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 […]
The Federal Government has taken another significant step towards establishing state police in Nigeria, with the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill submitting the draft National Policing Bill, 2026, and 29 consequential amendment bills to the Federal Ministry of Justice for legislative review and validation. The development signals the completion of the drafting […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has warned politicians, party agents and its officials against tampering with votes in the 2027 general elections, cautioning that offenders risk imprisonment and fines. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Plateau State, Prof. Samuel Egwu, gave the warning on Tuesday in Jos during a stakeholders’ meeting with political party leaders and […]