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Julius Abure has been re-elected to serve for the second term as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu declared him the winner during the party’s national convention held in Nnewi, Anambra State. The re-election came days after members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, protested and demanded the rescheduling of the party’s national convention due to some flaws in its leadership and financial misappropriation.
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has announced the appointment as Dr. Ajuji Ahmed as the party’s new national chairman which was made known in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yakubu Shendam. The statement reads in part, “Dr. Ajuji Ahmed has been elected as the new Acting National Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), following the resignation of Abba Kawu Ali.
A bill proposing a new structure of salaries and allowances for judicial officers in Nigeria has passed the third reading at the House of Representatives.
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that it would complete the construction of six new cancer centres within the country in the next two years. This development was made known during a TV interview with Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare.
The number of children dying globally before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, the latest report by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) revealed. The report reveals that more children are surviving today than ever before, with the global under-5 mortality rate declining by 51 per cent since 2000. Several low-and lower-middle-income countries have outpaced this decline, showing that progress is possible when resources are sufficiently allocated to primary health care, including child health and well-being. For example, the findings show that Cambodia, Malawi, Mongolia, and Rwanda have reduced under-5 mortality by over 75 per cent since 2000.
Nigerian health workers seeking greener pasture has been directed to gladly resign their appointment with Federal Government before leaving the country. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa stated this in a directive by the FG, that health workers seeking employment opportunities abroad must resign their appointments before leaving. Alausa revealed this on Saturday, stating that the era where health workers could apply for leave of absence and pursue opportunities in other countries has ended. He disclosed that the ban on leave of absence for health workers resulted from an Executive Order issued by President Bola Tinubu, who aims to combat the ‘Japa Syndrome’ facing the nation’s health sector. The ‘Japa Syndrome’ refers to Nigerians leaving the country in search of better opportunities.
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has debunked reports going round that it reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit and Automotive Gas Oil across the country. The NNPC’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, made this known today through a statement. Soneye described the reports making the round as fake and should be disregarded by the general public.
The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has once again expressed fear that the newly inaugurated Dangote Petrochemical Refinery, Port Harcourt Refinery, Warri Refinery, Kaduna refinery and modular refineries in the country may not get enough crude oil locally for the production of petroleum products without increase in production in the sector.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the interest rate by 200 basis points to 24.75 percent, in an effort to combat the country’s increasing inflation. This increase in the interest rate was disclosed in a communiqué on Tuesday by the CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso after the second Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of his tenure.
Dani Alves has been released from prison having successfully raised the one million euros required for bail after serving over 14 months in jail.
The 2023 All African Games which kicked-off on March 8 in Ghana and came to an end on Saturday with Team Nigeria finishing overall second place with a total of 121 medals consisting of 47 Gold, 34 Silver and 40 Bronze medals. Weightlifting produced Team Nigeria’s highest medal haul with 32 medals consisting of 10 Gold, 10 Silver and 6 Bronze medals. Athletics was Nigeria’s second most productive sport at the 13th edition of the tournament with 22 medals.
Bashir Usman has expressed a desire to return for Niger Tornadoes in their Nigeria Premier Football League pencilled for March 27th clash against Shooting Stars. The forward star has missed Niger Tornadoes’ in the last three games due to a knee injury he suffered. Being the rallying point of the team his return is expected to boost the club’s fight against relegation.
The SAT-3/West Africa Cable System (WACS), the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), and MainOne are said to have been damaged, which has resulted in the disruption of internet services in Nigeria, Ghana, and other countries across the continent. According to NetBlocks, an internet analysis, the cut has triggered outages and connectivity issues for mobile operators and internet service providers across the West African sub-region.
A Nigerian crossdresser, Okuneye Idris Olarewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been threatened with a law suit over his recent award, as the “Best Dressed Female” at a movie premiere “Ajanuku: Beast of Two Worlds”.
France raises security alert to its highest level on Sunday following the recent deadly terrorist attack that occurred on Friday at a concert hall in Moscow, the capital of Russia, where over 137 people were killed and 140 injured in the attack by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group who have claimed responsibility. This development was made known in a post on X( (formerly known as Twitter) from the official page of the Prime Minister of France, Gabriel Attal.
A Federal High Court in Borno has ordered for the release of no fewer than 313 suspected terrorists arrested by the military due to lack of evidence to convict the suspects. This was made known during the operational briefing to journalists by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Buba Edward, who added that the cases were prosecuted by the Department of Prosecution and the Federal Ministry of Justice.