The leadership of the Labour Party on Wednesday described the threat by the Nigeria Labour Congress to invade its offices nationwide as a subtle blackmail to make the Julius Abure-led leadership look like a villain before the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies in the country. The party also said that it will seek the protection of the security agencies and mobilise members across the nation to resist the invasion of its offices nationwide. The National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, disclosed it in a statement issued in Abuja. Ifoh was reacting to Tuesday’s directive by the NLC…
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No fewer than 16,000 medical doctors left Nigeria to practice abroad in the last five to seven years , the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has said. He made the disclosure Tuesday in Abuja during the annual capacity-building workshop of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA), and hosted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). It was themed “Integrated Healthcare Regulation and Leadership in Building Resilient Health Systems”. He said the mass migration out of the country was driven by factors such as economic opportunities, better working conditions, advanced training,…
An inspector with the Nigerian Police, Stephen Enang, died on Tuesday night in Calabar while watching the Champions League match between Arsenal and Real Madrid at a football viewing centre. Enang, said to be a diehard Arsenal fan, was attached to the Akim Police Division along IBB Way in Calabar until his death. He was reported to be a regular visitor at the football viewing centre located on Abang-Asang Street, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of Cross River, where the tragedy occurred. He had shown no signs of illness before the game and had enthusiastically joined in the excitement when…
The Zonal Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), South-South zone, George Turnah, has raised the alarm over an alleged threat to his life. Turnah raised the issue in a letter to President Bola Tinubu, a copy of which was made available to newsmen. He claimed that the threat stems from an alleged ideological disagreement with Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State regarding his involvement in the plot to form a coalition political party ahead of the 2027 elections. The letter read in part: “I believe it is crucial for the Southern part of Nigeria to be allowed a full…
Akwa Ibom State Government has solicited partnership with Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Nigeria PLC to make the State a tourism hub in the South-South Region of the Country. Governor Umo Eno stated this while exchanging views with Olusina Adegoke, Chief Sales and Distribution Officer of the Company, who led the Management of MTN Nigeria to visit him in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Capital. Governor Eno lauded the Company’s initiative of hosting the MTN Championship Sports tournament scheduled to hold between 29th April and 3rd May, 2025 in the State, reiterating his administration’s resolve to transform Akwa Ibom to a tourism…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, hosted members of the suspended Rivers State House of Assembly. In a video shared Tuesday on X, the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, said his principal played host to the lawmakers in the United Kingdom at a dinner during their stay for a Legislative Capacity Building Course. Olayinka said the minister departed Nigeria Sunday night to host the meeting. “Yesterday, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, hosted Rivers State House of Assembly members who are in the United Kingdom for Legislative Capacity Building,…
Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kano has convicted and sentenced a Make-up Artist, Abdullahi Musa Huseini (a.k.a Amuscap) to six months imprisonment for Naira abuse. He was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count charge bordering on abuse and mutilation of the Naira. The charge reads: “That you, Abdullahi Musa Huseini, on the 6th day of December, 2024, at Ali Jita Event Centre, Kano, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum N100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) in 1000 notes denomination issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by…
A Professor of International Environmental and Public International Law, Cyprian Edward-Ekpo, has advised President Bola Tinubu to reverse the state of emergency imposed in Rivers State. The professor of international environmental law warned that the emergency rule in the south-south state is a threat to Nigeria’s democracy and international reputation. It would be recalled that on March 18, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers, citing the protracted political crisis and the vandalisation of oil facilities. The President suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, his deputy, and all House of Assembly members for six months.…
The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has said it is better to have an impactful one-year service where corps members are properly equipped with the capacity to create jobs and impact their lives rather than extend the service to two years. He stated this while speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja after the 2025 Annual Management Conference of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, had on Friday called for the extension of the mandatory National Youth Service Corps scheme from one to two years when the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle…
Eighteen years after it failed to win the hosting right for the 2014 Commonwealth Games at a bid process held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nigeria has once again expressed interest in hosting the competition. Yesterday, the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) revealed that the country has met the deadline to express interest in hosting the 2030 edition of the competition in Abuja. Nigeria’s bid in 2007, tagged African bid, was led by former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, supported by then Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan, former Sports Minister, Abdulrahman Gimba, Dr Amos Adamu and the late Nobel Peace Prize Winner,…