An Endocrinologist at the Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Dr Olubiyi Adeshina, has expressed deep concern over the rising costs of diabetes medication in Nigeria, emphasising the heavy financial burden it places on patients. Speaking at the Talabi Diabetes Centre 4th Annual Ogun Youth Diabetes Camp Closing Ceremony held at the Youth Development Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library …

Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Governor of Kwara, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement granting full autonomy to Local Government Areas, saying the development is a huge relief on governors. But the NGF chairman also said the governors will meet next week to consider the judgement, and come out with a resolution. AbdulRahman, who …

The Supreme Court has barred governors from dissolving democratically elected Local Government Councils in the country. In a landmark judgement on Thursday, the apex court said that, doing so, would amount to a breach of the 1999 Constitution. In the suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Federal Government sought an order preventing the governors from …

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has said that the 36 state governors are implementing diverse strategies and measures aimed at resolving the ongoing economic challenges and food crises within their respective states. Economic difficulties have arisen in Nigeria in the past months with the removal of fuel subsidy which led to a sharp increase in the prices of essential goods …

A bill for an Act seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to change the educational qualification for elections into certain political offices, has been stepped down by the leave of the House of Representatives. Standing in the name of Hon. Adewunmi Onanuga, the proposed legislation aimed at pegging minimum qualification for elections into the governorship, presidential, and other key elective …

The show of no love lost between Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; and his deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu continued over the weekend during the state’s 32nd anniversary thanksgiving church service held at the Festival Hall, Government House on Sunday. Both Obaseki and Shaibu have been at loggerheads over the latter’s ambition to contest the 2024 governorship polls in the …

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has dismissed a letter that purportedly claimed it had surrendered its statutory powers and functions on judges’ appointments and promotions to state governors. The NJC said that the letter addressed to the Chief Judge of Kebbi State and purportedly signed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, did not emanate from the council …