The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has announced plans to start local production of HIV test kits and antiretroviral drugs before the end of 2025. The agency’s Director-General, Dr. Temitope Ilori, made this known on Friday in Ilorin during the inauguration of the Kwara Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Paediatrics ART … Read more
Nigeria has been chosen to chair the Euro-African Dialogue on Migration and Development, known as Rabat Process. Naija News reports that the official handover was announced on Friday by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda. Professor Yilwatda said Portugal’s official handover to Nigeria ushered in a new era of strengthened migration … Read more
Kano, Kano state – Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has claimed that Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, is making moves to align with President Bola Tinubu. Iliyasu Kwankwaso said his namesake is planning to dump the NNPP for the … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday called more witnesses in the petition challenging Governor Monday Okpebholo’s victory in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State Five witnesses testified before Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three-member panel of the Edo governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja. The witnesses alleged instances of over-voting in their … Read more
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has issued a notice guiding Nigerians on how to report loan apps that harass their customers. Many Nigerians rely on online loan apps for quick financial assistance; however, when borrowers fail to repay on time, some lenders resort to harassment, including sending embarrassing messages, often with photos, … Read more
The Chairman of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC), Prof. George Chima, has been reportedly kidnapped from his home in Okigwe, Imo State. Reports obtained by Naija News on Friday revealed that four armed individuals, believed to be kidnappers, invaded the residence of the ABSIEC chairman while he was entertaining lecturers from Abia State … Read more
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has called on the party to set up a committee to resolve the rift between Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye over the position of the party’s National Secretary. Speaking during an appearance on Arise TV, George described the situation as a public disgrace and a … Read more
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Ayekooto Akindele, has alleged that former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is bitter against his former principal, Muhammadu Buhari. Naija News reports that his statement followed Amaechi’s recent comment placing former President, Olusegun Obasanjo ahead of other previous Nigerian leaders. Amaechi said Obasanjo was the last Nigerian leader to foster a thriving middle … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on Friday urged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to shift its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to March 13. The governors made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting in Asaba, Delta State and signed by the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, … Read more
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested 31 suspects allegedly involved in the vandalism and theft of public infrastructure worth over ₦1 billion in Abuja. The arrests were made during coordinated raids across major scrap yards and illegal markets in the FCT. FCT Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, revealed this during a press … Read more