December 2025 – Page 246

Adebayo Clinches Osun Gov Ticket, As Adeleke Withdraws

02.12.2025

The defection of the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has pave the way for Adebayo Adedamola to emerged victoriously as the gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). New Telegraph reports that Adedamola emerged the 2026 governorship candidate of the PDP in Osun State after a keenly contested primary election. It...

ICPD Trains Yobe Protocol Officers On Strategic Leadership, VIP Mgt

02.12.2025

The International Centre for Protocol and Diplomacy (ICPD) has conducted a professional training programme for Yobe State protocol officers and practitioners, equipping them with enhanced protocol standards, ethical leadership principles, and advanced VIP management skills. The intensive capacity-building workshop also strengthened participants’ cross-government communication abilities, cross-cultural intelligence, crisis protocol coordination, and media relations management. Speaking...

Northern Elders Back Matawalle, Slam Politically Driven Critics

02.12.2025

The Northern Elders Progressive Group has dismissed renewed calls for the resignation of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, describing the criticisms as “mischievous, exaggerated, and politically driven.” Addressing journalists on Tuesday, the group’s Coordinator, Yusuf Abubakar, said recent media attacks targeting Matawalle were part of a broader political manoeuvre in the nation’s...

eHealth Africa, Avatar Consortium To Lead Conversations On Digital Interfaces

02.12.2025

Ahead of the Global Digital Health Forum (GDHF 2025) in Kenya, eHealth Africa, in collaboration with regional partners, is set to spotlight the critical role of digital platforms in driving positive behaviour change among adolescents across Africa. Speaking ahead of the panel session, Executive Director of eHealth Africa, Atef Fawaz, noted that the organisation remains...

NCDMB, BOI Sign $100M Nigerian Content Intervention Fund MoU

02.12.2025

The Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Bank of Industry (BoI) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the $100 million Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCIF) Equity Scheme. The signing took place during the Practical Nigerian Content Forum in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Felix Ogbe,...

PDP’ll Surmount Its Challenges – Damagum

02.12.2025

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, has expressed confidence that the party will overcome its current challenges. Damagum, who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during the formal handover to the new National Working Committee (NWC), said the future remains bright for the PDP despite its recent setbacks. The PDP has...

Igbajo Palace Clarifies Legal Dispute, Confirms Owa Makinde Is Alive

02.12.2025

The Owa-in-Council of Igbajo has debunked widespread social media reports suggesting that the Owa of Igbajo, Alayeluwa Oba (Dr.) Ademola Stephen Kayode Makinde, Onigemo I, has passed away, affirming that the monarch is alive and in good health. In a statement signed by the Traditional Secretary of the palace, Gbonjubola Loremikan Olorunnisola, the Royal Court...

Court Stops Sowore From Making Inciting Statements

02.12.2025

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore from further making inciting comments that are inimical to the peace and security of the country. Justice Mohammed Umar, who gave this order in a ruling on Tuesday, December 2, threatened to...

Renewed Attacks: US, France, UK, Others Supporting Nigeria –FG

02.12.2025

The Federal Government yesterday assured the parents of the abducted St. Mary’s Private Catholic School Papiri, Niger State that “the children are doing fine and will be back soon”, even as it said that the world stands by the nation in its efforts to defeat terrorism, adding that many countries across the world, including the...

ADC On Course With Plan For 2027 Elections –Abdullahi

02.12.2025

Bolaji Abdullahi is the National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In this interview, he speaks on the party’s plan for the 2027 general election and concerns over Nigeria’s slide into a one-party state, among others issues Some Nigerians are worried that the energy is waning or that the fire is burning out...