President Bola Tinubu has approved a N1 trillion ($1.2 billion) performance-based financing initiative for state governments to strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC) systems, recruit more health workers, and improve services. Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, who disclosed this at the 2025 First Quarter Review Meeting of the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee (NTLC) on PHC Delivery yesterday in Abuja, explained the initiative, along with year-on-year increases in health budget allocations, underscores the government’s commitment to improving the nation’s healthcare system. He said the current administration had intensified its avowal to strengthen primary health care by training and…
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By Shadrach Okon The strength of leadership lies in transforming your vision into reality for the people to feel your impact. The best dream of a leader makes little or no sense to the people if his vision is not well interpreted and transformed into reality by his ‘foot soldiers’ at the helm of affairs in various offices. This is one germane reason why successful leaders, entrepreneurs, captains of industries invest in head-hunting to seek best hands to handle managerial positions in their companies and organizations. Head-hunting also known as executive search is a recruitment strategy of searching and hiring…
The Donald Trump administration has initiated the mass termination of at least 1,600 employees from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The agency announced on its website that as of 11:59 p.m. EST on February 23, 2025, all USAID direct hire staff, except for those in critical roles, core leadership, or specially designated programs, will be placed on administrative leave worldwide. At the same time, USAID is starting a Reduction-in-Force that will impact around 1,600 personnel based in the United States. Those affected will receive notifications on February 23, 2025, along with further details regarding their benefits and…
Multichoice, a leading satellite TV provider in Sub-Saharan Africa, is planning to raise subscription fees for DStv and GOtv in Nigeria once again, nearly a year after the last price adjustment. According to TheCable, sources indicate that the DStv Compact package will see an increase from N15,700 to N19,000. The majority of MultiChoice’s subscribers are on the Compact, Access, and Family packages, which may also experience price hikes, with Family rising from N9,300 to N11,000 and Access from N5,100 to N6,000. Additionally, the Premium and Compact+ packages, which are the most expensive, will also be impacted by the price changes.…
The Ogoni people have demanded the creation of Bori State from the Eleme, Gokana, Khana, and Tai Local Government Areas (LGAs) that constitute Ogoniland. They have also called for the implementation of the Ogoni Bill of Rights as a prerequisite for the proposed resumption of oil extraction in the area. This demand was made during a town hall meeting on Sunday between various Ogoni communities and the Ogoni Dialogue Committee in Kpor, the headquarters of Gokana LGA. President Bola Tinubu recently met with Ogoni leaders regarding the proposed recommencement of oil activities, which had been suspended since 1993 because of…
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has announced that 18,500 women across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones will benefit from an empowerment initiative, with the North Central region being the first to receive support. Speaking at an event in Bida, Niger State, on Friday, February 21, 2025, she presented empowerment items—including deep-chest freezers, gas cookers with ovens, generators, and industrial grinding machines—to beneficiaries. Represented by Niger State First Lady, Hajiya Fatima Umaru Bago, Senator Tinubu emphasised that women’s empowerment is crucial to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG-5 on gender equality and SDG-8 on decent work and economic growth. The…
Tensions have erupted within the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following accusations that the party’s Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, has unilaterally reinstated Chief Dan Orbih into the leadership fold, despite his suspension in July 2024 over alleged anti-party activities. Multiple sources within the NWC have expressed outrage over Damagum’s decision, which they claimed was done without consultation and in defiance of an earlier party resolution. Orbih, the National Vice Chairman (South-South), was suspended on July 11, 2024, following accusations that he worked against the PDP’s interests in the September 21, 2024, Edo State…
Umahi praised President Tinubu for initiating the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project and emphasised its importance to Nigeria’s socio-economic development. Construction on Sections 3A and 3B of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, located in Cross River and Akwa Ibom, respectively, will begin by the first week of March. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, gave the assurance on Friday during an inspection tour of Section One, Phase One of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. The minister said sections 3A and 3B length would be 55km. He said: “Sections 3A and 3B are in Cross River and Akwa Ibom, and that…
Former Military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd) has explained the reasons for the overthrow of General Muhammadu Buhari’s regime in 1985 as well as the subsequent drastic economic reforms, including the devaluation of the naira. Babangida, who served as the Chief of Army Staff under Buhari and played a key role in the 1983 coup that brought him to power, provided a detailed account of the events in his autobiography, A Journey in Service. The 420-page book, released on Thursday, has sparked controversy, particularly regarding key issues that shaped Babangida’s eight-year rule, including the annulment of the June 12…
Emmanuel Sam Applauds Uyo LG chairman over provision of power substation in Eniong Offot The immediate past Special Assistant to the Governor on Local Media, Akparawa (Prince) Emmanuel Sam has applauded the Executive Chairman of Uyo Local Government Area, Dr Uwemdimo Udo on the provision of 500KVA power substation in Eniong Offot community. Akparawa (Prince) Sam thanked the council chairman for the handover of new 500KVA power substation for the people of Eniong Offot community to light the village and also help the people that are doing businesses in the community. He further solicited the support and prayers of the…