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The Federal Government has intensified efforts to embed oral health services into Nigeria’s primary healthcare system as part of a renewed national push to eliminate noma and improve overall wellbeing, especially for vulnerable children. This commitment was made in Abuja during the 2025 National Oral Health Week, Noma Awareness Day…
Lawmakers at the ongoing Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament have expressed deep concern over the worsening political and security situation in Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria, calling for urgent regional action to stabilise both countries. The 2025 session, holding in Abuja, also marks the Parliament’s 25th anniversary, with activities including…
The Federal Government has announced the release of three Nigerians earlier detained in Saudi Arabia after being wrongly linked to prohibited substances found in luggage fraudulently tagged to their travel documents. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Mr. Abdulhamid Sadieq, Mrs. Maryam Hussein Abdullahi, and Mrs. Bahijah…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally issued certificates of expulsion to the eleven members removed during its recent National Convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State. Those expelled include the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose; former National Secretary of the Party,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed six Zonal Coordinators to lead the Renewed Hope Initiative Committees, a key structure designed to advance his administration’s political, economic and social development agenda across the country. In the South-East, former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim will serve as zonal coordinator. Former Bauchi State…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s political trajectory has become increasingly uncertain following his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as indications emerge that he may be considering the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) or the Accord Party as possible platforms for his 2026 re-election bid. The uncertainty deepened after the governor…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence, following the sudden resignation of Mohammed Badaru Abubakar earlier on Monday. The nomination was conveyed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio through an official communication from the Presidency, in which Tinubu described Musa as an…
Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola has been elected as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the August 2026 Osun State election. Adedamola won the party’s primary on Tuesday at Adolak Hall in Osogbo, securing 919 votes after his only opponent, Governor Ademola Adeleke, withdrew from the race and…
The Borno State Police Command has successfully recovered gold worth N23.6 million for a woman who buried the valuables 15 years ago while fleeing a Boko Haram attack in Mallam Fatori. Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, confirmed in a statement that the woman, who requested anonymity, returned to…
Media experts have called for stronger professionalism, ethical standards, and strategic information management among public-sector information officers, citing the increasing complexity of the digital communication lansdscape. The call was made in Keffi, Nasarawa state, during a three-day capacity-building workshop organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, FCT Council and…
