The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to addressing brain drain and promoting brain gain through improved welfare, infrastructure, and living conditions for doctors and other healthcare workers in the state. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Tuesday during the 2026 Ministerial Press Briefing held in Alausa to […]
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Twenty-one former local government chairmen in Kano State have expressed their satisfaction with the policies of President Bola Tinubu, particularly the implementation of the Renewed Hope Agenda. They believe this agenda is contributing to development in Northern Nigeria. The former council chairmen made their endorsement during a meeting in Kano, where they also pledged to […]
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Dozens of popular snack products sold across the United States are being recalled over possible salmonella contamination linked to milk powder supplied by California Dairies, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA said the recall stems from potentially contaminated powdered milk and buttermilk used in seasonings and other ingredients found in […]
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Former Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye winner, Whitemoney has appealed to intending housemates of the reality show to stop asking him for assistance on how to go to the show.
Whitemoney said many have reached out to him asking him to influence their admissions ahead of the eleventh edition of the show.
Speaking in a video broadcast, Whitemoney urged the intending housemates to follow due process rather than seeking to cut corners.
He said he lacks the power to influence anyone’s entry into the reality show.
“My DM is filled up with messages from people asking me to influence their entries into BBNaija. Please, I do not have the power to put you into Big Brother house. Stop sending messages. Every year when the programme is approaching, I keep getting messages. This year’s own is too much.
“I understand that the economy is hard and everyone wants to be famous by going to the Big Brother show. But please, go and audition. Follow the due process. I auditioned 4 times before I was picked. Keep auditioning even if they reject you. And don’t fall victim of scam by giving anyone money to give a BBNaija slot. Be wise about it,” he said.
BBNaija11: ‘I do not have powers to get you into Big Brother – Whitemoney to applicants
A founding member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, on Tuesday dismissed a statement credited to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that zoning is “self-defeating,” stressing that such a stance is a classic case of self-denial.
Okechukwu lamented Atiku’s stance, noting that the former VP, was one of the foremost beneficiaries of zoning within the Nigerian political sphere.
The former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, made his remark known in a state in response to inquiries from journalists on Atiku’s position.
He said: “How can one of the foremost beneficiaries of the zoning convention suddenly deny its profound significance in promoting national cohesion, inclusion, equity, peace, and justice?
“In the public domain there is throughout history the law with its legal teeth and the convention with its moral weight, governing human affairs. If there was no zoning arrangement, could Atiku have become Vice President?
“Has he forgotten why he stormed out of the PDP presidential primary process in 2014 and joined us in APC, after President Goodluck Jonathan emerged as the party’s candidate?”
Commenting further on Atiku’s statement that, “The first and most obvious question is this: how does a Southern opposition candidate realistically unseat a sitting Southern president,” Okechukwu described the remark as regrettably identity politics, “the very tendency the zoning convention was designed to minimise and noted that such rhetoric is least expected from a statesman.”
He further criticised Atiku’s argument that, “By 2027, the South would have held presidential power for approximately 18 years in the Fourth Republic, compared to about 10 years for the North.”
Okechukwu, the statement reflects “selective amnesia, as it ignores the historical reality that Northern Nigeria presided over the affairs of the country for more than four decades since our independence in 1960.
“And equity cannot be discussed in fragments or based on convenient arithmetic.”
Zoning not self-defeating but your denial – APC chieftain, Okechukwu replies Atiku
Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole has said the current Senate Standing Order prohibits Godswill Akpabio from being Senate President.
Oshiomhole stated this on Tuesday during an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’.
He said the position of Sen Adeniyi Adegbonmire, SAN, about the Senate Standing Order amendment is correct, adding that the fight is not over.
“The current Senate President served a 4-year term, lost his reelection bid, served as a minister, and returned this term to become Senate President again.
“If you add his first term to his current term, he still has not served 8 years. If 8 years is the minimum requirement, Sen. Akpabio does not qualify to preside because he has not met it.
“If he assumed the role in error, that error must be corrected. Also, the word “consecutively” effectively reduces the Senate President’s term to three years for ranking purposes.
“These kinds of laws are what breed dictatorship in Africa,” Oshiomhole said.
Akpabio not supposed to be Senate President, fight not yet over – Oshiomhole
Israel sent the United Arab Emirates an Iron Dome air defense system with troops to operate it early in the war with Iran, two Israeli officials and one U.S. official told Axios.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Monday became the first government official to publicly confirm the deployment.
Speaking at an Israeli Independence Day event hosted by the Israeli Mission to the UN in New York, Waltz said: “We saw the UAE make use of the Iron Dome provided to it by Israel.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the deployment of the Iron Dome battery, including interceptors and several dozen operators, following a phone call with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed. It marks the first time the system has been deployed outside Israel or the United States.
Since the beginning of the war, the UAE has been targeted by Iran more than any other country in the region. According to the Emirati Ministry of Defense, Iran fired around 550 ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 2,200 drones at the UAE. Most were intercepted, but some struck military and civilian targets.
According to reports from the Financial Times and Axios, Israel also sent an advanced surveillance system capable of detecting Iranian drones and missiles, as well as a version of its Iron Beam laser-based air defense system, marking a rare operational deployment of one of Israel’s newest defense technologies outside its own borders.
Israel and the UAE signed a peace treaty in 2020 under the Abraham Accords. Both Israeli and Emirati officials say the partnership is currently the closest it has ever been.
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Damilola Ayomide Ayinde-Marshal, daughter of Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM1), has formally declared her intention to contest for the Lagos State House of Assembly seat representing Surulere Constituency II under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking after the party’s screening exercise recently, the lawyer described the process as necessary to […]
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A public affairs analyst, Mahmud Jega, has identified the only hindrance of the opposition ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ on Monday, Jega said the splitting of the opposition may be a hindrance to achieving their goal in the next year’s elections.
According to him, if the split opposition fields a presidential candidate each, it would make the fight very difficult for them.
“There is still a big problem. The opposition forces, a month or two months ago, said they will give the ruling APC a big fight next year by uniting, especially that meeting that they had in Ibadan, Oyo State, where they now said they will present one opposition candidate.
“However, it looks like apart from the ADC people, who are still pulling in one direction, the two governors left in the PDP; that’s Bauchi and Oyo states, appear to have joined one small party where they are pushing, and it looks like possibly they are the ones who are trying to draw former President Goodluck Jonathan back into the race.
“Now if the opposition present three different candidates; possibly Obi-Kwankwaso in the NDC, Atiku-Amaechi in the ADC, and then Jonathan and maybe Bala Mohammed, that will make the fight very difficult,” he said.
2027: Why opposition may face problems, hindrances in next year’s election – Jega
Kogi West Elders Assembly (KWEA) has raised concerns over what it described as growing cracks within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement jointly signed by prominent leaders from the district, Mallam Mustapha Ohinoyi, Prof. David Ikupeleye, and Dr. Segun Ehinlafa, made available to newsmen on […]
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