Students from the University of Ibadan (UI) staged a peaceful protest against the 82-day power outage at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan on Wednesday. UCH is the teaching hospital where medical students from UI are trained. The Nation learnt UCH has been experiencing power outages for the past year due to debts owed to…
Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria. It will be recalled that Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court on charges related to organ harvesting. The former Deputy Senate President was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Mrs…
The Kano State Government has approved over ₦637 million and released ₦500 million in counterpart funding under the Child Nutrition Fund (CNF). A statement released by the Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition Nigeria’s Executive Secretary, Mr. Sunday Okoronkwo ,the fund is a critical step toward scaling up sustainable financing, programs, and supplies to combat malnutrition…
Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country continues to battle blazes often set by farmers and ranchers illegally expanding their territory. Some 30.8 million hectares (119,000 square miles) of vegetation were burned in Brazil in 2024, a 79 percent increase from…
The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has described as “absurd” the N8 billion allocated in the 2025 federal budget to sensitize Nigerians on the need to pay electricity bills. This was revealed in a statement signed by the President of the union, Comrade Joe Ajaero on Tuesday. The Federal Ministry of Power had proposed a budget…
Senators and members of the House of Representatives have called for increased funding for the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, emphasising the sector’s significant potential to drive economic growth. The lawmakers made this call on Tuesday during the budget defense session for the ministry. The ministry was allocated 11 billion naira for its 2025…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, to coordinate negotiations with various parties within Ogoniland in the oil-rich Niger Delta area to resume oil production in the area. The President, who gave the directive in Abuja when he received Ogoni leaders including Governor Siminalayi Fubara at the Aso Villa,…
The Senate has vowed to push for the conduct of a national population census before the current administration ends in 2027. This commitment was reiterated during a budget defense session with the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Isa Kwarra. The Chairman of the Committee on National Identity Management and Population, Senator Abdul Ningi,…
