By NJORIGE LYNUS NIGERIA’S Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, has called on British broadcaster Piers Morgan to air his interview on Nigeria’s religious situation in full, without edits or omissions. Speaking on Wednesday, Tuggar said the interview provides a factual account to counter “misleading narratives” about religious persecution in Nigeria. “For the sake of integrity […]
By MAHMOOD MALIK MUSA (M.M.M.) IBRAHIM THE Federal Government has announced a 60 per cent increase in the national health budget as part of President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to enhance healthcare delivery and address workforce challenges. Speaking at the 2025 Joint Annual Health Sector Review in Abuja, Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, […]
By FIDELUS ZWANSON THE president of the Nigeria Political Scientists Association (NPSA), Prof. Hassan Saliu, has advised President Bola Tinubu on measures to mitigate tensions following the US designation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern. Speaking in Ilorin, Kwara State, Saliu recommended that Tinubu direct the Armed Forces to target groups […]
By OBI DAVIES THE Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) has become the first payment system in Africa to reach the highest level of financial inclusivity, the “matured” tier, the AfricaNenda Foundation announced on Thursday. The announcement came during the launch of the State of Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 report in Eswatini, with Nigerian […]
By STELLA JOHNSON OGBOVOVEH THE Federal Government says it is strengthening Nigeria’s digital infrastructure to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the health system for improved service delivery, data sharing, and disease surveillance. Dr. Leke Ojewale, Senior Technical Advisor to the Coordinating Minister of Health on Digital Health, disclosed this in Abuja at a capacity-building workshop […]
By MELVIN KOFFA THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the Federal Government to use the remaining 10 days of the one-month grace period granted to it to address all outstanding issues with the union or risk another round of strike action. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by ASUU […]
By ESTHER McWILLIS-IKHIDE THE Federal Government has suspended plans to implement a 15 per cent import duty on petrol and diesel earlier approved by President Bola Tinubu. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) announced the decision in a statement on Thursday, saying the proposed tariff is “no longer in view.” The levy, […]
By FRED LONGJOHN OBEH IN Ibaka, Akwa Ibom State, the sea used to be kind. That’s how James Nana, a Ghanaian fisherman who arrived in Nigeria in 1992, remembers it. “You could sail anytime, return with fish, and sleep well,” he says. “No pirates, no fear.” Back then, fish were plentiful and danger was […]
By FRED LONGJOHN OBEH ON the shimmering waters of Ibaka, one of Nigeria’s largest fishing towns, the sea no longer promises livelihood — it threatens survival. For men like Ita James, fishing was once a proud inheritance, a trade that fed families and sustained entire communities. Now, each voyage feels like a gamble with […]
FORMER Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has pledged to begin the reconstruction of the burnt Practising School in Agulu, Anambra State, by January 2026, describing education as “the truest measure of a nation’s dignity.” Obi made the pledge while addressing members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Abuja, where he spoke on the theme […]