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Eric Dane was forced to miss an appearance at the ALS Network’s Champions for Cures and Care Gala on Saturday, January 24, due to ongoing challenges related to his ALS diagnosis. “The ALS Network has been informed that Eric Dane had hoped to join us this evening to accept his Advocate of the Year Award, but due to the physical realities of ALS, he is not well enough to attend,” a spokesperson for the ALS Network told The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday. The group’s statement continued, “We remain deeply grateful for his courage, advocacy, and continued commitment to the ALS…

(Mariam Ileyemi, Fortune Eronmosele, Oluwakemi Adelagun and Zainab Adewale) In 2025, PREMIUM TIMES published a series of investigations and in-depth reports that exposed the failures and challenges across Nigeria’s health sector. From poorly equipped primary healthcare centres where women and babies died during childbirth, to communities poisoned by industrial pollution, these stories documented how policy gaps, weak funding, and poor oversight continue to cost lives. Some of these reports prompted government action, including emergency declarations, regulatory sanctions, and public health interventions. Others revealed crises that persist, from child malnutrition and displacement-related health risks to exclusion of vulnerable groups such as…

The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to reviewing the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) as part of efforts to resolve the ongoing industrial dispute with the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU). The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare made this known in a statement issued on Saturday night in Abuja by its Director, Information and Public Relations, Alaba Balogun. The statement was in response to a joint release by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) over the dispute between the ministry and JOHESU. Mr Balogun said the ministry’s attention was drawn…

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria is set to decide the legal battle of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike against the striking workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, January 26. Justice Emmanuel Danjuma Sublimi of the Industrial Court has in a hearing notice, fixed January 26 for hearing of a suit instituted by Wike to challenge the legality or otherwise of the strike action being coordinated by the Joint Union Action Committee of the aggrieved workers. The hearing notice has been served on the leadership of the workers and the team of…

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Austin Okai has condemned the decision of the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, for sacking a loyalist of his estranged political godfather, Rabiu Kwankwaso. DAILY POST recalls that barely a day after the governor announced his resignation from the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, he sacked his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Sunusi Surajo, a loyalist of Kwankwaso. The governor then announced Mustapha Bakwana, a former Special Adviser to former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as Surajo’s replacement. Reacting, Okai in a statement on his Facebook page…

A mob has unleashed a violent assault on a suspected armed robber in Calabar, resulting in his death. The incident happened on Sunday morning in Abangasang area of Calabar. Witnesses said the suspect was about to rob an unsuspecting woman when luck ran against him. When the State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit arrived the scene, they successfully intervened to prevent the mob from inflicting more injuries on the suspect. Witnesses told our reporter that the police rushed him to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) for medical attention. In a statement signed by the state PPRO, ASP Sunday Eitokpah,…

Former Nigeria international, Ifeanyi Udeze has disagreed with former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh over his recent comments on Victor Osimhen. Oliseh had blamed Osimhen for Nigeria’s failure to win the 2025 AFCON tournament in Morocco. The former Juventus midfielder claimed that the Galatasaray striker’s outburst with Super Eagles teammate Ademola Lookman affected the chemistry of the squad and also affected the Atalanta player psychologically. But speaking on Brila FM, Udeze disagreed, insisting that Oliseh should have advised Osimhen because he is his younger brother. “Osimhen is a younger player than Sunday Oliseh. Sunday should have used his channel to…

Businessman Olakunle Churchill has penned a note to his ex-wife, Actress Tonto Dikeh acknowledging her growth and the manner in which their marital feud has been resolved. Churchill made this post on his official Instagram page on Sunday, following Dikeh’s reflection post on Saturday about their marriage crisis and feud. He also appreciated God for receiving a call from their son, Andre, for the first time. He said, “I was pleasantly surprised when I received a call from my son, King Andre, for the first time. Hearing him call me “Daddy” was deeply touching and a reminder that what God…

The Cross River State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit has said it intervened to prevent a mob action against a suspected armed robber in Calabar, recovering a firearm and arresting three suspects. The operation took place in the early hours of Sunday after the suspected robber allegedly attempted to rob a woman in the Abangasang area of Mbora Street. In a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, the command said the suspect was beaten unconscious by an angry mob and rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The statement read, “The Cross River State Police…

The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has warned that the All Progressives Congress risks undermining its chances in the 2027 general election if it drops a Northern Muslim from President Bola Tinubu’s re-election ticket. Musawa made the remarks during a recent episode of Mic On Show with journalist Seun Okinbaloye, amid growing speculation that the ruling party may consider altering the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted in the 2023 presidential election. According to the minister, removing Shettima or replacing him with a non-Northern Muslim running mate would pose a serious political challenge for the APC, particularly in the…