Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, has announced his decision to take an indefinite leave of absence from his official duties. This was made known in a memo submitted to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday. In his statement, Ngelale cited pressing medical issues affecting his immediate family as the primary reason for this decision. “This agonising decision was taken after significant consultations with my family over the past several days, as a vexatious medical situation has worsened at home,” Ngelale explained. The leave of absence will impact Ngelale’s multiple…
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Niger State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Abdulmalik Mohammad Sarkin-Daji, has called on stakeholders in the health sector to develop a regulatory mechanism to oversee the operations of private clinics in the state to ensure quality healthcare and accountability. Sarkin-Daji made this known at a public hearing organized by the House Standing Committee on Health and Nutrition to harmonize a bill providing for the establishment of an agency for the registration and regulation of private health facilities, as well as a bill for a law to regulate the minimum standards for healthcare facilities in the state, held in Minna. The…
Super Eagles interim manager, Austin Eguavoen, has admitted that it is ‘headache’ for him to decide who will be in goal for Nigeria between Stanley Nwabali and Maduka Okoye ahead of Saturday’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifier against Republic of Benin. Eguavoen, who spoke at his pre-match press conference, said both goalkeepers are all fit. When asked who will start in goal between both goalkeepers against Benin, Eguavoen told reporters: “The headache in the entire team. 23 quality players, some quality players that are also not in the team right now. “So, it is headache for the coach…
The Labour Party (LP), Kaduna State chapter, has clarified that the appointment of Nenadi Usman as the National Caretaker Chairman of the party followed the expiration of Barrister Julius Abure’s tenure. Mr Yusuf Solomon Danbaki and Sani Sahabi, Chairman and Secretary of the State Labour Party Interim Committee, in a statement issued in Kaduna on Saturday, said, “It is important to clarify that the tenure of Barrister Julius Abure and all his appointees ended on June 9, 2024. The rejection of Nenadi Usman’s appointment appears to stem from a reluctance to accept this reality.” The party thanked Auwal Tafoki for…
Kalu Aja, a financial analyst and educator, has said Nigeria would have been completely bankrupt if President Bola Tinubu had decided against floating the naira and removing fuel subsidies. Aja explained that floating the Naira and removing Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) subsidies were not optional decisions, as the country had no choice. However, in a post on his X handle on Friday, the financial expert stated that Tinubu mishandled the implementation of palliatives. He pointed out that it took the Nigerian government a year to understand that food needed to be imported and even to draft a plan, adding that…
Nneka Chidoka would have celebrated her 76th birthday today, a milestone that serves as a poignant reminder of her enduring legacy. Although she passed away last year after a courageous 15-year battle with cancer, her spirit of compassion lives on through the Nneka Chidoka Outreach Program. Her life was extended thanks to an early diagnosis, a fact that deeply resonates with the program’s commitment to providing early cancer screenings for women who otherwise might not have access to such vital care. To honour her memory, her son, Osita Chidoka, made a heartfelt post on social media—reaching out to female entrepreneurs,…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has approved student loan disbursements to five tertiary institutions in the South-East and 35 other regions in Nigeria. NELFUND disclosed this in a statement on Friday, announcing the second phase of disbursements. Institutions from the South-East include Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State; Ebonyi State University; Abia State University; Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike; and Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Anambra State. The agency also noted that a total of N2.1 billion Naira was disbursed to an additional 40 tertiary institutions, bringing the total number of beneficiary institutions to 59. The implication is that Nigerian…
Former Big Brother Naija reality star, Ilebaye Odiniya, has revealed the date of her colleagues, Angel and Soma’s wedding. She disclosed that the duo will tie the knots in January next year. She revealed this in a video message with Angel making the rounds on the internet. However, the Big Brother Naija ‘All-Stars’ edition winner did not disclose a specific date. Ilebaye: “We are not supposed to announce it yet, the [Angel and Soma’s] wedding is next year January. Oh my God, I just exposed you guys.” Angel also flashed her engagement ring on the camera. DAILY POST recalls that…
Former Minority Leader of Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Chijioke Chukwu says the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Benjamin Kalu has been vindicated over his viral interview where he called on Governor Alex Otti to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. The statement comes after the Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2023 election in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, said his party would take over Lagos State in 2027 from the ruling APC. Rhodes-Vivour, who spoke on the sidelines of LP’s extended stakeholders’ meeting in Umuahia, declared that the party was now positioned to end…
British-Nigerian actress, Laura Lake Adebisi has said Nigeria shouldn’t have been a country. According to her, the ideological differences between the North and South are enough reasons for the country not to exist. Speaking in a viral video, the movie star accused the British government of “empowering” the Nigerian government to stop Biafra’s secession to continue pillaging the country. Adebisi said, “The footprints of colonialism are over Nigeria. Nigeria should have never been a country! The difference in ideology from the northern side to the southern side is insane. “When the Eastern side tried to secede and form Biafra, the…