The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its nationwide strike but warned that it would resume immediately if the Dangote Group fails to honour a government-brokered agreement. PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja after the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting to review the intervention in the dispute. The strike followed the alleged dismissal of more than 800 Nigerian workers by Dangote Petrochemicals and Fertiliser Limited after they joined PENGASSAN. Osifo described the sackings as a violation of workers’ constitutional rights and international labour standards, stressing that the union accepted…
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has directed its members to stop working more than 24 hours at a stretch from October 1, 2025. NARD President, Dr. Mohammad Suleiman, told reporters that the decision was taken to protect doctors’ health and to ensure safer treatment for patients. He explained that doctors have for too long been forced into very long call hours, which damage their health and affect service delivery. “From today, Wednesday, October 1, our members will no longer do more than 24 hours of continuous call duty. Anything beyond that is unsafe, because doctors can make mistakes,…
To improve primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in Cross River State, the AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria Network (ATM Network) has called for stronger community involvement and a sense of ownership in local healthcare services. Agbor Solomon, the Deputy Coordinator for Tuberculosis at the ATM Network, said that community support is very important to keep PHCs running well. He made this statement during a press briefing in Calabar, where he spoke about the network’s activities in the state. He said local people should get involved by helping their health centres. This can include volunteering, donating items, or speaking up to get more…
The North East Youth Initiative for Development (NEYIF), in partnership with Al-Yateem Charity Initiative (AYCI) and with funding support from the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), has recorded major progress in strengthening peace and resilience in Sokoto State through its flagship Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) project. The initiative, tagged “Engaging Youth and Women as Agents of Social Cohesion through Resilience Building and Community Peace Initiatives,” targets women and young people—considered most vulnerable to extremist recruitment—by equipping them with skills, tools, and platforms to promote social cohesion. Sokoto and other parts of north-west Nigeria continue to face…
A new study says that people diagnosed with autism later in life might have a different type of autism than those diagnosed as children. This study comes at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are spreading false claims about autism. They’ve said there is an “epidemic” and wrongly linked it to vaccines and common medicine like paracetamol. The research supports the idea that autism isn’t just one condition, but a group of different conditions that affect people in different ways. Scientists from around the world worked together to find out if autism…
As Nigeria marks 65 years of independence, the Data Knowledge Information and Privacy Protection Initiative (DKIPPI) says the nation’s data protection framework is driving economic growth, job creation, and international recognition. Speaking in Lagos on Wednesday, DKIPPI President, Mr. Tokunbo Smith, said the signing of the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) had generated billions in revenue and created thousands of jobs. “The NDPC has licensed 274 Data Protection Compliance Organisations (DPCOs), each employing three to ten people, making a huge impact on youth employment,” Smith said. He noted that the Act requires every organisation to appoint a Data Protection Officer…
The Imole Progressive Network (IPN), under the leadership of Engr. Mike Adeyanju, has congratulated Nigerians, particularly the people of Ondo State, as the nation marks 65 years of independence from colonial rule on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. Nigeria gained independence on October 1, 1960, following the struggles of its founding fathers, including Sir Ahmadu Bello, Obafemi Awolowo, and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, who championed freedom from British colonial dominance. Prior to independence, the country had been amalgamated in 1914 from the Northern and Southern Protectorates, along with the Colony of Lagos, to form what became Nigeria. In a statement issued by…
As Nigeria marks its 65th Independence Anniversary, the President of the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG), Arc. Kabir Ibrahim, has said the country is poised to become Africa’s food basket if it re-engineers its food system and fully commits to the Kampala Declaration 2026–2035. Ibrahim, who is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria (NAFN), said Nigeria’s youthful population, coupled with the opportunities in agribusiness driven by AgriTech, fintech, IT, and artificial intelligence, positions the nation to dominate the African agribusiness ecosystem under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). He stressed that liberalizing…
The Niger State Government, through the Niger Foods Security System and Logistics Company Limited, has signed a ground lease agreement with communities in Wushishi Local Government Area to scale up rice production and enhance food security. The agreement, sealed on Tuesday at the Niger Foods office in Minna, brought together village heads, district heads, and hakimis representing over 100 communities, signaling strong grassroots support for the initiative. Chairman of Niger Foods, Mr. Sammy Adigun, described the memorandum of understanding as a transformative step for Niger State and Nigeria’s agricultural sector. He revealed that the project is targeting an annual production…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said his government has given out ₦330 billion to support eight million poor and vulnerable households through the Federal Government’s social investment programme. In his speech to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence Day, the President explained that the money was meant to ease the hardship caused by recent economic reforms, especially for those struggling the most. He noted that many families had already received one or two of the three payments of ₦25,000 each under the programme. “Under the social investment programme to support poor households and vulnerable Nigerians, ₦330 billion has been disbursed to eight…