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HILLARY ESSIEN

Hillary Essien is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a lawyer with 2 years of writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, Hillary served as an administrative assistant at a non-profit organisation focused on food security for children of low income households.She is on Twitter @Hillary_essien
November 23, 2021

U.S. launches mother to child HIV prevention initiative in Lagos

During the programme launch, the U.S. reiterated its goal to strengthen local health systems in Nigeria.

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Team with Lagos State Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi.
November 23, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Buhari secretly appoints Bulkachuwa, Odili’s daughters, 20 others he previously rejected as unqualified to be judges

Sources said the National Judicial Council is responsible for misleading the president into believing that changes had been made to the list that was rejected last year.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Njideka Nwosu-Iheme
November 23, 2021

Uber Eats users to start ordering cannabis

“We are partnering with industry leaders like Tokyo Smoke to offer safe, convenient options for people in Ontario to purchase legal cannabis.”

Uber
November 23, 2021

Lagos #EndSARS panel report fake, no massacre was committed: Lai Mohammed

Members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry in Lagos released their findings last week.

Lai Mohammed and bloody #EndSARS flag
November 19, 2021

FG begs U.S. to patronise agricultural products by Nigerian farmers

Currently, Nigeria exports crude oil, cocoa, cashew nuts, and animal feed to the U.S. market.

November 19, 2021

Boko Haram: Buhari regime blames U.S. lawmakers for preventing Nigeria from buying attack helicopters

Foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama has appealed to the U.S. government for support to tackle COVID-19 and develop a vaccine facility.

Coronavirus used to illustrate the story.
November 19, 2021

Boko Haram: Buhari regime blames U.S. lawmakers for preventing Nigeria from buying attack helicopters

“We have a slight issue with some attack helicopters, but that’s more on the legislative side and not on the executive side.”

Geoffrey Onyeama
November 18, 2021

Amazon to stop accepting UK-issued Visa credit cards

Amazon said the move was due to high credit card transaction fees but said Visa debit cards would still be accepted.

Amazon
November 18, 2021

El Salvador seeks to gag CSOs with 40% tax on donations in ‘Foreign Agents Bill’

Organisations that fail to comply with the bill face a shutdown, fines up to $250,000 and a prison sentence between two and five years.

Transparency International and President Nayib Bukele
November 17, 2021

Wema Bank defies Twitter ban to gift Davido N1 million

Corporate bodies in Nigeria had abstained from Twitter since the Buhari regime banned the platform on June 5.

Alat and Davido