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By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto The Leprosy Mission Nigeria, in collaboration with Sokoto State government and other stakeholders, has organized a session to create awareness on the importance of mental wellbeing as part of activities to mark World Mental Health Day. The events held at the Doctors House, Sokoto, underscored the critical importance of mental well-being among citizens. Dr. Attahiru Abusufyan of the Neuropsychiatric Department of Usmanu Dan Fodio Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, who spoke on the occasion, highlighted trauma, particularly among individuals affected by war and insecurity, as a major contributor to mental health disorders. He stressed the urgent need for…

*Will Make It 3 APC Govs In SE Zone By our reporter After 26 unbroken years of governance by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu State may be governed by another party, the federally-ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, reportedly set to cross over to APC. National Chairman and Deputy National Chairman, South-East, of the APC, Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda and Emma Eneukwu, respectively, broke the news in Abuja, the Nigeria capital, today, 10 October. Reports said Mbah could announce his decamping on Tuesday next week at an event in the South-East state. The APC national…

*Oyo Pensioners Nigeria's Highest Paid --Retirees Hail Gov, Ask For More By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, Arusa 1, has urged Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to pay attention to rehabilitation and construction of access roads in the state to ease transportation and remove gridlocks on the major roads across Local Governments (LGs). The 44th Olubadan made the request today at the International Conference Center (ICC), University of Ibadan venue of the Stakeholders' Consultative and Engagement meeting for the 2026 Budget. The event was for the Ibadan main city, comprising Ibadan South-West, South-East, North-East,…

By Emma Ogoigbe, Warri General Manager (GM), Corporate Affairs, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Mr. Olusoga Oduselu, has reaffirmed that the company's corporate social responsibility makes it committed to host communities' development in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). ''CNL seeks to make human investment that delivers long-term transformative returns. This is achieved through our Nigerian content development activities. "In Nigeria, Chevron supports Nigerian content development by providing employment to Nigerians, and contract opportunities in all our projects up to annual over $1 billion," he said. Oduselu disclosed these at a one-day media capacity-building programme for journalists,held at a Press…

*Amupitan,From Kogi State, Is Ethnic Yoruba, Like Tinubu *President To Forward His Name To Senate National Council of State (NCS) today approved the nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President Bola Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga disclosed this in a statement,today. Amupitan is, like Tinubu, an ethnic Yoruba, but hails from Ayetoro Gbede, Ijumu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State. According to Onanuga, Tinubu presented Amupitan as the nominee to fill the vacant position, following Professor Mahmood Yakubu’s exit. Yakubu served from 2015 till October 2025. “President Tinubu…

Barely hours after exiting office as Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a problem may have begun for Professor Mahmoud Yakubu. This is because a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the former INEC Chair for an offence relating to contempt of court. It is the second time the court had issued the order,the first being when Yakubu was still in office. A political party, Action Alliance (AA), had instituted a case before the court challenging INEC and Yakubu over their alleged…

*DG HMB Leads Assessment Team As Hope Rises For 200-Bed Rural Facility By our reporter Prospects for better and more affordable healthcare rose for hundreds of thousands of residents of Karu satellite town and environs of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as FCT Administration (FCTA)'s Hospitals Management Board (HMB) is taking steps to revitalize the Karu General Hospital. The hospital, which has been struggling, was initially built with a 200-bed capacity and designed to alleviate the burden on nearby hospitals --General Hospital Nyanya and Asokoro District Hospital. A vital section of the hospital's operations has for years been abandoned, vandalized and…

Rights activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has reacted to yesterday's resignation from office of Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, declaring him the most honorable among other members of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. In a post on X, Farotimi thumbed up Nnaji for his action. Following allegation of certificate forgery, Nnaji quit office --a move confirmed by the Presidency in a statement by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga,same yesterday. In his reaction , Farotimi urged others in the government, who have been accused of forgery to follow suit. Recall that Tinubu's Chicago University certificate was a key fulcrum of post-election…

One year and 10 months after then-Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister, Betta Edu, was forced to resign over alleged corrupt dealings, another Minister today resigned in circumstances bordering on a misdemeanor. Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, resigned following allegations of certificate forgery levelled against him. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the resignation in a statement today, saying the President has accepted the Minister’s decision to step down. According to Onanuga, President Tinubu “accepted the resignation of Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, following some…

Another US lawmaker has raised an issue with what he alleged is a genocide against Christians in Nigeria, and has officially brought the matter to the attention of President Donald Trump. In a letter to the US President, Representative Riley M. Moore, who represents West Virginia’s Second District in the US Congress, specifically asked Trump to immediately designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). Rep Moore belongs to the ruling Republican Party, same as Trump. His letter is coming on the heels of a bill sponsored by another Republican lawmaker, Senator Ted Cruz (Texas), which seeks targeted sanctions…