The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced a nationwide Open Day event, inviting members of the public to visit NAF bases across the country in commemoration of its 61st anniversary. Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, in a statement on Friday, said the open...
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President Bola Tinubu says his administration remains committed to ensuring fair labour practices in the country. Tinubu said this at the First Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Friday in Abuja. The theme is: The Future of Work- Ensuring Fair Labour Practices and...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to give priority attention to employment generation, insecurity and rising inflation in the country. President of TUC, Mr Festus Osifo, made the appeal at the first Quadrennial Delegates Conference and 20th Anniversary of the congress in Abuja, on...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has commended the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for standing strong in the fight against malaria. Chairman FCT chapter of the association, Dr Emeka Ayogu, gave the commendation in Abuja on Friday, on the sidelines of an event organised to commemorate the 2025 World...
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero, on Friday bemoaned the effect of inflation on the minimum wage in the country. Ajaero speaking at the first quadrennial delegates conference of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Abuja, said it was time the organised labour stood united...
By ABUJAH RACHEAL, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mrs Grace Ameh is a resident of Eyyan community in Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory. Each time her five-year-old daughter runs fever, her first suspicion will be malaria. This is because of limited access to diagnostic facilities. Ameh...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has called on the military to launch aggressive offensive operations in the Lake Chad islands, also known as the Tumbus, to eliminate insurgents from their enclaves. Governor Zulum made the appeal on Friday while receiving a high-level...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor on Media, Hon. Ismaila Isah says the present administration in the State has ensured a functional local government administration that is serving rural communities better. Hon. Isah stated this while fielding questions on Sunday Politics, a Flagship...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Senate Committee on Education has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) surveillance infrastructure at the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Senate Committee Chairman on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Senator Muntari Dandutse lauded the Board when he led a delegation to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the 2027 general elections is a contest between President Bola Tinubu and the living conditions of Nigerians. PDP Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, stated this while presenting a Certificate of Return to the PDP candidate for the Anambra State governorship election,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-powered delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Saturday, April 26. Senate President Godswill Akpabio is at the head of the five-member delegation, according to a statement issued on Friday in...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Segun Adewale, has said the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is the Messiah Nigeria needs now and he can fix the economy. Adewale, a former Lagos State Chairman of the party, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in...
Pro-Fubara protesters in Rivers State are demanding that suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara to run as Atiku Abubakar’s vice presidential candidate in 2027. In a trending video online posted on Facebook by some supporters of Gov. Fubara, a lady in black an ardent supporter of suspended Gov Fubara, alongside other...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (COCSON) and the Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association (BAVCCA) have jointly condemned what they describe as a “targeted and malicious” media campaign aimed at tarnishing the reputation of Malam Mele Kyari, the former Group Chief Executive...
The Sole Administrator of Rivers, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas has requested for more time from the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Rivers, to properly brief the committee on the on developments in the state. He made the request on Friday at a meeting with the committee...
Team Nigeria on Thursday won a total of 12 medals to top the table on the first day of the ongoing African Senior Weightlifting Championship in Mauritius. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that four out of the six lifters who represented the country won seven gold, four...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has called for joint action to end the malaria scourge in Nigeria. Mrs Tinubu made this call on Friday in a statement issued by her Media Aide, Busola Kukoyi to commemorate the World Malaria Day. “Today, on World Malaria Day 2025, we are...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is charting a bold new course with the development of a Strategic Plan, aimed at aligning with evolving challenges and international best practices. The Director-General, NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, made this known while declaring open a stakeholders’ validation workshop on Friday in Abuja....