The Ondo State Government says no fewer than 54,000 pregnant women and children under the age of five have benefitted from the Abiyamo Scheme under the state’s Contributory Health Insurance Scheme. The Special Adviser on Health to Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Prof. Simidele Odimayo, disclosed this in an interview with reporters on Tuesday in Akure. Odimayo said the Abiyamo Scheme, an improvement on the former Abiye programme, allows pregnant women and children under five to access free healthcare services across the state. “With this scheme, all pregnant women and children below the age of five are able to enjoy free health…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 1,119 confirmed cases of Lassa fever in 2025, with young adults emerging as the most affected age group nationwide. The agency disclosed this in its Lassa Fever Situation Report for Epidemiological Week 51, covering Dec. 15 to 21, 2025, which provided an overview of cases, deaths and affected states across the country. According to the report, individuals aged 21 to 30 years accounted for the highest number of confirmed infections, while the median age of patients was 30 years. The NCDC noted that males were slightly more affected than…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School. She becomes the first woman to lead the institution since its establishment in 1962. This was revealed in a statement issued on January 6, 2026, by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. In the statement, the presidency noted that the appointment takes effect on January 10, 2026, with Dr Odusote set to serve a four-year term as the current Director-General. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the director-general of the Nigerian Law School. The appointment…
Tragedy strikes Efu Lungoyi community in Bida local government in Niger state as diphtheria claims the life of a 8-year-old boy, leaving several children gravely ill in a suspected outbreak of diphtheria. By Anna Moses Diphtheria, a preventable bacterial infection that chokes airways and can kill swiftly without treatment, has haunted Nigeria for decades but exploded in recent years. The nightmare reignited in December 2022, ballooning into the country’s worst outbreak since 1989, with over 7,400 confirmed cases and 471 deaths by early 2023. By May 2025, suspected cases skyrocketed to 44,000 nationwide, claiming 1,376 lives, mostly unvaccinated children in…
The Federal Government has inaugurated a Joint Implementation Committee to oversee the training and certification of one million Nigerians in digital literacy and emerging technology skills. The committee was inaugurated in Abuja on Tuesday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume. Represented by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ibrahim Kana, Akume said the committee would also be responsible for planning and organising a National Digital Literacy Conference as part of broader efforts to deepen human capital development and support Nigeria’s digital transformation agenda. He described…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 31 ships with petroleum products, food items and other goods will arrive at Apapa, Tin-Can Island and Lekki Deep Sea Ports in Lagos. The NPA, in its “Daily Shipping Position’, on Tuesday disclosed that the vessels are expected from Jan. 6 to Jan. 16. It said the expected ships contained condensate, crude oil, aviation fuel, raw oil, bulk bitumen, wall pallets, general cargo, bulk soya beans, fresh fish, containers, diesel and petrol. The NPA noted that 13 ships and tanker vessels had arrived at the three ports, waiting to berth with diesel, crude oil,…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) installed 228,614 meters in the third quarter of 2025. The commission said this in its third quarter report posted on its website in Abuja on Tuesday. The report said that the figure represented an increase of 0.73 per cent compared to the 226,959 meters installed in the second quarter of 2025. According to the report, during the quarter under review, 176,302 meters representing 77.12 per cent of the total installations were installed under the Meter Assert Provider framework. It also said that 44,104 meters representing 25.01 per cent of the…
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has appointed Leye Falade as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He will take over from Philip Mshelbila on April 26. Falade is currently the managing director of Brunei LNG Sendirian Berhad, a position he has held since April 2024. Prior to this, he served as Shell Namibia country chair from September 2023 to April 2024. He was also general manager, production, at Nigeria LNG Limited between May 2019 and September 2023. Earlier in his career, Falade worked as regional AMS implementation manager at Shell in The Hague, Netherlands, from May 2018 to April…
Rwanda has launched a soil- and crop-specific fertiliser recommendations system designed to transform agricultural productivity across the country’s diverse agro-ecological zones. According to a recent report for the International Potato Centre-Rwanda by Bester Tawona Mudereri, this shift away from one-size-fits-all fertiliser advice stems from years of scientific research, digital innovation, and multi-stakeholder collaboration that culminated in the establishment of site-specific fertiliser recommendations grounded in robust soil data. For decades, farmers in Rwanda relied on uniform fertiliser recommendations that did not account for the country’s varied soils, which range from volcanic highlands to sandy plains and clay-rich wetlands, leading to inefficient nutrient use…
Some agriculture experts have called for increased funding across all value chains of the sector to drive growth and development in 2026. The experts spoke to reporters on Tuesday in Lagos. An agriculture analyst and farmer, Mr. Omotunde Banjoko, said that scaling up the Nigerian agriculture sector requires greater investment. “The Nigerian agriculture sector has significant growth potential. Between 2024 and 2025, key players leveraged their assets to increase revenue. This shows that with more investment in agricultural infrastructure, support for smallholder farmers to access land at lower interest rates, and affordable processing equipment, production can increase and prospects will…