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Buhari: All National Flags To Fly At Half-Mast For 7 Days

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that all national flags be flown at half-staff to honour his late predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, who passed on on Sunday.

The former Nigerian president who died while receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness in London, United Kingdom, had been ill for some time.

In a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu described the late Buhari as “a very core, a patriot, a soldier, a statesman, whose legacy of service and sacrifice endures .”

”As a mark of respect to our former leader, I have directed that all national flags fly at half-staff across the country for seven days from today,” Tinubu stated.

“I have also summoned an emergency Federal Executive Council session on Tuesday, dedicated to his honour”.

“The Federal Government will accord President Buhari full state honours befitting his towering contributions to our country.”

“May Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him Al-Jannah Firdaus”, the president added.

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Mrs. Aguiyi-Ironsi left a good legacy – Obasanjo

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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late wife of the first Nigerian military Head of State, Mrs. Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi as one who left a good legacy for her family and the entire Umuahia community of Abia State.

Chief Obasanjo in a condolence message made available to newsmen in Abeokuta said the death of Mrs. Ironsi was a big loss, not only to her immediate Aguiyi-Ironsi family, the entire Umuahia community in Abia State and country, but also to those close to her including himself.

Chief Obasanjo said the late Community leader had held the family together all this years, noting that her departure will be a great loss to the entire family of Aguiyi-Ironsi and to the Umuahia community in general. 

Mrs. Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi died at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia state in the early hours of Monday at 97 years.

Wale Oluokun

Health

OBJ Calls For National Policy Against Cervical Cancer

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for a national policy on prevention and eradication of cervical cancer in Nigeria.

The former president made the call at his Penthouse of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, shortly after he was decorated as the presidential ambassador by the Cervical Cancer-Free Nigeria led by Senator Lanre Tejuoso.

Chief Obasanjo stated that both the Federal and State governments must deploy all available resources to fight cervical cancer as they had fought polio, COVID-19 and other diseases.

He urged the Federal government to invest in national-scale procurement and distribution of HPV vaccine to fight Human PapillomaVirus HPV the virus responsible for cervical cancer.

Chief Obasanjo said the HPV vaccine must be available for every Nigeria girl child to prevent the spread of cervical cancer in the country.

In a remarks, Senator Lanre Tejuoso who was the Chairman of the eighth Senate Committee on Health, disclosed that eight thousand women die yearly of Cervical cancer noting that the NGO rallied the former president’s support to the lead the cervical cancer advocacy in Nigeria and at the global scene.

In the team that decorated the former president are the Commissioners for Health in Ogun and Lagos States, Dr Tomi Coker and Prof Akin  Abayomi as well as the President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Mr. Abimbola Ogunbanjo who vowed to mobilise support of private sector in the fight against the virus.

The body also include Global Oncology (GO), a  non-profit foundation and the Legislative Initiative for Sustainable Development LISDEL a grassroots initiative to eliminate cervical cancer in Nigeria.

Wale Oluokun