The Federal Government plans to inject an additional three billion dollars into Nigeria’s health sector by 2030 to reduce dependence on foreign assistance and strengthen domestic health financing. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, said this on Monday in Abuja at a media conference announcing
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE (DPRP) has announced the extension of the application period for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) by two weeks, following approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), amid what has become one of the most significant capital market offerings in Nigerian and African history.
The Air Component of the Joint Task Force, North East, Operation HADIN KAI, says it has neutralised more than 40 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in a precision air strike in Borno. The operation, conducted on Oct. 10, targeted a terrorist enclave at Badu Village, south of Gudumbali
The Federal Government says construction of the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is progressing as planned, dismissing reports that the project had been abandoned for the East-West Road. Sen. David Umahi, Minister of Works, stated this while briefing newsmen on Monday at the State House in Abuja. Umahi said construction is
Former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says artificial intelligence (AI), drones and integrated command systems can significantly improve Nigeria’s response to terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. Buratai said this while delivering a keynote lecture at the Defence Correspondents Association of Nigeria (DECAN) Conference and Awards Ceremony on Monday
The Police Command in Edo has rescued a kidnap victim and neutralised three suspected kidnappers during a joint security operation in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. A statement on Monday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, said the operation, conducted at about 2 a.m.,
The Federal Government on Monday filed fresh charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General (DG) of alleged non-existing Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, counsel to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), told Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja that the development followed a
Workers union at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, on Monday began a 72-hour warning strike over an alleged stabbing of a medical laboratory scientist by a patient’s relative. The Chairman of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), FMC Abeokuta, Mr Abiodun Famuyiwa, disclosed this in
Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti has dissolved the state executive council ahead of his second-term inauguration on Oct. 16. The governor announced the dissolution during the valedictory meeting of the council on Monday in Ado-Ekiti. The dissolution which affected members of the 2022–2026 Executive Council, excluded the Chief of Staff(CoS),
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has warned judges against romancing with political parties in the resolution of disputes that will arise in the conduct of the 2027 general election. Kekere-Ekun gave the advice during the opening of the 2026 legal year of the Supreme Court