VCDF, Partners Promote Voluntary Blood Donation In Delta
The Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF) has urged stakeholders to strengthen partnerships aimed at improving blood safety and ensuring a reliable supply of blood for healthcare services across Nigeria. The organisation made the call as it joined the Delta State Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Red Cross Society and Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production…
Accord Party Confident Of Adeleke Victory, Condemns Campaign Violence
The Accord Party says it is confident that Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke will retain office in the 15 August governorship election, citing what it described as widespread public support for the incumbent. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the party’s Lagos State Chairman, Mr Dele Oladeji, predicted that Adeleke…
ASUU Urges North-East States To Honour 2025 University Agreement
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the governments of Adamawa, Borno, Taraba and Yobe states to fully implement the 2025 agreement on academic staff welfare in their state-owned universities. Speaking at a press conference in Yola on Monday, the union’s Yola Zonal Coordinator, Mr Dani Mamman, said the continued failure to implement…
US CDC Highlights Progress In Nigeria’s Fight Against Lassa Fever
The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) says its support is helping Nigeria strengthen surveillance, laboratory services and public awareness in the fight against Lassa fever. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, Dr Banji Ipadeola, Team Lead for Surveillance and Epidemiology in…
Karu Township Roads: Our Interventions Injecting Life Into Local Economy – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says the ongoing construction of road infrastructure across satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is to inject life into the local economy. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima made the remarks in Abuja on Monday, while inaugurating the newly rehabilitated and expanded Karu township roads. He said that the Karu…
Development Finance Remains Vital For Growth, Uwaleke Tells CBN
The President of the Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (CMAN), Prof. Uche Uwaleke, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to abandon development finance but channel such interventions through specialised development finance institutions. Uwaleke made the appeal on Monday in Abuja at a World Press Conference organised by CMAN ahead of its second…
Cubana Chief Priest Reflects On Childhood Dream Of Becoming Catholic Priest
Popular Nigerian socialite and businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, better known as Cubana Chief Priest, has warmed hearts online after sharing a throwback photograph from his days as a junior seminarian. The celebrity barman took to his Instagram page @cubana_chiefpriest to post the old image, accompanied by a reflective caption revealing his early aspiration to join the…
FG Orders Marketers To Reflect Global Oil Price Drop In PMS Prices
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has directed petroleum marketers to immediately reflect the recent decline in global oil prices by reducing the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and other petroleum products. Lokpobiri, gave the directive at the 2026 Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) General Counsel and…
FG To Unveil Digital Education Data System July 1
The Federal Ministry of Education says it will officially unveil the Digital National Education Management Information System (DNEMIS) on July 1 to strengthen education planning, governance and service delivery through reliable data. Mr Adebayo Onigbanjo, National Project Coordinator, Special Programmes Operations and Implementation Unit (SPOIU), Office of the Minister of Education, made this known on…
UK, Nigeria Deepen Counter-terrorism Partnership To Strengthen Emergency Response
Nigeria and the United Kingdom have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening counter-terrorism cooperation through enhanced training, intelligence analysis and coordinated incident management to address evolving security threats. The commitment was reaffirmed on Monday at the opening of the combined Gold, Silver and Bronze Incident Commanders’ Courses and Advanced Intelligence Analysis Course at the National Counter…
