Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, alongside former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday launched the Formal Sector Health Insurance Scheme to provide accessible and affordable healthcare for workers in Abia State. Also launched were the Free Hearing Aid Distribution initiative and a Free Medical Outreach, all aimed at improving healthcare delivery for the people of Abia. Speaking in Umuahia during the launch, Governor Alex Otti said his vision for healthcare delivery is to build a system that is dynamic and responsive to the needs of the local population. The governor assured that no one in the New…
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The Presidency, yesterday, inaugurated a National Community Engagement Framework Drafting Committee, describing the body as a critical vehicle for bringing federal policies closer to the grassroots across the federation. After the ceremony at the State House, Abuja, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (North West), Abdullahi Yakasai, said the framework would embody the spirit of partnership and collective action. His words: “The framework drafting committee we are launching today (yesterday) embodies the spirit of partnership and collective action, ensuring that progress is shared responsibility. “Our nation is at an important juncture, where every decision must prioritise the…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N880 to N865 per litre, a move that industry stakeholders link to the Federal Government’s recent reaffirmation of its commitment to the naira-for-crude policy. This development came just two days after the Federal Government reaffirmed the commitment during a meeting of the Technical Sub-Committee overseeing the initiative, which came after widespread concern over the continuity of the policy after it was effectively suspended last month at the end of a six-month pilot phase. The chairman of the sub-committee, Wale Edun, clarified that there had been…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has urged critics of the state of emergency in Rivers State to allow the judiciary to decide on the matter. The PDP Governors’ Forum has filed a suit challenging the declaration of the state of emergency by President Bola Tinubu following the political crisis in the state. Fagbemi cautioned against public commentary since the matter is already before the Supreme Court. He gave the advice during an interview with journalists in Lagos during the presentation of “Tribulations and Trophies: Bola Ajibola in His Own Words,” the autobiography of…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday struck out a N50bn fundamental human rights suit filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to challenge his arrest and repatriation from Kenya in 2021. The case, filed against the Federal Government, was struck out due to the repeated absence of the applicant’s (Kanu’s) counsel. Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) had filed the suit on behalf of Kanu, seeking 11 reliefs. Subsequently, Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, informed the court that he had filed a notice to take over from Ozekhome, who originally initiated the case on April…
A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Buba Galadima, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu helped his daughter to get a job at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. Galadima, a stalwart in the Kwankwasiyya movement, made the revelation on Wednesday during an appearance on a programme on AIT. The NNPP chieftain stated that despite his constant criticism of the ruling All Progressives Congress government, he is still friends with Tinubu. He said, “We are friends and will continue to be friends. If I want anything from him, I can ask. Let me confess on national television. My daughter…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says it would begin the payment of the first tranche of liquidation dividends to depositors of Heritage Bank from April. It would be recalled that Heritage Bank operating licence was revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on June 3, 2024. The Managing Director of NDIC, Mr Bello Hassan, said this on Wednesday at the NDIC Special Day at the ongoing 36th Enugu International Trade. Represented by Mrs Pamela Robert, South-East Coordinator of NDIC, Hassan said that NDIC was in collaboration with the CBN to maintain stability in the banking sector, enforce compliance…
The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has come under fire over his appointment of local government administrators in the state despite a court order restraining him from doing so. Legal practitioners, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and activist groups condemned the action of the Rivers Administrator, with the PDP also accusing the National Assembly of abdicating its oversight role over the administrator. Lawyers who spoke with the Nigerian Tribune on the development described the appointment of the 23 local administrators as “illegal, null, and void.” According to them, the action of the administrator—taken less than 24…
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, says the poverty in the land has assumed a worse dimension such that those offering him things in the past now beg him for assistance. Speaking at the National Executives Committee (NEC) meeting and expanded stakeholders’ summit of his party at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, on Wednesday, Obi said the time had come for Nigeria to be rescued. “Do not fear anybody. Those who were afraid yesterday didn’t do any better. We must speak out when things are going wrong. Nigeria is collapsing. The numbers are clear; the indices are clear, people…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he left office with the same physical assets he had when he assumed the presidency on May 29, 2015. In a statement on Wednesday, Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, revealed that the former president made the remark during a meeting with members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) at his residence in Kaduna. According to Shehu, Buhari advised the members of the Progressive Governors Forum to adopt a citizen-centric approach, saying that “leadership presents both a challenge and opportunity, and that balancing the two would significantly advance national progress.” He added that the…