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By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan National Orientation Agency (NOA), Oyo State Directorate, has reaffirmed its commitment to public health advocacy and grassroots mobilisation by joining stakeholders in the health sector to sensitise residents on the 2026 Sub-National Immunisation. The programme is aimed at protecting children under five against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases. The sensitisation meeting, organised by the State Ministry of Health at its Conference Centre, Ibadan, brought together health educators and development partners, including the World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and CORONA, traditional rulers and other relevant stakeholders. In his welcome address, Mr. O.S.…

*Directs Commission To Promptly Fill Their Positions By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna It was a bad day in the office for some top officials of Dikwa Local Government Council (LGC) of Borno State as Governor Babagana Umara Zulum visited their offices and found them absent from duty. Not on seat were the Council Secretary and some Directors. Thoroughly disappointed at, and visibly angry, over such attitude to work, the Governor directed their immediate suspension from office, citing alleged neglect of duty. The Governor issued the directives on Friday during a working visit to Dikwa, where he found several senior council officials…

*'Masses Will Re-elect Him' By Sam Tyav, Makurdi An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Dr. Mark Nyitse has described Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Iormem Alia, as the state's messiah, saying he is focused on salvaging people of the state from the challenges confronting them. Speaking exclusively to People&Politics, Dr. Nyitse, who is Director of Planning in the Tinubu/Alia Campaign Council, congratulated the Governor for his service delivery feats which,he noted, had qualified Alia to run, maintaining that he will eventually be re-elected in next year's poll. Dr. Nyitse noted that the Governor's emergence as the party's flag bearer represents renewed…

By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri First class traditional ruler, Orodje of Okpe Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Major General Felix Mujakperuo (rtd.), Orhue I, is set to receive an array of governors and prominent traditional rulers from across Nigeria as he celebrates his 20th coronation anniversary in Delta State. State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is expected to lead several governors to the historic ceremony, which will attract eminent traditional rulers, political leaders, dignitaries and Okpe sons and daughters from across the country and the diaspora. Among the prominent royal fathers expected at the celebration are the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Saad Abubakar…

*Sets 28 Nov Nationwide Mock Vote *Says Loyalty Is To 1999 Constitution By Tony Ezimakor, Abuja Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan, has ruled out a repeat of the controversial INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) glitches that eroded public trust in the 2023 polls. Prof Amupitan spoke at the Chatham House, London where he also urged Nigerians to trust INEC leadership to deliver free, fair, and credible general elections in 2027, citing measurable operational improvements in recent off-cycle polls and new technical safeguards designed by the Commission as evidence the 2023 election glitches would not be…

*Pilgrims Expected Back Before 2027 Elections *Executive Secretary Adegbite Praises Tinubu, First Lady, Others *'I Do Not Negotiate Safety. You Will Recall That On Oct 7, 2023, I Was In Israel When They Killed 1,200 Israelis And By The Grace Of God I Evacuated 254 Nigerians' *'Since January To Date, We Have Not Embarked On Pilgrimage. We Monitor Events In The Middle-East And, To The Glory Of God, We Now Have Relative Peace' By Felix Durumbah, Abuja After months of suspension due to war involving Israel and turmoil in the Middle East, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) will on Monday,…

*Six Others In Critical Condition In Hospital *Varsity Declares Three-day Mourning *Town Hall Meeting With Gov Put Off Just-graduated students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) who were found dead last night, were involved in a party with some of their colleagues. Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University, Professor Simon Ortuanya, confirmed the death of four persons, saying the development followed a party at a lodge in the Hilltop area of Nsukka, Enugu State. Ortuanya disclosed these while addressing journalists, adding that six other persons were hospitalised, with some of them in critical condition. According to him, preliminary findings showed…

Organising Committee of the 2026 Political Advertising and Electoral Summit of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) chapel, has conferred the Responsible Citizen of Nigeria Award on Overseeing Director of FCTA's Department of Outdoor Advertising and Signages (DOAS), Dr. Azaki Sunday Kachiwoyi. It explained that the honour was in recognition of his new leadership responsibility and an encouragement to greater service to humanity. The award was presented yesterday by the Chairman of NUJ FCTA chapel, Comrade Uloma Ngozi Ufomba, who is also the Head of Public Relations of DOAS. These were disclosed in a press statement…

*Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Postpones Naija Flavour International Tourism Expo By Tony Ezimakor, Abuja Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan has disclosed that 54 staff members of the Commission have been isolated for their complicit roles in the multi-layered irregularities found in the voters' register which recently dampened the enthusiasm of voters, going into the 2027 general elections. Addressing journalists on the irregularities which have raised concerns among stakeholders about the integrity of the entire electoral process, Amupitan said the Commission has equally taken steps to address the issues, and assured Nigerians that matters of alleged…

*SOKAPU Asks Candidates To Enter Into Written MoU With Body, If They Desire Southern Kaduna Votes *Lists Demands *'We Won't Accept Political Promises Only Any Longer' By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has raised grave concern over the increasingly tense political atmosphere ahead of the 2027 general elections, warning that Nigeria cannot afford an electoral process overshadowed by doubts about institutional integrity, intimidation of opponents and uncertainty over citizens' democratic choices. The Southern and Middle Belt regions, structurally, amount to three-quarters of Nigeria. In a press statement dated 9 November, 2026, signed by its leaders,…