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*Enugu APC Presents Certificates Of Return To LG Chairmanship Flagbearers Ahead Sept Polls By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has unveiled the newly renovated and re-equipped Neonatal and Special Babies Ward at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane, Enugu, as part of activities marking the 2026 Children’s Day celebration. The facility, upgraded through the intervention of the Cecilia Oyebola Foundation founded by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Health, Dr Yomi Jaye, is equipped with modern incubators, infusion and syringe pumps, phototherapy equipment, autoclave machines, baby monitoring devices and upgraded nursing…

Perhaps, pre-empting President Bola Tinubu's speech today, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar berated the Tinubu administration over growing insecurity and the worsening economic situation in the land, saying Nigerians are now compelled to treat ransom payments like regular household items. Addressing Nigerians as his administration clocked three, Tinubu had said communities and highways were becoming safer and economically productive, despite challenges. To him, advances were being made in the fight against terrorism. In a statement yesterday and issued by Phrank Shaibu, his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Abubakar, popularly known as Atiku, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate in…

President Bola Tinubu declared today that, despite challenges, many Nigerian communities and highways were becoming safer and economically productive. He spoke while addressing the nation on the occasion of his third year in office. Tinubu spoke even as scores of school children and many more Nigerians remain in captivity in the bushes at the hands of heavily armed terrorists who have continued to ravage parts of the nation. The full statement: Three years ago, you entrusted me with the sacred responsibility of leading our beloved nation at a defining moment in our history. I accepted that responsibility, fully aware of…

Fast on the heels of his defection to Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, who today announced his pivoting to NDC, has been granted waiver by the party to run for Delta Central senatorial district seat in 2027. Omo-Agege will face tough competition from incumbent Senator Ede Dafinone of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The party also gave waiver to ex-Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, to contest for Delta North senatorial seat. He will be up, among others, against former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa of APC. A statement…

*Delta Money Sitting In Bank Accounts While People Suffer, He Claims *Vows To Run For Delta Central Seat In 2027 By our reporter The loud grumbling by former Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, over his being allegedly manipulated out in the senatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, has taken another turn as the prominent politician has quit the party for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). APC Senator Ede Dafinone won the primary. NDC is the party on which platform Mr Peter Obi and Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso seek to actualize their presidential aspirations.…

*Babies Also At Risk *Concerns Bound To Grow In Nigeria In a move that could send shockwaves to Nigerian buyers and elicit a decision from them, European Union (EU) regulators have fined the Chinese shopping website Temu €200m (£173m). Reason? For failing to stop the sale of illegal and dangerous products. The European Commission imposed the penalty after a 19-month investigation that found consumers were very likely to encounter illegal or unsafe products including baby toys and electronics on the firm’s website. An unpublished mystery shopping exercise carried out for the Commission found a “high percentage” of unsafe baby products…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja It is important that religious organizations continue to pray for the nation's troops fighting terrorism, banditry and other shades of insecurity. Such prayers encourage and boost the morale of troops deployed across various theatres of operation nationwide. Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, took the position while receiving the General Overseer (G.O) of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries (TLCCRM), Pastor Lazarus Muoka, in his (Minister's) office in Abuja,the nation's capital. Reaffirming the importance of moral support, prayers, and national unity in strengthening the resolve of the Armed Forces in the ongoing fight against insecurity…

Despite the loud grumbling by former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and former Managing Director (MD), defunct FSB International Bank, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, alleging rigging and other irregularities in the primary, opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) late Wednesday declared former Vice President (VP) Atiku Abubakar, winner of the primary. Thus, this makes the Adamawa-born ex-VP ADC's presidential flagbearer for the 2027 election. Amaechi had kicked against the conduct of the primary, vowing to seek redress in court. The collation of results was announced at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, Wednesday. Abubakar, popularly called Atiku, polled 1,846,370 votes while Amaechi…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Today, Eid Al-Adha, is meant for celebrations in the Islamic calendar, but with practical indications of little merrymaking even among many Muslims in different parts of the country, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) pointed a finger at the federal authorities for the dire hardship being faced by majority ordinary Nigerians. In a statement on the occasion of Sallah (Eid Al-Adha), CAN told the President Bola Tinubu administration, without mincing words, that the socio-economic state of most of the people it is governing is indeed more precipitous than less. President Tinubu has routinely counseled Nigerians to…

Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu has urged Muslims who are able to acquire sacrificial animals to remember vulnerable persons living among them. He made the call in his Eid-el-Kabir message to people of the state. The governor said the appeal became necessary so as to bring succor to vulnerable groups in the state. He noted that although the state government had provided sacrificial animals to vulnerable groups, those who acquired such should also share the meat with vulnerable groups. “Sharing your meat with vulnerable groups apart from attracting rewards from Almighty Allah, will give them a sense of belonging,” he…