The management of MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited (MEDL) has charged its staff and customers to remain committed to electricity safety, stressing that “electricity does not forgive mistakes.” The Managing Director of MEDL, Dr. Ernest Mupwaya, gave the charge while declaring open the company’s Safety Week on Wednesday in Enugu. Mupwaya urged everyone to remain disciplined and build a strong safety culture. “Let us build a culture where safety is lived every day and every life is protected,” he said. He called on staff and customers to work safely, look out for one another, and speak up when things go wrong.…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa is training more health workers than ever before, yet millions of people still lack access to healthcare. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of trained professionals remain unemployed or are migrating out of the continent. In a report launched on Wednesday titled ‘The State of the Health Workforce in Africa 2026: Plan. Train. Retain’, WHO called for a deliberate shift linking education, employment, retention, quality, productivity, and investment to resolve the paradox of growing personnel numbers alongside unmet health needs. The report was launched at the Second Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum…
The Federal Government will close one full carriageway of the Eko Bridge in Lagos State for urgent repairs. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, made this known on Wednesday in Lagos during the site handover of the Carter Bridge to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). “By midnight on Sunday, that full carriageway must be closed while the other carriageway remains open. “I am directing the Director of Bridges and the Controller of Works in Lagos to liaise with the Lagos State Government, mount a public awareness campaign, and identify alternative routes,” Umahi said. “We will not allow people…
The Enugu State Government invested a total of N439.2 million in nutrition and related health interventions in 2025 to improve child survival and development. Dr. Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku, Executive Secretary of the Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency, disclosed this at a two-day Joint Inception and Planning Meeting in Awka, Anambra State, on Wednesday. The meeting, organised for stakeholders from Enugu and Benue States, focused on preventing malnutrition in the first 1,000 days of life. It was facilitated by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Enugu and Benue State Governments, with funding from the United States…
The Enugu State Government has unveiled plans to construct a 660-megawatt coal-fired power plant starting from July to boost electricity supply in the state. Governor Peter Mbah made the disclosure during a solidarity visit by the Organised Private Sector Nigeria (OPSN), Enugu State chapter, at the Government House on Wednesday. The OPSN is an umbrella body comprising the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Association of Small-Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), and the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA). The group also endorsed Governor Mbah for…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) says ongoing reforms in the oil and gas sector are attracting billions of dollars in new investments and restoring investor confidence. Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Mr. Felix Ogbe, stated this at the 2026 Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) Investment Forum, held on the sidelines of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, USA. Ogbe, who was represented by the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, NCDMB, Mr. Silas Ajimijaye, said Nigeria had moved beyond its traditional image as a high-potential market to become a destination delivering measurable investment returns. “Nigeria is no…
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of non-teaching university staff has announced that its ongoing nationwide strike will be suspended on Monday. JAC comprises the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU). The decision was contained in a circular jointly issued in Abuja on Wednesday by Mr. Peters Adeyemi, NASU General Secretary, and Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim, SSANU National President. The circular was addressed to all branch chairmen of NASU and SSANU in universities and inter-university centres across the country. The committee recalled that the unions had engaged in a series…
Dr Joe Tucker, a U.S.-based infectious disease physician, has emphasised the need for Nigeria to strengthen its response to Lassa fever through increased research funding, advocacy and community engagement. Tucker made the remarks on the sidelines of the ongoing 2026 Designathon organised by the Innovative Network on the Science and Practice of Implementation, Research and Engagement (INSPIRE) in Lagos. The physician, who works at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, said these strategies must be effectively implemented to tackle the viral infection. Lassa fever is an acute zoonotic viral haemorrhagic illness endemic in West Africa, caused by…
The United Nations on Wednesday demanded that Israel “immediately and unconditionally” release two activists seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla. Thameen Al-Kheetan, spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, made the demand in a statement. According to him, the two individuals — Saif Abukeshek and Thiago de Avila — were detained in international waters and transferred to Israel, where they remain in custody “without charge.” READ ALSO: ECOWAS parliament orders probe into terror attacks, xenophobia “It is not a crime to show solidarity and attempt to bring humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population in Gaza, who are in dire need of…
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State has directed relevant officials to immediately commence the search for a temporary site for a National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) study centre in Aba. Otti gave the directive while receiving the Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Uduma Uduma, who paid him a courtesy visit at his country home in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area. Mr Ambrose Gowong, Head of NOUN New Media Unit, said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja that the governor’s decision followed a request by the vice-chancellor for policy direction on establishing a study centre in Aba. Otti…