Why Resident Doctors’ Demands Persist Despite ₦90bn Pay Upgrade – FG
The Federal Government has explained that structural regulations and policy constraints rather than lack of commitment was responsible for persistent demands by resident doctors despite the approval of a ₦90 billion annual increase in health workers’ allowances. Speaking on AfricanIndepoendent Television Programme Kaakaki, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle […]
Lassa Fever Death Hits 206 Despite Drop in New Cases — NCDC
Nigeria has recorded 206 Lassa Fever related deaths, representing a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 18.4 per cent and 1,119 confirmed cases, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed. A new report released by the agency on Tuesday noted that Lassa fever fatality rate has risen to 18.4 per cent in […]
Resign as Minister and face Rivers politics, APC Scribe tells Wike.
The National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru has called on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to resign his appointment as minister in the APC government of President Bola Tinubu, saying that hi support for President Tinubu does not automatically make him a member of the APC. […]
When High Voltage Allegations masquarade as Evidence: A Legal and Moral Rejoinder to MY WATCH
By Alex Ter Adum Olusegun Obasanjo’s My Watch is marketed as a memoir of conscience, a moral ledger of power and responsibility. Yet its most sensational passages—particularly the allegations of corruption and sundry misconduct against Atiku Abubakar—collapse under legal scrutiny and ethical reasoning. In a constitutional democracy governed by law rather than memory, allegation is […]
How the US captured Maduro Using Spies, drones and blowtorches.
By Gareth Evans For months, US spies had been monitoring Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s every move. A small team, including one source within the Venezuelan government, had been observing where the 63-year-old slept, what he ate, what he wore and even, according to top military officials, “his pets”. Then, in early December, a planned mission […]
US Captures Venezuelan president, wife
The President of the United states of America, Donald Trump has announced that US forces have captured the president of Venezuela and his wife and flown them out of the country. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said the US carried out a large scale strike on the capital city of Caracas. The […]
You are an ingrate, Benue PDP tells Uba.
The Benue state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has lambasted its Candidate in the 2023 governorship election, Hon. Titus Uba for saying that the party and its leadership in the state abandoned him when he fell ill. In a statement signed by the state secretary of the Party, Dan Nyikwagh and made available to […]
Disregard Bala Mohammed’s Wild Claims – EFCC tells Nigerians
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has urged Nigerians to disregard the claim by the governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed that the commission was being used by his political opponents to haunt him. In a statement posted on the Commission’s Facebook page, it said “these claims are as wild as they are far- fetched” […]
Taxes and Tears How Nigeria Is Asking Its People to Pay for Survival
Nigeria is changing the way it collects money from its people and that change has quietly walked into our lives like a new landlord who did not knock. From January the government began implementing new tax laws and reforms that it says are necessary to save the country. The word save sounds noble but for […]
NSITF celebrates ICPC’s Integrity Ethics and Compliance Test rating
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF) has celebrated its marked improvements in the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission’s, (ICPC) recently released Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard, (EICS) for 2025 and the ACTU Effectiveness Index for the same year, saying that the ranking was an improvement in its governance ethos. A […]