The unit warned that the locations listed will likely witness heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding between 31 July and 4 August, 2025. The federal government has warned residents in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and neighbouring states of Niger, Nasarawa, and Kaduna to brace for potential flooding as heavy rainfall threatens high-risk communities. The National Flood …
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President John Mahama of Ghana has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocols, saying there’s no place for xenophobia in Ghana. R-L: President John Mahama of Ghana and Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu . (NAN) Mahama disclosed this while receiving President Bola Tinubu’s special envoy led by the Minister …
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Steve Witkoff, the United States’ special envoy to the Middle East, on Friday visited a controversial US-backed aid distribution site in Gaza, one of three such locations near which hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks trying to reach scarce food supplies. Witkoff said he spent five hours in Gaza on Friday to better understand the humanitarian situation in …
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A former Minister of Education and Chief Executive Officer of Human Capital Africa, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Thursday, knocked the National Assembly over its efforts on the ongoing constitutional amendment, describing it as a charade and a conduit pipe to waste public funds. Ezekwesili equally lamented that hijack of the nation’s political space and, by extension, that of the continent …
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The Federal Government has appealed to the striking health workers, especially the nurses, to call off the ongoing strike, saying the contentious issues can be resolved through negotiations. Already, the Federal Government said it will be meeting with the leadership of the nurses and doctors on Friday in a bid to thrash out all the issues that led to the …
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 16, 2024 governorship election in Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, challenging the election of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The dismissal affirmed the judgement of the …
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US special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Gaza on Friday to inspect food distribution sites, White House Press Secretary Karoline Levitt has confirmed. Funerals have been taking place of Palestinians killed while seeking humanitarian aid in the Zikim area of Gaza City. Leavitt said Witkoff would visit the territory along with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and “secure a …
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Obi, Not Atiku, Has Better Chance Against Tinubu In 2027 – El-Rufai’s Son Bashir El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, would be more likely to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections. El-Rufai said in a post on X on Thursday that Obi, not former …
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President Bola Tinubu has approved a one-year extension for the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, whose tenure was initially scheduled to end on August 31, 2025. With the extension, Adeniyi will now remain in office until August 2026. The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, noting …
Read More »The new appointment, according to Mr Onanuga, underscores the Tinubu administration’s continued commitment to addressing climate change as a national priority. President Bola Tinubu has dismissed Nkiruka Madueke from her position as the Director General of the Nigeria Climate Change Council (NCCC), a role to which she was appointed in June 2024. The president has appointed Omotenioye Majekodunmi, a climate …
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