrest 62-year-old man over alleged ₦130 million fraud, 46 Other Suspected armed robbers, cultists

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 47 suspects and recovered firearms, ammunition, and stolen items in a series of operations aimed at tackling crime across the state. The Commissioner of Police, Tijani Olayiwola Fatai, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Command’s headquarters in Ikeja, where he outlined achievements recorded since assuming office. CP Fatai said the arrests and recoveries were the result of intelligence-led operations and strengthened community collaboration to curb criminal activities including armed robbery, cultism, and fraud. According to him, items recovered include 14 firearms, comprising 10 locally made guns and four pump-action rifles, 96 rounds of ammunition, 29 live cartridges, 14 vehicles, two laptops, 29 mobile phones, and other incriminating materials. The state police boss also said the command recorded no major security breaches during the Easter celebrations, attributing the success to proactive deployment of personnel and strategic ...
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CAPPA Backs NAFDAC’s Sodium Reduction Drive to Tackle Rising Health Risks

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NAFDAC DG, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye delivering her welcome address at the event. Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has thrown its weight behind the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) over ongoing efforts to introduce regulations aimed at reducing sodium levels in pre-packaged foods. The endorsement came during a stakeholders’ engagement held in Lagos on April 1, where participants expressed support for measures to curb excessive sodium consumption and address the growing burden of diet-related diseases. CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, commended the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, for her leadership, assuring that the organisation would continue to support initiatives aimed at protecting public health. He said CAPPA remains committed to advocacy that strengthens regulatory actions, describing sodium reduction policies as necessary s...
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Salute to a Man of Quiet Strength, Discipline, Institutional Loyalty

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By Precious King On a humid Sunday morning in Victoria Island, Lagos, the pews of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Redemption Pavilion Parish filled slowly but purposefully. Politicians sat beside serving and retired security chiefs, exchanging greetings before the arrival of the clergy, family members, and longtime associates in quiet procession. They had not gathered merely to mark the successful retirement of immediate past Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun (rtd), but to bear witness to a career marked by clarity, purpose, and servant leadership. Across speeches, tributes, and personal recollections that morning, a consistent portrait emerged: a leader shaped by discipline, guided by loyalty to structure, and sustained by faith. The officer Tinubu met before Nigeria knew him President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s tribute reached back nearly three decades, before national appointments, command postings, and the Inspector-General’s office. He remembered meeting...
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Akpanudom Assumes Duty as 56th AIG in Charge of FCID Annex Lagos

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A new Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Simeon U. Akpanudom, has assumed duty as the 56th AIG in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos. His assumption of office, which took effect on Monday, marks a leadership transition at the department following the elevation of his predecessor, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, to the position of Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Disu, who served as the 55th AIG of the FCID Annex, was recently appointed IGP by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and confirmed by the Nigerian Police Council as the 23rd indigenous Inspector-General of Police of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Akpanudom, a seasoned officer, was born on August 4, 1967, in Ukana Ikot Ntuen, Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He joined the Nigeria Police Force on May 18, 1992, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police. Prior to his new appointment, he served as Commissioner of Police in charge of the Anti-Fraud Sec...
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CAPPA Urges FG to Increase Tobacco Control Funding, Warns of Rising Youth Targeting

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CAPPA Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to significantly increase funding for tobacco control, warning that current budgetary provisions are inadequate to tackle the growing public health risks posed by tobacco use and emerging nicotine products. In a statement issued at the weekend, the organisation urged the government to raise the annual allocation for tobacco control to at least N300 million, with sustained increases in subsequent budgets. It noted that existing funding levels fall short of what is required to effectively implement the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA) 2015. The call follows the release of CAPPA’s report titled “New Smoke Trap: New and Emerging Nicotine and Tobacco Products, Youth Exposure and Policy Gaps in Nigeria,” which highlights how tobacco companies are exploiting regulatory gaps to introduce and promote new nicotine products, including electronic cig...
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Atlanticnewsonline Editor’s Book on Crime Reporting Set for Public Presentation

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Frank Oshanugor A new book on crime journalism authored by the Editor-in-Chief of Atlanticnewsonline, Mr. Frank Oshanugor, is scheduled for public presentation on Thursday, March 26, 2026. The book, Crime Beat Reporting in Nigeria, will be unveiled at a ceremony slated to begin at 10 a.m. at Osun Hall, Lagos Airport Hotel, located on Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos. The event is expected to attract dignitaries from the security, banking, maritime and other sectors of the economy. Chairman of the Book Presentation Committee, Mr. Emma Nnadozie, who is also the Crime Editor of Vanguard Newspapers, disclosed that the event will be chaired by Dr. Davidson Akhimien, a former military intelligence officer and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of King David Group of Companies. The book will be presented by industrialist High Chief Richard Ifeanyi Agbapuru, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of RichyGold Group of Companies, while the review will be delivered by Prof. Chijioke Uwasomba of Obafemi...
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