FG allocates N32billion to support primary healthcare services expansion

The Federal Government has allocated ₦32 billion to support the expansion of primary healthcare services, ensure access to quality healthcare for vulnerable populations, and enhance disease outbreak control measures. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, who spoke to journalists at the end of the quarterly Ministerial Oversight Committee (MOC) […]

NLC, TUC demand immediate reversal of State of Emergency in Rivers

Organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has said President Bola Tinubu’s hasty, unconstitutional, and unjustified state of emergency in Rivers State poses severe socio-economic repercussions on Nigerians. A statement jointly signed by President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero and President of the TUC, Comrade […]

NELFUND raises alarm over fake student loan portals

The management of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has urged students to beware of a fraudulent message circulating online, falsely claiming that the NELFUND Student Loan registration portal was open with a misleading application link. A terse statement signed by Director, Strategic Communications NELFUND, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi on Wednesday, advised students to only visit […]

Tinubu bears full responsibility for crisis in Rivers – Atiku

Former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar has accused president Bola Tinubu of being responsible for the compromise of infrastructure in Rivers State. Reacting to the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, Atiku Abubakar said from the beginning of the crisis, president Tinubu had shown manifest partisan ship. The statement reads: “The declaration of […]

How Tinubu mishandled the Rivers political crisis

By Senator Babafemi Ojudu I have just picked up my phone after breaking my fast to find multiple missed calls and countless messages about an alarming development: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly declared a state of emergency in Rivers State. If this is true, then I must ask: Who advised the President to take […]