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 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 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 […]
By ESTHER McWILLIS-IKHIDE A coalition of prominent Nigerians, under the banner Concerned Nigerian Citizens, has urged the United States to withdraw recent threats against Nigeria and called on the government to take full responsibility for protecting its citizens. Speaking at a Kaduna press briefing, Dr. Bilkisu Oniyangi emphasized that remarks by former U.S. President […]
By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE POLICE in Edo State intervened on Sunday after thugs disrupted a private exhibition at the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, forcing the evacuation of expatriates and guests. The exhibition, organized ahead of MOWAA’s official commissioning on 11 November 2025, was stormed by a group claiming to be “sons and […]
By IKE UZOR-NZUBECHI TENSION flared on Sunday when soldiers at a checkpoint along Onitsha Road allegedly opened fire on police officers returning from election duty in Anambra State. Reports indicate the officers were coming back from the just-concluded governorship poll when an argument broke out between them and soldiers at the checkpoint. One officer was […]
By PAULINA NZERUBE THE Delta State Chapter of the Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), led by Chairperson Lady Judith Ojevwe Nwachukwu, paid a courtesy visit to HRM Asagba Prof. Epiphany Chigbogu Azinge at his palace on 8 November 2025. Lady Judith congratulated the monarch on his first coronation anniversary, wishing him long life, […]