Category: News

Oyo State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has alerted people living in flood-prone communities in the state to prepare for heavy rain and its attendant flooding. The administrative secretary, Mrs. Ojuolape Busari, said reports from the Oyo State Flood Early Warning System indicated that the areas to the east and northeast of Ibadan city centre were […]

A governorship aspirant on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform in Osun State, Omooba Dotun Babayemi, has said the party and its members in the state were unperturbed and unsettled by anyone’s defection from the party. Babayemi explained that this became instructive in view of the fact that one of the tenets of democracy allows […]

Africa bears 25% of the global disease burden but has only a fraction of the world’s medical workforce. Despite producing thousands of healthcare professionals, many migrate in search of better pay, facilities, and recognition creating a crippling brain drain across the continent. From Nigeria to Kenya, hospitals struggle with staff shortages. Training institutions like UCH […]

The Network of Book Clubs and Reading Culture Promoters (NBRP) has advocated for a partnership with LEADERSHIP Group, lawmakers, and the aviation ministry to promote reading and literacy in hinterland areas and at airports. The network made the call during a visit to the LEADERSHIP Group corporate headquarters in Abuja, recently. At the event, the […]

A former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Umar Tanko Al-Makura, has called for the institutionalisation of a journalists’ safety and insurance framework to protect media professionals, particularly those in conflict zones or on investigative beats. Al-Makura also clamoured for the media innovation and sustainability fund, recommending that government and private sector  support digital transition, training, […]

Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has inaugurated a 15-member Boundary Committee, mandating them to pursue and restore enduring peace in all the communities where such was lacking. The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Lady Chinyere Ekomaru, who is the Chairman of the Committee, led the rest of the members to the New Exco Chambers, […]

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has issued an urgent call to the federal government to take swift action in the face of an impending flood crisis in vast parts of Northern Nigeria. In a statement released on yesterday, NEF spokesperson, Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere, warned that based on current rainfall patterns, historical precedents, and official weather […]

Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and renowned Pan-African scholar and legal expert Professor Patrick Otieno Lumumba have called for a shift in Africa’s democratic journey. According to them, leaders must connect governance systems to local realities rather than rely solely on imported Western models. They […]

First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Remi Tinubu, has paid tribute to the vice president’s wife, Hajia Nana Shettima, as she marks her 50th birthday. In a congratulatory message yesterday, Senator Tinubu described the vice president’s wife as a woman of grace, commitment, and unwavering service to family and country, noting that her contributions to national […]