Author: Vardiafrica

Ghana has accepted a proposal to extend the presidential term from four to five ‌years and lower the minimum age for contesting the presidency from 40 to 35. The development follows a review of the country’s 1992 Constitution by a committee set up last year by President John Mahama. However, Felix Ofosu, minister for government communications, clarified on Thursday that the proposed constitutional amendment would not apply to incumbent Mahama. Earlier, Dominic Ayine, attorney-general and minister of justice, announced that the government had accepted the committee’s recommendation, saying the proposal was intended to give future administrations a longer period to…

President Bola Tinubu has asked state governors to “stop building flyovers where there is no numeric traffic” and do more to improve the quality of life of citizens. Tinubu spoke in Abuja on Thursday while receiving traditional rulers from Oyo state led by Oba Rashidi Ladoja, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, at the State House. Speaking directly to Ladoja, Tinubu said the financial allocations of states had increased more than four times compared to when the monarch and the president served as state governors. Tinubu was governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2007, while Ladoja served as governor of Oyo from 2003…

Esther Walson-Jack, head of the civil service of the federation (HoS), says due diligence was not carried out to verify documents presented by the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) before approval was granted for its staffing structure and recruitment waiver. Walson-Jack spoke on Wednesday while appearing before the committee investigating the controversy surrounding the PFIPC and the N1.3 billion allocated to the council in the 2026 Appropriation Act. She said her office approved the staffing structure and recruitment waiver after receiving the council’s establishment Act, and the letter of appointment presented by Adeniyi Adeyemi, its purported director-general. “My office received the letter of appointment…

As more Nigerians turn to herbs, roots, and traditional remedies, the Federal Government says it will continue striving to achieve health equity and equality for better well-being of all citizens. Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, made this known during a visit to the laboratory complex of the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency, NNMDA, on Victoria Island, Lagos. The visit also saw the unveiling of seven new herbal products manufactured by the Agency. The Minister, visibly impressed by the Agency’s recent progress, declared that meeting Nigeria’s health needs requires exploring every available option. While unveiling the new…

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, on Tuesday commissioned the remodeled Muhammadu Adamu Dankabo Domestic Terminal at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), reaffirming the Federal Government’s commitment to modernizing aviation infrastructure under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony in Kano, Keyamo described the upgraded terminal as another milestone in the administration’s efforts to transform Nigeria’s airports into modern, efficient, and globally competitive facilities. He said in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Tunde Moshood on Tuesday that Kano remains the commercial heartbeat of Northern Nigeria,…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has lauded Brentex Petroleum Services Limited on the significant progress recorded on its Steel Pipe Induction Bending and Coating Facility at the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT), Onne Port, Rivers State, describing it as a landmark industrial project and a major demonstration of Nigeria’s growing status as a leading hub for oil and gas logistics, engineering, and manufacturing services.  The Brentex Facility is a $50 million investment being developed to provide integrated steel pipe induction bending, heat treatment, testing, and coating services for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. The project, which has attracted over $26…

The Oyo State Government on Tuesday bolstered its security architecture with the delivery of two surveillance aircraft, as Governor Seyi Makinde said the investment would significantly improve intelligence gathering, aerial surveillance and rapid response to security threats across the state. The aircraft were received by the governor at the newly upgraded tarmac of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan, about one year after the state announced plans to procure them as part of efforts to strengthen security operations. Speaking with journalists shortly after taking delivery of the aircraft, Makinde said the procurement was conceived long before the recent abduction of…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside a Federal High Court judgment that directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. In a unanimous decision, a three-member panel of the appellate court held that the June 15 order issued by the Federal High Court was a nullity. ‎The court ruled that the trial court wrongly assumed jurisdiction over an incompetent suit filed by a non-juristic entity and that no valid case existed to justify the consequential orders against the parties.The appellate court further found that the high…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived Tuesday at the White House for his first in-person talks with President Donald Trump since the Iran war began, as the leaders seek to patch over public disagreements on the conflict. The meeting is expected to be dominated by the war, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February but has seen a recent pause in the fighting as Washington says it wants to give negotiations a chance. Israel has not taken part in the latest round of hostilities between the United States and Iran, which flared earlier this month…

Barely weeks after making history as the first woman to be directly elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, FCIArb, on Tuesday took one of her first official steps as President-Elect, leading a delegation of distinguished women lawyers on a courtesy visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. The visit brought together prominent figures from Nigeria’s legal profession and academia, reflecting the growing influence of women in the administration of justice and legal leadership. Accompanying the NBA President-Elect were the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Caleb University, Professor Foluke Dada-Lawanson; Global…