The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola, has presented Nigeria’s Blue Economy Agenda at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, where he participated in a high-level panel discussion on the blue economy. The Special Adviser to the Minister on Media, Dr Bolaji Akinola, made this known in a statement in Lagos…
The Imole Campaign Council (TICC), the campaign committee for the re-election of Gov. Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday inaugurated a media centre ahead of the Aug. 15 Osun governorship election. The council said the initiative was aimed at mobilising support for the governor’s re-election. Speaking at the unveiling of the media centre in Osogbo, the Director-General…
Mixed have trailed the appointment of singer David Adeleke,a.k.a Davido, as head of youth mobilisation for the campaign council of Gov. Ademola Adeleke in the forthcoming Osun State gubernatorial elections. The Afrobeats superstar had earlier in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account shared the news of the appointment, expressing enthusiasm about the role and…
The re-election drive for President Bola Tinubu gained momentum in Ondo State with the inauguration of the Bunmi Tunji-Ojo (BTO) Campaign Group. Speaking at the event, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo urged members to work diligently at the grassroots to secure a landslide victory for the President in 2027. He further advised the group to identify and reconcile…
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has flagged off an advocacy and awareness campaign for a national community food bank programme to address child health challenges caused by malnutrition in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flag off took place in Abuja on Tuesday, during the Federal Government’s first edition…
Independent United Nations investigators have accused Russia of conducting systematic drone strikes against civilians in southern Ukraine, driving mass displacement and leaving entire communities along the Dnipro River uninhabitable. In a new report, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said drone attacks in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions were part of a deliberate…
Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency has intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking, with multiple seizures across Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and Gombe in the past week. According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, operatives in Lagos on 22 September confiscated 85,100 tramadol pills from three suspects at Apapa. The same day in Kaduna, officers at the Abuja–Kaduna tollgate intercepted…
The Government of Kaduna State has launched the Girl Effect Oya Campaign, a multi-sectoral initiative aimed at empowering adolescent girls through preventative healthcare and improved nutrition. Unveiled at a ceremony in the state capital, the campaign marks a major milestone in Kaduna’s public health efforts: over 754,000 girls aged between 9 and 14 have now…
In a continued effort to support Nigeria’s most vulnerable populations, the Dangote Foundation has donated 30,000 bags of rice to the Oyo State Government. The gesture forms part of the foundation’s national food relief programme aimed at tackling hunger among disadvantaged groups. At a handover event in Ibadan on Wednesday, Mr Victor Ejiro, Head of…
Poland’s government on Tuesday accused Russia of interfering in the presidential election campaign by spreading disinformation and attacking the country’s critical infrastructure. Digitalisation Minister, Krzysztof Gawkowski, made the accusations at a defence conference in Warsaw. Polish voters would go to the polls on May 18. He said the Russian Military Intelligence Agency (GRU) has doubled…
