President Bola Tinubu has notified the Senate of the termination of the appointments of three Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The notification is contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Wednesday. The letter is titled: “Request to terminate…
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had expressed scepticism about U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to resettle Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. “I only hear concerns here in the region,’’ he said at a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday during a visit to Jordan. Steinmeier said he was trying to choose…
The Police Command in Ebonyi on Wednesday said it arrested one person in connection with the Sunday attack by suspected hoodlums on Amagu village, Nkalaha community in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mrs Adaku Uche-Anya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that the police operatives of…
The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to deepen bilateral trade ties between Nigeria and Kuwait. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, made this known in Kuwait during a working visit to the country designed to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties between both countries. Tuggar, in a statement issued by Alkasim Abdulkadir,…
The Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (UMG) in Germany, has partnered the National Blood Service Agency (NBSA) and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) to establish a national training center for transfusion medicine at AKTH. Abdullahi Haruna, Head of Media and Publicity, NBSA, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. According to him, the partnership was part of “Towards…
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) says it will soon made known its position on the Tax Reform Bills forwarded to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu in October 2024. Secretary-General of ACF, Mr Muritala Aliyu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. NAN reports that the…
President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers from 60 to 65 years. Dr Mannir Bature, National Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Bature said the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate,…
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte will face trial in the Senate after she was impeached by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. House Secretary-General Reginald Velasco was ordered to transmit the impeachment complaint to the Senate after the House secured 215 signatures. This is more than the required one-third of the House membership to impeach…
Dr Mariya Mahmoud, Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the FCT Administration is leaving no one behind in the fight against cancer. Mahmoud stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, at an event organised by the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) to commemorate the 2025 World Cancer Day. The minister, who…
The outgoing Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory, Commodore Rotimi Oderemi says the Nigerian Navy has rid Calabar water channels of piracy, smuggling, militancy and oil bunkering. Oderemi said this during his handing over on Wednesday in Calabar, adding that the development had brought relative peace and easy movement of…
