The Achi Mbieri Community in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo, has called for accountability from its leaders over the handling of the oil revenue accruable to the community. A group of concerned members of the community, under the aegis of Achi Stakeholders Forum, made the call at a news briefing in Owerri on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that, in line with the Petroleum Industry Act, some part of the revenue accruable to the oil-rich community had been paid by Seplat Energy, an oil exploration company in the area. The group alleged that the money was “inequitably disbursed”…
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President Bola Tinubu arrived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Sunday for the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), which begins on Monday. The president’s aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of Zayed International Airport at 11:30 p.m. local time. This is disclosed in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga on Sunday. Tinubu was received by Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi. Also at the airport were Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, and members of…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended the planned resumption of its “Total, Indefinite and Complete Strike” (TICS 2.0), which was scheduled to begin on Monday, Jan. 12. The decision was confirmed on Sunday in a statement issued by the association’s Secretary-General, Dr Shuaibu Ibrahim, following a virtual meeting of NARD’s National Executive Council (NEC). Ibrahim said the emergency meeting was convened to review the status of the association’s demands and assess progress made through ongoing engagements with key government stakeholders. “The suspension is strategic and conditional, allowing room to objectively review tangible progress at the January NEC…
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has commenced a two-day residential workshop on the HOPE Project and the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative (MAMII). Speaking at the opening session, the Commissioner for Health, Umma K. Ahmed, said the state had continued to align national health reforms with sub-national priorities, recording notable achievements during the 2024–2025 implementation period. She listed the achievements to include the upgrade and rehabilitation of 15 general hospitals, improved emergency obstetric and newborn care, strengthened referral systems, deployment of ambulances for obstetric emergencies, and improved welfare and motivation of health workers. The commissioner commended the…
A Nigerian doctor, Dr Omolara Olagunju, has advised Nigerians to adopt healthy daily habits to reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Olagunju, a paediatrician, gave the advice in Abuja at the inauguration of her foundation, the Nuparadigm Health Foundation. She described NCDs as some of the deadliest diseases affecting Nigerians, noting that conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases pose a growing threat to public health. According to her, the increasing burden of NCDs underscores the need for widespread access to accurate and essential health information. She said the foundation was established based on her interactions with…
The Lagos State Government has ordered an investigation into the alleged medical negligence that reportedly led to the death of Nkanu Nnamdi, the 21-month-old son of renowned Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, at a private hospital in Lagos. Ashenews had reported on Thursday that the toddler, one of Adichie’s twin sons, died after a brief illness. Adichie, in a statement on Saturday, alleged that her son’s death resulted from what she described as “criminal negligence,” accusing the anaesthesiologist involved of being “criminally negligent, fatally casual, and careless with the precious life of a child.” According to the author, the child initially showed symptoms…
Iran has warned the US against an attack on its soil, saying US military and Israel will be “legitimate targets” if America strikes the Islamic Republic. Following an urgently-convened Parliament session on Sunday, Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, made the remark as lawmakers rushed the dais in the Iranian parliament, shouting: “Death to America!” Threats by US President Donald Trump have been coming in thick and fast of possible strikes on Iran if it kills more protesters even as demonstrations swelled in Tehran and other parts of the country against the theocratic regime, ailing economy, and falling currency. The…
Rwanda has retained its position as Africa’s most business-friendly economy, according to the Business Ready 2025 (B-Ready) report released in late December 2025 by the World Bank. The findings underline the country’s continued reform momentum as African governments face growing pressure to attract investment and create jobs for rapidly expanding populations. B-Ready 2025 is the second edition of the World Bank’s new business environment assessment, introduced after the suspension of the Doing Business index in 2021 following data irregularities uncovered in the 2018 and 2020 reports. The revamped framework is designed to provide a more credible, comprehensive and policy-relevant view of how economies…
Fellows of the National Health Fellowship Programme (NHFP) have said that lasting adolescent changes begin with the empowerment of boys and girls. A fellow representing NHFP Calabar Municipality, Ms Catherine Modey, said this on Saturday, during a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River Council. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NHFP is an initiative of the Federal Government designed to strengthen Nigeria’s health sector by training young professionals nationwide. Modey said that their interventions aim at sustaining community development, through partnerships with government institutions, communities and the media. She said that ongoing engagements…
A Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Calabar (Unical), Ofem Enang, on Saturday unveiled plan to reform the Nigeria medical profession for better service delivery. Enang unveiled the plan in Calabar, while formally declaring his intention to lead the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) at the national level before doctors in the state. He said that the profession has been battered by poor welfare, insecurity, mass emigration, eroded earnings, and broken agreements by the government. According to him, the Nigerian medical profession has reached a breaking point. It is in view of this, that today I am unveiling an…