Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, says Nigerians should remain vigilant, shun panic, and stop spreading misinformation about Ebola virus disease. Speaking on Wednesday after meeting with Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to the president in Abuja, Pate said citizens should rely on verified public health information from trusted sources rather than […]
The G-100 opposition coalition has intensified efforts to produce a consensus candidate to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election, inaugurating key committees to solidify its negotiations. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja during the inauguration of the coalition’s Legal and Media Committees, National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party SDP, Prof. Sadiq Gombe, […]
Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to place 46 persons who came in contact with an Ebola patient on a no-fly list for 21 days. Keyamo announced the directive in an X poston Wednesday, following a virtual meeting with Muhammad Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health […]
Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to place 46 persons who came in contact with an Ebola patient on a no-fly list for 21 days. Keyamo announced the directive in an X poston Wednesday, following a virtual meeting with Muhammad Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health […]
Tunji Alausa, minister of education, says only 108 of about 39,000 underage candidates who sat the 2026 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) passed the federal government’s screening for possible admission into tertiary institutions. Alausa spoke in Abuja on Wednesday while receiving the two highest-scoring candidates and six top-performing underage candidates in the 2026 UTME. The […]
The Senate has called on the Federal Government to provide emergency funding from the service-wide vote to strengthen the country’s disease surveillance system and enforce mandatory health screening at all international airports, seaports and designated land borders to prevent the spread of Ebola and other epidemic-prone diseases. The resolution followed a motion of urgent national […]
The Osun State Government has begun implementing measures to tackle multiple taxation, curb illegal revenue collection, and improve accountability in the transport sector under the Integrated Transport, Traffic and Park Management System Law, 2026. The government announced this on Wednesday during a sensitization program organized by the Ministry of Transportation to educate transport operators and […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says President Bola Tinubu may announce the implementation of the fuel tax law during his next inauguration if re-elected for a second term. A statement on Tuesday by Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC national publicity secretary, said the tax, if implemented, could push the price of petrol above N1,500 per litre […]
President Bola Tinubu has paid tribute to Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political group, who died on Tuesday aged of 100. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo, announcedFasoranti’s death in a statement, describing him as a respected elder statesman committed to the development of Ondo, Yorubaland and Nigeria. In a statement personally signed by him […]
Uganda’s ministry of health says it has no confirmed active Ebola cases, adding that the lady diagnosed with the disease in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is a Nigerian who travelled through Uganda. In a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Charles Olaro, its director-general of health services, the ministry said the woman […]