Ghana’s Defence Minister, Edward Omane Boamah, and Minister Environment, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, were among eight people killed in a helicopter crash in the southern Ashanti region on Wednesday. Giving details of the tragic incident on Wednesday, Chief of Staff to the Ghanian President, Julius Debrah, said others killed in the ill-fated flight include Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator , Alhaji Muniru Mohammed; Vice Chairman of NDC, Dr Samuel Sarpong; former Parliamentary candidate’ Mr Samuel Aboagye; Squadron leader Peter; Flying Officer Twum Ampadu; and Sergeant Ernest Addo The helicopter was enroute from the capital of Accra to Obuasi, a mining town…
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President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, eulogised the widow of the winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, Dr Doyinsola Hamidat Abiola, saying she was an amazon, journalism icon, trailblazer, and soldier of democracy. Tinubu, in a tribute, described the first female editor of a national newspaper in Nigeria as an epitome of integrity, tenacity, hard work, and commitment to excellence. Tinubu, in an emotional tribute, stated, “I received with deep sadness the news early on Wednesday of the passing of Dr. Doyinsola Hamidat Abiola, a trailblazing journalist, editor, and former Managing Director of the defunct Concord Group of…
National Publicity Secretary of the Petroleum Products and Retail Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, Joseph Obele, has disagreed with the decision of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited ruling out the sale of the Port Harcourt refinery. In his personal view as a community stakeholder in Port Harcourt, Obele said he “strongly disagreed with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s decision to rule out the sale of the Port Harcourt Refining Company.” Obele stated in a chat with our correspondent that the comment by the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC, Bayo Ojulari, that the refinery would not be…
Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will be one of the leading candidates to confront incumbent President Bola Tinubu, in the 2027 presidential poll, a close aide of the Bayelsa-born politician hinted yesterday. The ally, who is also in the People Democratic Party, PDP, as Jonathan, revealed that the plan to draft the former President to contest on PDP’s platform had gone far, and that he had accepted, adding that the former president was going into the race to find ways of addressing Nigeria’s rising poverty, hardship and the general suffering that had gripped the citizenry in recent years. The…
Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo is yet to fully make a decision on representing the Super Eagles, amid reports that he has pledged allegiance to the Nigerian national team. The 26-year-old, who was born in Manchester to Nigerian parents, has featured for the youth teams of England from U-16, U-17, U-18, and U-19 cadres. However, he is yet to make an official appearance for the Three Lions at senior level and has been reported to be interested in making a switch to represent the country of his parents. The former Fulham defender made a first-ever trip to the West African country…
Zenith Bank Plc hosted a grand reception yesterday at their Abuja head office in Maitama to honour Nigeria’s D’Tigress for clinching a record-breaking fifth consecutive AfroBasket title. The bank rewarded the victorious team with a N200 million cash gift. D’Tigress defeated Mali 78-64 in the final held in Abidjan on Sunday and returned to Nigeria on Monday where they were received by President Bola Tinubu. At the Presidential reception, the team was awarded national honours of OON and given additional cash incentives. Zenith Bank, a longtime sponsor of the Women’s National Basketball League, has shown commitment to women’s basketball over…
A former Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri, has described the administration of President Bola Tinubu as a total disaster that has underperformed even compared to the much criticised government of President Muhammadu Buhari. In an interview with Trust Television, Waziri expressed grave concerns over the state of governance in Nigeria, warning that the country is sliding dangerously into deeper crises under Tinubu’s leadership. “If the Buhari government was a failure, the Tinubu government in the last two years is a disastrous catastrophe,” he said adding that “It has failed in all ramifications, and the country has regressed.”…
The first former female Managing Director and Publisher of the National Concord newspapers, and wife of the late Chief MKO Abiola, Dr. DoyinAbiola, has passed. She died yesterday at about 9.15pm. She was aged 82 years. She was also the first Nigerian woman to be an editor of a Nigerian national daily. The deceased started work with the Daily Sketch Newspaper in 1969, during which she started a column in the newspaper called Tiro, where she addressed sundry issues of public concern, including gender matters. In 1970, she left Daily Sketch Newspaper and traveled to the United States to pursue…
Twenty-two people have died and 20 others were severely injured in a lone fatal crash involving a trailer on the Lambata-Lapai road in Niger State on Monday. Aishat Sa’adu, Sector Commander of the Niger State Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, said 42 people were in the vehicle along with livestock when it crashed around 3am, killing 22 people on the spot. She said the trailer had taken off from Kano and was en route to Lagos when it crashed, 10km from Lambata and 30km to Lapai town, the headquarters of Lapai Local Government…
Federal Government of Nigeria have enjoined African governments to enhance community health systems by ensuring they are neither fragmented nor underfunded, but rather integrated, adequately financed, and people-centered. Nigeria made the call through its Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing delegates from across the continent at the Continental Consultation on Community Health. The event focused on validating the 2024 Community Health Landscape Survey and shaping strategies for the Community Health Worker (CHW) framework, scorecard, and strategic action plan. Salako emphasised the pivotal role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in…