Author: Anule Emmanuel
Vice President Kashim Shettima has left Abuja for Ethiopia to lead a government delegation examining how the two countries can improve nutrition delivery through closer coordination across levels of government. The inaugural Nigeria-Ethiopia Nutrition Leadership Exchange visit will focus on sharing approaches to implementing government-led nutrition programmes and aligning national, state and local efforts. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President Stanley Nkwocha in a statement Tuesday said Shettima is travelling at the invitation of Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh, who is leading his country’s approach to improving nutrition across multiple sectors. The visit centres on a practical challenge:…
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has declared President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms are giving States more money to invest in infrastructure and public services, while federal military interventions have helped restore peace in troubled parts of his State. Bala made the remarks during a visit by Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Taiwo Oyedele and Health and Social Welfare Minister Ali Pate. The Ministers were in Bauchi on Monday for the inauguration of a diagnostic centre at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital. “We don’t always oppose and criticise for the sake of criticising. When we see…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake, on his 70th birthday, praising a longtime political ally whose career has spanned journalism, Lagos State government and the federal cabinet. In a personal statement, President Tinubu described Alake as a forthright, loyal and committed associate, saying he had known him for decades as a steady hand with a reputation for hard work, excellence and delivering results. The President highlighted Alake’s record in journalism, including his advocacy against military rule and human-rights abuses during Nigeria’s years of military dictatorship. He also recalled Minister Alake’s eight-year tenure as…
President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning for Nigerian Air Force personnel killed in the crash of a military aircraft on Sunday. The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga ordered flags to be flown at half-staff nationwide. The declaration followed the crash of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft near a naval base in Igbokoda, Ondo State. The plane, carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members, was on a routine mission from Benin City to Lagos when it went down. Tinubu said he was deeply saddened by the accident,…
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has commended security agencies after a joint operation killed a senior operative of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), in a forest near Owo. The operation, carried out over the weekend, involved personnel from the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army and the Western Nigeria Security Network, known as Amotekun Corps, according to security and state-government officials. The slain militant, identified as Abdussamad Ohida and also known as Anwar, was described by security sources as a senior ISWAP figure and a former deputy to Abu Ikrimah, the group’s Central Nigeria leader. Ikrimah,…
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to return to Abuja on Monday evening after a six-day stay in Lagos. The President arrived in Lagos on September 29 after completing his annual vacation in London and Paris. Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President Bayo Onanuga in a statement said during the visit, the Tinubu delivered a nationwide broadcast on October 1 to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary. Later that day, he attended the national premiere of MKO, a documentary on the life, political struggle and legacy of the late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, whose annulled 1993 presidential election became…
President Bola Tinubu ordered a full investigation into the crash of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft in Ondo State on Monday, an accident involving 25 passengers and seven crew members. The aircraft was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when it crashed near a naval base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, the presidency said. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu expressed condolences to the families of those aboard, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, and personnel of the Nigerian Air Force. “This is a…
By Tunde Rahman Memories of the June 12 election and the injustice done to Bashorun MKO Abiola with the annulment of a free and fair election he won, his incarceration and eventual death were rekindled last Thursday at the national premiere of “MKO Abiola”, a film directed by my friend, Ose Oyamendan. Those memories will never go away anytime soon. As I had stated previously, on that fateful day, June 12, 1993, I operated in two important capacities. While I was the Political Correspondent of the old Daily Times covering political activities in Abuja, I was also an officer in…
By Anule Emmanuel, New York Dr. William Shalders of Love Legacy Chapel International on Sunday urged worshippers to welcome change rather than resist it, arguing that time, technology and personal growth move forward regardless of human discomfort. In a sermon themed “Welcome Change,” Apostle Shalders said people cannot prevent the passage of time or the transformations that accompany it. Their responsibility, he said, is to prepare themselves for what is coming. “Time and change are two things that will happen with or without us. Today is Sunday. Tomorrow is going to be Monday. Nobody can hold back Monday from unfolding.…
Nigeria’s new strategic engagement with the United States over critical minerals carries promise, but it is not a blank-cheque arrangement, writes Anule Emmanuel. Nigeria’s new critical-minerals framework with the United States of America is neither a mining windfall nor a surrender of sovereignty. More usefully, it is an invitation to determine whether the country is prepared to convert its considerable geological endowment into industrial capacity, jobs, and durable national wealth. Understanding the importance of the New York minerals deal may help many naysayers who have yet to grasp the relevance and immense value to the nation of the Federal Government’s…