June 2025 – Page 148

Why Tinubu Supports Leaders Like Mbah, By First Lady

12.06.2025

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has explained President Bola Tinubu’s support for Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah’s administration, saying her husband would always support leaders, who judiciously deploy public funds for the common good of the people. Mrs. Tinubu made the revelation during the commissioning of the Technical, Vocational Education and Training College, GTC, Enugu, on...

Kwara PDP Debunks Stampede, Death Claims In Saraki’s Residence

12.06.2025

The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as irresponsible and insensitive the claim by Ibraheem Abdullateef, the Senior Special Assistant on Communication to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, that Hajia Roheemat Aduke Atanda, a staunch member of the PDP, died in a stampede at the residence of the former Senate President, Dr....

Multi-Choice Stumbles To $45.13m Loss As Shocks, Regulatory Heat Intensify In Nigeria

12.06.2025

MultiChoice Group, the Johannesburg-based pay television behemoth, has plunged into a headline loss of 800 million Rand, about $45.13 million, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025—an abrupt reversal from the 1.3 billion rand ($73.37 million) in profit posted a year earlier. The loss, disclosed in its latest earnings statement on Wednesday, underscores the...

Environment Ministry, Wind Energy Council Launch Youth-Led Clean Energy Initiative

12.06.2025

The Federal Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Nigeria Wind Energy Council (NWEC), has officially launched the Youth for Wind, Climate and Innovation (YWCI) initiative — a groundbreaking programme aimed at empowering Nigerian youth to lead the country’s clean energy transition through wind energy innovation, policy engagement, and grassroots action. The launch event, held...

Tinubu Harps On Harnessing Tourism’s Potential

12.06.2025

President Bola Tinubu has emphasized the importance of harnessing the potential of tourism as a key driver of sustainable development in Africa. He said the sector holds significant promise in boosting economic growth, reducing poverty, and preserving the continent’s rich cultural heritage and natural resources. The President, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima,...

AI Is Compressing Nigeria’s Drug-Discovery Timeline – Researcher

12.06.2025

What once demanded a decade of lab trials and millions of naira in reagents can now be sketched out in a matter of months, thanks to a wave of artificial-intelligence tools reshaping pharmaceutical R&D in Nigeria. Speaking at the faculty of pharmacy public lecture at the University of Uyo, pharmacognosist Dr Enema Onojah John described...

ASCON Holds Retreat To Align Staff With Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda

12.06.2025

The Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Badagry Chapter, has organised a three-day Change and Strategic Management Retreat aimed at aligning its staff with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The retreat, held in collaboration with Innovators Beyond Borders and themed “Rebranding for Transformation”, brought together senior and mid-level managers for intensive sessions focused on...

Democracy Day: Echoes From The Grave

12.06.2025

It is the Court of Eternal National Conscience, somewhere beyond time and space. Seated in a crescent formation are Nigeria’s departed political titans. They have summoned President Bola Tinubu to answer for the current state of Nigerian democracy. OBAFEMI AWOLOWO: Asiwaju, in my time, we debated with the rigour of philosophers and dreamt of a...

Tinubu Govt Afraid Of Coalition -Atiku Aide

12.06.2025

Paul Ibe, a media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, stated that President Tinubu’s administration is afraid of an opposition coalition aimed at unseating him in 2027. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television Politics Today Program, Ibe urged Nigerians to be focused and work hard towards voting Tinubu out of power...

Hotel Registration: NIHOTOUR, HOMAL On Collision Course Over Registration Of Businesses

12.06.2025

Crisis is brewing in the Nigerian tourism sector as the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) and the Hotel Owners and Managers Association of Lagos (HOMAL) are on collision course over the attempt by NIHOTOUR to register hotels and personnel operating in the hospitality industry in Lagos. Director-General Abisoye Fagade, had on assumption of...