Month: July 2025

The National AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STIs Control Programme (NASCP) has announced a series of impactful interventions during the second quarter of 2025, aimed at accelerating Nigeria’s progress toward eliminating HIV, viral hepatitis, and other sexually transmitted infections. The director and national coordinator of NASCP, Dr Adebobola Bashorun, said the programme, under the Department of […]

A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State, Prof. Jerome Nyameh, has resigned his membership of the party. Nyame, who confirmed this to LEADERSHIP in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital on Monday, said he hadresigned from the PDP to join another political party. When asked if he had identified the […]

A former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, John Michael Abdul, has emerged as the interim chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the state. Abdul was one of the key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who joined the ADC in the wave of defection which hit the main opposition party in the […]

Pioneer chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Alhaji Hassan Jika Ardo, has declared that Governor Agbu Kefas won’t get an automatic second term governorship ticket should he defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC ahead of the 2027 general election. Ardo, a former Nigerian envoy to the Republic […]

African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asserted that it would harvest over 10 million votes from the South East zone in the 2027 general election. The party, in a communique signed by its national vice chairman South East, Comrade Chilos Godsent, and zonal publicity secretary, ThankGod Ofoelue, declared its readiness to dominate the region’s political space. […]

On Tuesday, 15th July 2025, the former President, Muhammadu Buhari, was buried at 82 according to Islamic rites. Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un” (“Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.”). The clarion ritual humbles the living; stones or wood are placed at the bottom of the grave, with the […]

A country, it is quite apparent, is just as good as its systems. Specifically with respect to immigration, countries will be doing themselves irreparable damage if they do not improve on their structures and systems. In Nigeria, immigration and border security are key issues, particularly because of the challenges thrown up by trans-border crime, the […]

The Newly Appointed Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Mohammed Babangida, has debunked a fake letter, stating that he didn’t reject President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointment. Mohammed described the letter circulated yesterday as “fake news.” The son of the former Nigerian military President said he had never declined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointment. The […]

Retired police officers yesterday defied rain to stage a nationwide protest, including the entrance gate of the National Assembly and Force Headquarters in Abuja. The protesters who grounded activities at the Louis Edet house are demanding their removal from the Contributory Pension Scheme under which the retirees receive ridiculous amounts as pensions after 35 years […]

The brutal mob killing of Mr. Ternenge Iorkyaa Ikpanor, a Tiv commercial driver popularly known as “Agege,” has triggered widespread outrage and renewed ethnic tensions between communities in Benue and Cross River States. Mr Ikpanor, a native of Mbanyam in Mbaduku, Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, was gruesomely murdered in Obudu town on […]