A new political advocacy group, Tinubu Must Stay (TMS) says reforms by President Bola Tinubu over the past three years required continuity and further implementation to deliver their intended long-term outcomes. The National Convener of the movement, Mr Ibrahim Uba made this known at a news conference in Lagos
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, says the Federal Government has no regret over decisions taken on the Ondo section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. Umahi stated this in Abuja on Wednesday while giving an update on the Federal Government’s legacy road projects, particularly the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. He
Vice President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria will accelerate work on a National Food and Nutrition Bill to protect nutrition financing, strengthen accountability, and sustain interventions across successive administrations nationwide and beyond. Shettima said this on Wednesday during the Nigeria-Ethiopia Nutrition Leadership Exchange Forum, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where leaders
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) on Wednesday commiserated with the families of 25 people who died in a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft crash near Igbokoda, Ondo State on Monday. Mrs Ebelechukwu Nwachukwu, Chairman of NIA, expressed the association’s condolences to President Bola Tinubu, the Chief of Air Staff, the
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has visited the site of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash at Igbokoda, directing a sustained search for the remains of the victims and wreckage of the aircraft. Aiyedatiwa, who gave the directive at the scene of the incident on Wednesday, described the accident
The Federal Government has released eight months’ salary arrears owed members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) to avert an imminent strike. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, SSANU President, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. It would be recalled that SSANU had issued a 14-day
Dr Abayomi Olajide, Consultant Psychiatrist at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, has called on the Federal Government to pay greater attention to mental health services. Olajide, also the Chairman, Mental Health Action Committee in Ogun, made the call in Abeokuta on Wednesday during a mental health awareness walk commemorating
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has continued to lead and coordinate search and recovery efforts following the accident involving NAF ATR-42 aircraft, NAF 931, in Igbokoda, Ondo State on Monday. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Auwalu Mahmuda, has emphasised that misinformation and fake news cannot be effectively tackled without a strong partnership between the media and the military. Mahmuda stated this on Wednesday, when the executives and members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria