NMA slams FG over Saint Lucia doctors’ deployment deal
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has described the recent Federal Government’s decision to deploy Nigerian doctors and healthcare professionals to Saint Lucia as a tragic contradiction in the face of the country’s ongoing healthcare crisis.
ADC poses no threat to Tinubu’s second term ambition – Support Group
A support group, Grassroots Movement for Tinubu (GMT), says African Democratic Congress (ADC) and other coalitions posed no threat to the second-term ambition of President Bola Tinubu. The Director-General (DG) of GMT in Ondo State, Mr Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, said this in a statement on Thursday in Akure. Yusuf-Ogunleye said that those behind the coalition lacked […]
Our fertile farmlands have become killing fields – Benue farmer
Benue farmers on Thursday said that the state’s fertile farmlands had become killing fields for invaders. The farmers who shared their minds in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi said the dastardly act had brought hunger as well as starvation. Mr Yande Kumbur, a farmer from Kwande Local Government Area […]
Drug abuse fueling Nigeria’s mental health crisis – PSN, NDLEA raise alarm
… Call for urgent reforms By Peace Ezenwamma As Nigeria battles a severe and escalating mental health crisis, key stakeholders in the health sector, policymakers, and human rights activists have raised the alarm that the country is facing a hidden epidemic of substance abuse, with one in seven Nigerians aged 15 to 64 involved in […]
Indecent Dressing: Delta Govt cautions security agents on enforcement
The Delta Government has cautioned security agencies to exercise restraint and professionalism in enforcing the law against indecent dressing in the state.
ADC: Can you zone 2027 ticket to the South? Kachikwu slams coalition promoters
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has challenged the promoters of the newly formed ADC-led opposition coalition to be bold enough to declare that the 2027 presidential ticket will be zoned to the South.
Boko Haram: We only closed 3 markets, not 8, for operational purposes – Yobe Govt
By Ndahi Marama, Damaturu The Yobe state government under the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni has clarified that only three weekly markets of Buni Yadi, Kukareta and Katarto communities were closed down to allow security agencies to have a smooth operation against renewed Boko Haram attacks. The Government, however, dismissed reports which claimed that […]
Ekiti Assembly confirms Ogunmoye as Chief Judge
Ogunmoye had been acting as the Chief Judge of the state since November 2024.
ADC coalition ‘ll only take Nigeria backward – Presidency
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA –-The Presidency has mocked the newly-formed opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress, ADC, describing it as a hollow alliance of disgruntled politicians. The Presidency also dismissed the comparisons between the ADC and the 2023 merger that birthed the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, describing it as a desperate and self-serving […]
Price of 5kg cooking gas stands at N7, 885.60 in May – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N7,885.60 recorded in April to N8,167.43 in May 2025. This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for May 2025, released on Thursday in Abuja. The report said that the May price represented a 3.57 per […]
Mali junta chief granted renewable presidential mandate
Mali’s military authorities on Thursday granted the junta chief a five-year presidential mandate, renewable “as many times as necessary” and without election.
