Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Oyo State branch, has issued a fifteen-day ultimatum to the state government, demanding urgent resolution of long-standing welfare and administrative challenges affecting doctors at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.

The warning was issued during a press conference held at the NMA House, Total Garden, Ibadan, and addressed by the Chairman of the association, Doctor Happy Adedapo.

He disclosed that members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the hospital have been on indefinite strike since July 29, 2025, without any meaningful engagement or response from the state government, nearly two months into the action.

The association’s demands include the implementation of improved remuneration structures, prompt payment of allowances, employment of additional medical staff, infrastructural upgrades, and proper governance structures for the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has received about three hundred and eighteen billion naira between January and August two thousand and twenty-five for frontier oil exploration.

This is according to documents from the September two thousand and twenty-five Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting.

The deductions represent thirty percent of Production Sharing Contract profits, which are automatically set aside each month for exploration in inland basins.

Regulations also require the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to manage the fund through an escrow account and issue an annual Frontier Basin Exploration and Development Plan.

President Bola Tinubu has initiated efforts to restart oil production in Ogoniland, Rivers State.

The president directed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to begin engagements between Ogoni communities, NNPCL, and other stakeholders to finalise modalities for restarting operations.

Earlier in his report, the NSA stated that the consultations engaged all four Ogoni zones and the diaspora, capturing demands for structured participation in oil production, accelerated cleanup, and sustainable development.

Thai authorities have rushed to contain a massive sinkhole near a hospital in central Bangkok that disrupted utilities and traffic.
The fifty-metre-deep sinkhole extended about nine hundred square metres in front of the Vajira Hospital.
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said that they had halted further ground movement and were monitoring the site.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Vital Kamerhe has resigned as President of the National Assembly, ahead of a planned vote on a petition targeting his leadership.

The announcement was made by the Assembly’s first vice president, with Kamerhe addressing lawmakers shortly after.

The campaign, which called for Kamerhe’s displacement, focused on internal matters concerning the functioning of the National Assembly.