President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to take urgent steps to end the ongoing strike by members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and ensure their immediate return to duty. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, announced...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday took a swipe at the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Umar Damagum. Wike described him as a “tax collector” who lacked the discipline and integrity to lead the opposition party. Speaking on a Television programme...

The Police command in Lagos State has declared activist, Mr Omoyele Sowore, wanted for allegedly planning to incite public disorder and obstruct major roads in the state. Commissioner of Police, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, disclosed this to journalists on Monday at the Iyana-Oworo section of the Third Mainland Bridge. He said...

The leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened on Monday as security operatives sealed off both the party’s National Secretariat at Wadata Plaza and the Legacy House, headquarters of the National Convention Organising Committee, shortly after Abdulrahman Mohammed assumed office as Acting National Chairman. Heavily armed officers arrived...