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First Lady's Initiative to Enhance Healthcare in the Niger Delta: Tinubu's Strategic Approach

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  First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has reiterated the dedication of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration to improving healthcare access for rural communities, especially in the Niger Delta region. Senator Tinubu made her remarks yesterday in Otuasega, located in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.  Her comments came during the launch of health insurance services designed to support impoverished and vulnerable populations, alongside the inauguration of a cottage hospital and community school by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in partnership with the Renewed Hope Initiative. She emphasized the Federal Government’s commitment to saving lives by ensuring timely medical assistance to help lower health mortality rates across the nation. According to Senator Tinubu, these initiatives showcase a robust effort to tackle the healthcare issues confronting rural communities. She underlined the introduction of a health insurance scheme tailored for thes...
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Nigeria Labour Congress Demands Immediate Withdrawal Of Soldiers, Others Amid Siege On Headquarters In Abuja

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On Wednesday night, SaharaReporters let the cat out of the bag that a huge group of equipped security faculty, accepted to be from the Division of State Administrations, raged Work House, effectively entering and scouring a few stories, and taking books and documents. The authority of the Nigeria Labour Congress has requested the prompt withdrawal of fighters and other furnished security staff from association's central command in Abuja. On Wednesday night, SaharaReporters let the cat out of the bag that a huge group of furnished security staff, accepted to be from the Division of State Administrations, raged Work House, effectively entering and scouring a few stories, and seizing books and records. As per sources, the specialists guaranteed the held onto materials were utilized to fuel and sort out the continuous #EndBadGovernance fights. Accordingly, the NLC gave an assertion denouncing the strike, endorsed by Confidant Benson Upah, Head of Media and Public Relations. The NLC enc...
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Tinubu's Directive On Food Importation Ignored By Nigerian Customs, Status Quo On Import Duties Maintained –Importers

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The official mandate intended to control taking off costs of food, unrefined substances, and assembling inputs, and furthermore covered horticultural creation inputs like composts and pesticides, drugs, poultry feed, flour, and grains. In spite of President Bola Tinubu's June declaration suspending import obligations and taxes on fundamental food things for a considerable length of time, Nigerian merchants guarantee they are as yet being compelled to pay these charges. The official mandate intended to control taking off costs of food, unrefined substances, and assembling inputs, and furthermore covered horticultural creation inputs like composts and pesticides, drugs, poultry feed, flour, and grains. Be that as it may, merchants say the suspension has not been carried out, going against the Chief Request labeled "Expansion Decrease and Value Security (Financial Strategy Measures, And so on) Hand, 2024," which was given under the President's established powers. Likewis...
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#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria: Protests resume in Lagos Monday, say organisers

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Coordinators of the 'End hunger' protest in Lagos have said they will unite at the Gani Fawehinmi Opportunity Park, Ojota, on Monday, to proceed with their exhibit. This is as per a Sunday proclamation endorsed by Hassan Taiwo, Ayoyinka Oni and Adegboyega Adeniji, for the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Sorting out Panel, Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, Lagos State. They said they had tuned in with laser focus to President Bola Tinubu's transmission on Sunday and "think of it as rather appalling" that it took President Tinubu three days of dissent to address the country. Tinubu confirmed in the nationwide broadcast on Sunday morning that his organization was prepared to pay attention to and address the worries of dissidents, certifying that he had heard their calls "plainly." “I hereby enjoin protesters and the organisers to suspend any further protest and create room for dialogue, which I have always acceded to at the slightest opportunity,” the president said. ...
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Nigerian Family Faces Deportation From Canada Over Fake Admission Letter

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Nigerian understudy Lola Akinlade has been requested to leave Canada by Migration, Exiles and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) because of a deceitful acknowledgment letter used to get her review visa and work license. Akinlade, who graduated with a recognition in Friendly Administrations from Nova Scotia Junior college in 2019, uncovered her troubling experience to CBC News. She was uninformed that the acknowledgment letter, gave by a specialist to the College of Regina in 2016, was phony until IRCC reached her only weeks before her graduation from the new establishment. While accepting her certificate, Akinlade encountered a blend of happiness and nervousness after understanding that she had accidentally depended on a fake report to get her review grant. "I was crushed. That was the start of my injury," she said. In her meeting with CBC News, Akinlade argued, "When the IRCC reached me, I mentioned them to rethink my case, contending that I was a casualty of a 'maverick spe...
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Nigeria’s exclusive breastfeeding rate increases to 34%

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As World Breastfeeding Week on Thursday started, the Unified Countries Youngsters' Asset, UNICEF, and the World Health Organisation, WHO, yesterday detailed that Nigeria's breastfeeding rate has increased to 34 percent. The United Nations Organisations additionally made sense of that over the most recent 12 years, the quantity of newborn children under a half year old enough who are solely breastfed in Nigeria has expanded by more than 10%. With the current year's subject labeled "Closing the gap: Breastfeeding support for all," UNICEF and WHO are underscoring the need to improve breastfeeding support as a basic activity for decreasing wellbeing disparity and safeguarding the freedoms of moms and children to make due and flourish. As per them, 34% of newborn children in Nigeria benefit from a solid beginning throughout everyday life, meaning countless infants whose lives have been saved by breastfeeding. They noticed that while the huge jump carries the country ne...
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Peter Obi Recounts How Onyeka Onwenu Passed Away

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Politician, Peter Obi, has taken to social media to mourn veteran entertainer, Onyeka Onwenu, who died on Tuesday night, July 30.  In a statement released on social media, Obi recounted how Ms Onwenu slumped at the party they were both attending in Lagos. A video shared online showed late Onyeka singing at the party and walking to a table to greet Obi. Detailing her final moments, Obi wrote; ‘’Yesterday provided a very devastating moment for me as I witnessed a tragic event that will forever be etched in my memory. I was present at the event where the iconic song star, Onyeka Onwenu, performed a couple of her songs ending up with her famous song, 'One Love Keep Us Together'. It was a beautiful performance, but little did we know it would be her final bow. Just about a few minutes after her performance, she sat down and drank some water and immediately collapsed, and was rushed to the hospital. I followed her to the hospital. I watched in pain as the doctors and medical staff fo...
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FG bans Arik air Operations

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  The Federal government through the Service of Flight and Aviation Improvement has requested that the activities of Arik Air be grounded. The minister of  Flight, Festus Keyami spread the word about this on Tuesday, July 30 through a proclamation on X. In February 2017, Arik Air was taken over by the federal government through the Resource The executives Enterprise of Nigeria (AMCON) because of the organization's gigantic obligation profile, assessed at over N300 billion. The public authority, following the takeover, promptly broke up the airline's management and delegated a recipient director. Reacting to the order of the Minister, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) which is currently managing the airline, issued a statement signed by Chief Executive Officer, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, stating that the management of the airline under receivership was dismayed by the directive to ground its operations by the Minister. “The management of Arik Air (In Receivership) is d...
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UPDATED: NCC orders immediate reactivation of all blocked lines

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The Nigerian Correspondences Commission has guided media communications administrators to quickly reestablish all hindered telephone lines due to non-linkage of Public Distinguishing proof Numbers to SIM cards. This order was revealed in an explanation on Monday by the Head of Media and Public Issues, Reuben Muoka. The telecom business controller made sense of that this order was in light of the far and wide disturbance brought about by the blockages and to focus on purchaser accommodation. Over the course of the end of the week, numerous telecom supporters couldn't get to their telephone lines subsequent to neglecting to confirm their NINs with their SIM cards, bringing about their numbers being obstructed in consistence with NIN-SIM linkage guidelines. This advancement prompted huge shock on Monday as supporters raged MTN workplaces the nation over, requesting the reactivation of their hindered telephone lines. “The consumer is our priority; therefore, considering the challenges ...
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Trump calls for FBI director to resign after he casted doubt on whether the former president was struck by bullet during ass@ssination attempt at rally

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Previous US president, Donald Trump has called for FBI Chief Christopher Wray to leave after the department boss cast uncertainty on claims Trump was struck by a projectile during the endeavor on his life at a Pennsylvania political convention notwithstanding the world seeing the assault live as it worked out. Christopher Wray was refreshing Congress about the death endeavor on Trump in Steward on Wednesday, July 24 when he offered the unstable expression. 'With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,' Wray said. 'I don't know right now whether that bullet, in addition to causing the grazing, could have landed somewhere else.' Wray was discussing security disappointments that permitted shooter Thomas Matthew Evildoers to start shooting. Hoodlums, 20, killed fireman Corey Comperatore, 50, and harmed two others including Trump during the shooting. Trump has since offered broad records ex...
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Benin Republic, Niger enjoy smuggled fuel as Nigerians keep vigil at petrol stations

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While numerous Nigerians are keeping vigil at filling stations to fuel their vehicles, drivers in the adjoining nations of Benin Republic and Niger are getting a charge out of fuel snuck from Nigeria, a Saturday PUNCH examination has shown. Our journalists, who visited the two nations found that the snuck petroleum was being sold by dark advertisers, whose rates were less expensive than those working in filling stations. Discoveries show that drivers frequently belittle the dark advertisers on the grounds that their rates are less expensive than the people who purchase from the filling stations. Saturday PUNCH accumulated the higher worth of cefas (CFA) to naira made the Nigerian snuck fuel alluring to residents of the two nations. Nigeria is seeing the fifth significant fuel emergency since President Bola Tinubu accepted office on May 29, 2023, following his expulsion of the fuel appropriation. The evacuation prompted a sharp ascent in fuel costs, causing alarm purchasing, far and wid...
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Nigerian blogger Olufunke 'Angels Empire' Afeh is set to appear in court on April 8 following her recent arrest and detention in connection with allegations of cyberstalking and harassment.

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  Legal troubles are on the horizon for blogger and philanthropist Olufunke Afeh, famously known as Angels Empire. Her forthcoming arraignment at the Federal High Court in Lagos on April 8 has garnered public interest regarding the details of her arrest, extended detention, and eventual release on bail. On February 19, 2025, SaharaReporters brought to light that the police had leveled 11 charges against Afeh, accusing her of various offenses, including cyberstalking and harassment of multiple individuals, notably Mr. Obidi Anthony and his daughters, Nancy Ume and Korra Obidi. The Angels Empire Foundation reported that Afeh was taken into custody on February 6, 2025, in Abuja. She had responded to a deceptive phone call from the Nigerian Police, which involved a false allegation of phone theft.  Once at the police station, Afeh was swiftly detained at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Abuja, where she was denied access to legal representation, and her mobile ...
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Nigeria's president warns youth not to join 'sinister' protests

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  Nigeria's President gBola Tinubu has asked youngsters not to join cross country cost for many everyday items fights anticipated one week from now, saying they are crafted by "evil" individuals "promoting" on the country's financial misfortunes. Coordinators are said to have attracted motivation from occasions Kenya. Dissidents in the East African country are presently approaching President William Ruto to leave in the wake of winning key requests - including the rejecting of arranged charge rises and the excusal of practically the whole bureau. Nigeria's last mass show was quite a while back, against a castigated police unit blamed for extra-legal killings. The #EndSARS development accomplished its point of disbanding the power however was met with a fierce crackdown wherein many nonconformists were killed. As shows anticipated 1 August in Nigeria move closer, President Tinubu has encouraged coordinators to drop their arrangements. "Benefiting fro...
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