The Federal Government has assured that investigation into what caused the death of suspected 37 miners, while in custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) will unravel facts behind the incident.
Already, NSCDC commandant general has approved the suspension of Niger State Commandant, Suberu Siyaka Aniviye and his team following the death of 37 suspected illegal miners, while in custody.
Government expressed sorrow over the tragic loss of life, following the incident involving persons arrested during enforcement operations against suspected illegal mining activities in the Wushishi/Lukoto axis of Niger State.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, conveyed the condolences of the Federal Government to the Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago, the people of the State, the traditional leadership and people of Wushishi, and particularly the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives.
Idris pointed out that the Federal Government regards the protection of the lives, dignity and fundamental rights of every Nigerian as a solemn responsibility, stressing that the circumstances surrounding the deaths require a thorough, transparent and impartial investigation.
He noted that the Federal Government has already taken immediate steps to establish the facts, with the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, ordering the suspension of the Niger State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Suberu Siyaka Aniviye, and directing a full investigation into the incident.
“The swift action taken by the Honourable Minister of Interior underscores the seriousness with which the Federal Government views this matter.
“The investigation will be allowed to establish exactly what happened, and the Government assures Nigerians that appropriate action will be taken based on its findings.”
The Minister stressed that while the Federal Government remains committed to combating illegal mining and other unlawful activities which threaten national security, economic resources and the environment, all enforcement operations are expected to be conducted within the law and with respect for human life and dignity.
“There will be no attempt to shield anyone found culpable. At the same time, we mustn’t prejudge the outcome of the investigation.
“The Government’s responsibility is to ensure that the facts are established and that justice is served.”
Idris appealed for calm in Wushishi and across Niger State, urging residents and all concerned parties to allow the investigation to proceed without interference.
He assured the families of the deceased and the people of Niger State that the Federal Government shares in their grief and remains committed to ensuring that the circumstances surrounding the tragedy are fully established.
The Minister prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased and for Almighty Allah to grant their families, the Wushishi community, and the Government and people of Niger State the strength and fortitude to bear the loss.
Citing revelations from an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration in Paris, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has called on the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race.
The council, alleged that revelations from an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration in Paris have raised fresh questions about Atiku handling of the Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project.
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, by the APC campaign council, through its spokesman, Dele Alake.
The council claimed that Atiku, who was Vice-President under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, worked with former Power Minister, Olu Agunloye, in the controversial award of a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract to Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited.
According to the council, the contract, relating to the proposed 3,960MW Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project in Taraba State, was signed despite objections and reservations reportedly expressed by Obasanjo and the Federal Executive Council.
It further cited proceedings before the ICC tribunal in Paris involving claims by Sunrise Power and businessman Leno Adesanya against the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The APC council, stated that the arbitration proceedings examined a $500,000 payment made in January 2003 to an account belonging to Jennifer Douglas, Atiku’s then-wife, and her alleged connection to the subsequent award of the Mambila contract to Sunrise.
The council quoted the tribunal as observing: “There is a close connection in time between the moment the USD 500,000 payment was made to the wife of Vice-President Abubakar on 30 January 2003 and the alleged award of the BOT contract to Sunrise on 22 May 2003.”
The APC campaign council alleged that the controversy surrounding the contract exposed Nigeria to substantial financial claims after the government subsequently declined to proceed with the agreement.
It said Sunrise and Adesanya had sought substantial compensation from Nigeria, including a claim of more than $2.7 billion in a related arbitration concerning disputes over the Mambila project.
The council also drew parallels between the Mambila dispute and the country’s earlier legal battle over the P&ID gas project, arguing that both cases demonstrate the financial risks associated with controversial contracts involving the Federal Government.
The APC statement further alleged that Atiku did not appear in Paris to give evidence in support of the claim, while former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari appeared in proceedings to defend Nigeria’s interests.
It also referenced criticisms of Atiku contained in Obasanjo’s memoir, My Watch, particularly allegations concerning corruption, disloyalty, transparency and the prioritisation of personal interests over national interest.
The campaign council consequently urged Atiku to withdraw from the presidential contest, describing the Mambila-related allegations as part of what it called a broader record requiring public scrutiny.
It also appealed to residents of Taraba State to consider the implications of the stalled Mambila project, arguing that its successful implementation would have generated significant economic benefits for the state and the country.
Following violent protests by aggrieved artisanal miners and vandals, Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has declared an immediate 24-hour curfew across Minna and metropolis after Jumu’ah prayers.
The unrest followed the discovery of the 37 bodies among a group of about 67 people arrested at an illegal mining site in M.I Wushishi and held in Civil Defence cells.
Aggrieved youths and artisanal miners in the early hours of Friday took into the streets attacking residents and destroying properties including government and private owned vehicles including shops and Banks.
It took the intervention of Mobile Policemen and other security agencies to put the situation under control as roads were blocked.
Governor Bago disclosed this when he received a federal government delegation led by the Minister of Interior, Tunji Ojo, describing the incident as tragic and unacceptable.
While thanking the federal government for commiserating with the state over the deaths of 37 persons in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Governor Bago urged residents to remain indoors and avoid unnecessary movement until further notice.
According to him “immediately after the Friday mosque, we are putting a 24-hour curfew here in Minna. Subsequently, it will be dusk to dawn (6pm to 6am).
“All the buses we have at the State Transport Company have been vandalized, Sterling bank attacked, Political Party offices destroyed, People’s businesses destroyed.
“Vandals are taking over the streets and there is the need for us to curtail these things so that we can have calm in the main time.”
In his remarks, Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo expressed the federal government’s deep sympathy and assured that the incident would not be allowed to slide.
According to him “President Bola Tinubu is concerned and the Ministry of Interior would collaborate fully with the Niger State Government to get to the root of the matter and prevent any recurrence.”
Earlier, while addressing the Press, Governor Bago assured that the government would take steps to establish the circumstances surrounding the deaths and ensure that the matter was thoroughly investigated.
“We have constituted a committee of inquiry to investigate the incident, even though separate investigations had also been initiated by relevant security agencies.
“The NSCDC Commandant in Niger State and his team have been suspended to allow for an impartial investigation into the incident.”
Governor Bago stressed that the government would not allow the matter to be ignored, saying the investigation would go deep enough to establish what actually happened.
“Lives of human beings are lives of human beings. We will not tolerate any kind of injustice, and we are going to make sure that we probe deeply until we get to the root”.
The governor, however, cautioned against drawing conclusions on the cause of the deaths before the completion of forensic and medical investigations.
He said possible causes being considered include suffocation arising from overcrowding in the detention cells, as well as possible exposure to hazardous substances associated with illegal mining activities.
“There is no official root cause of these deaths yet. It is too early for anybody to draw into conclusion on the root causes,” he said.
Governor Bago explained that forensic examinations, medical assessments and autopsies were being conducted to establish the scientific cause of death.
“As a government, we are also compiling a register of the deceased to enable us identify and contact their families. But, we appeal to youths and other residents to remain calm and avoid taking the law into their hands.
“Violence would not bring back those who had died. We are calling on all the youths to please stay away from violence, it will rather cost us a lot at the end of the day.”
He assured the families of the deceased that government would reach out to them and provide necessary support.
Some Judicial Officers in Edo State may enjoy retirement age up to 65 years if a bill to that effect is assented to by Governor Monday Okpebholo.
Already the State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to amend the Edo State Retirement Age of Magistrates and Presidents of Area Customary Courts.
The bill also provides for the extension of the retirement age of state counsel in the Ministry of Justice.
This followed the submission of the report of the Joint Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions; and Rules, Business and Government House on the Bill, by the member representing Esan North-East I Constituency, Mr. Addeh Isibor.
The report which has six findings and three recommendations, was considered and adopted by the committee of the whole House.
The bill also extends the retirement age of Magistrates, Presidents of Area Customary Courts, and Counsel in the Ministry of Justice from sixty years to sixty-five years.
It also extends their service period to forty years, depending on whichever comes first.
After the passage of the bill, the Speaker of the House, Prince Yekini Idaiye, directed the Clerk, Alhaji Yahaya Omogbai, to transmit clean copies of the bill to the Governor Okpebholo, for his assent.
Journalist and political analyst, Mr. Babajide Kolade-Otitoju, has defended the position of the governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over their position not to work with the rainbow coalition, a group being backed by the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
He traced the decision of governors to distance themselves from the rainbow coalition to a series of direct contests in which Wike, is backing candidates against the preferred successors of sitting governors.
The APC Governors Forum had resolved that its members would not support any arrangement capable of undermining the party, weakening its structures, or affecting its candidates, and said they remain committed to the party and its political structure for the 2027 elections.
Asked why the governors are uncomfortable with a minister who has consistently declared his support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kolade-Otitoju, speaking on a journalists’ discussion programme, said the answer lies not in the presidential race at all, but in the governorship contests that follow it.
“There are a number of reasons for that,” he said, before setting out three states in which he says the minister has fielded a direct challenge.
On Kwara, he said the minister is backing a candidate brought forward to challenge the person the state governor has produced as the party’s candidate.
“So this is direct confrontation that is to take place,” he said.
On Gombe, he said the sitting governor has put forward a man whose surname is Gwamna, observing wryly that the word means governor in Hausa.
“So he has brought a man who wants to be governor and his name is governor.
“Now Wike has brought a different person, the former Minister of Communications. Pantami is his candidate in Gombe. That’s another direct confrontation. The governor has a different person.”
On Imo State, he said the minister is supporting a PDP candidate who is not the person the governor is backing.
“He already has someone that he is backing to be governor in that place, and that person is different from the person that Hope is backing.”
Nyesom Wike
The analyst pointed out that the minister’s method has been to gather politicians who lost out in the ruling party’s primaries.
“What Wike has done is, aggrieved people who came out of the APC primaries. They are people that he has brought closer to himself and given them the wings to fly.”
He cited a defection in Kwara in support: “So you see that in Kwara, Saliu Mustapha, the senator representing Kwara Central, he has defected to the PDP.”
He noted that the platform in question is the faction of the party recognised in law, and said commentators had for a long time treated a rival faction as authentic notwithstanding that it had lost in court.
The analyst then advanced what he described as the strategic logic of the arrangement, arguing that the minister is denying the leading opposition candidate a pool of disaffected politicians.
“So what Wike is doing is his best to stop Atiku from winning the election, because if these people were not harvested by him, they would have gone to the other side.
Do you get the point I’m making? And he is the President’s supporter.
“But if he left them to go to Atiku, it will strengthen them. They will galvanise support for Atiku and weaken the President’s chances.
So in a way he’s indirectly still working for the President, and he has not denied that.”
On the governors’ motivation, Kolade-Otitoju was blunt, describing their position as enlightened self-interest.
“These governors see him as a threat to their desire to supplant themselves with their preferred candidates.
“And those preferred candidates are the candidates that won the primary election that they pretended not to be involved in.
“Even though they were not physically seen to be doing it, we all know that these were the people that they supported.”
He said the resulting position is a straightforward conflict of interest.
“All of you are supporting the President, but you are also working against their own interest, because they want APC to win in that state.
‘Now you brought candidates against APC in those states. You don’t expect them to be giving you a pat on the back or pumping hands with you when you have brought people who could potentially stop them from being able to produce their successors. So it is a conflict of interest now that is at play.”
While defending the minister’s right to operate as he has, Kolade-Otitoju was sharply critical of his public conduct, saying the quarrel was avoidable and that the minister struck first.
“There is no point fighting Wike. The only problem is that Wike, in his media chats, says things that he ought not to say. That’s my query with him. When he attacked the governor, there was no need for it.
“In that media chat, for example, the governor hardly talks to anybody. He doesn’t grant interviews. He just goes his way. But you went to a media chat to take him on.”
He pressed the point with an illustration: “If a governor has someone that he wants to become the next governor of his state, and you have brought a person to challenge that person and probably even defeat that person, you expect him to be happy with you? When they are saying that you brought a threat?”
He said the same restraint should have applied in Imo: “I know that they’ve been having issues, the uneasy relationship between him and Hope especially.
“But I believe that is their problem. I do not talk about it, but I knew that they had issues. Now, Hope has never come out publicly to say it.
“We all know they have an uneasy relationship, but it is still Wike who came out to openly attack them. So that’s why they too have come out to speak in this manner.”
His prescription was that each side stay in its own lane: “There’s no reason for them to openly show the divisions amongst them.
“Allow Wike to run his thing, and Wike should not interfere in the internal affairs of the APC.
“Remain in your PDP, but don’t interfere in the internal affairs of the APC. And there’s no need for you to be attacking key people in the APC, because when you do that, they will fight back.”
After years of unending investigation over the circumstances that led to the disappearance and subsequent death of young Journalist, Pelumi Onifade of Gboah TV, while covering the #EndSars protest in 2020, a Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Postmortem report has confirmed that Onifade died from a penetrating firearm injury to the abdomen.
The report issued by the LASUTH Postmortem stated that the firearm projectile caused extensive abdominal injuries and massive internal bleeding.
Recall that Onifade was a young journalist with Gboah TV who was reportedly shot and arrested while covering events in Lagos on October 24, 2020. His whereabouts remained unknown for several years, until recently when his body was found in a mortuary.
The findings by the LASUTH postmortem was disclosed by Media Rights Agenda, MRA, on Thursday, September 17, 2026, in a nine-page postmortem report, listed the cause of death as “massive haemoperitoneum” and “penetrating firearms injury to the abdomen.”
Massive haemoperitoneum refers to a severe accumulation of blood inside the abdominal cavity.
It was gathered that the projectile entered through Onifade’s lower back and caused extensive internal damage.
It also recorded bone fragments embedded in the abdominal soft tissue and a fracture of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
According to the pathologist, the projectile travelled from the back towards the front, from right to left and from a lower to a higher position.
Consultant pathologist, Prof. Sunday Sokunle Soyemi conducted the examination, with Professor John Oladapo Obafunwa present as supervising consultant.
The report was finalised and signed on July 30, 2026. The body examined was initially identified as number 1385.
DNA analysis by the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre later confirmed that the remains were Onifade’s.
Following this development, the postmortem report has been submitted to the Coroner’s court investigating the death of Onifade.
The inquest followed a 2024 Federal High Court judgment directing the Lagos State Government to investigate the circumstances surrounding Onifade’s death.
Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court had directed authorities to conduct a coroner’s inquest to determine the cause of death and identify those responsible.
The legal action was initiated by Media Rights Agenda, MRA, against the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police Force.
The coroner’s proceedings have examined the circumstances surrounding Onifade’s disappearance and death.
The latest forensic findings established that his fatal injuries resulted from a firearm projectile.
However, the question of who fired the weapon and the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain matters for the ongoing legal proceedings.
The coroner’s inquest has been adjourned until October 6, 2026.
The proceedings are expected to continue examining evidence surrounding Onifade’s death and the events leading to his disappearance.
There is palpable tension on the ever busy Ijebu-Ode axis of Ogun State following a fatal crash involving a GUO Transport Bus travelling from Ebonyi State towards Lagos.
The fatal crash led to, reportedly, the death of yet to be confirmed number of passengers.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and the Ogun State Police Command have both confirmed the sad incident.
The reported accident has triggered fresh concern over the safety of passengers travelling along the Lagos-Ore corridor, one of the country’s major inter-state transportation routes.
The Ijebu-Ode area had previously witnessed serious security and road incidents involving passenger vehicles, underscoring the vulnerability of travellers on the corridor.
The development is particularly distressing because GUO Transport operates inter-state services from Ebonyi and other parts of the South-East to major destinations across Nigeria.
The company’s official terminal listing confirms its operations in Abakaliki and other locations in the region.
Several families whose members boarded the ill- fated bus await their status.
The FRSC disclosed that they are contacting the GUO Company in Ebonyi to get a first hand information on those who boarded the Bus and have taken some of the injured persons to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment.
It has however not revealed the number of people who lost their lives.
There is a growing anxiety over the identities and conditions of those involved.
Relatives and friends are expected to seek confirmation from the transport company, emergency responders and hospitals receiving victims.
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has injected a combined N3.81 trillion into the banking system through repayments on Open Market Operations, OMO, and other maturing instruments, pushing system liquidity significantly higher in mid-September.
Financial market data from the apex bank showed that N3.056 trillion in OMO maturities was repaid on September 15, while another N748.64 billion was repaid through the primary market on September 16.
The inflows came at a time when banks were already holding substantial surplus funds, with deposits through the CBN’s Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rising sharply.
On September 16 alone, banks placed N4.891 trillion with the CBN through the SDF, representing a significant increase from the N2.118 trillion recorded the previous day.
The development highlights the amount of liquidity currently circulating within the banking system, despite the CBN’s continued use of monetary-policy instruments to manage excess cash.
Banks opened September 16 with N251.25 billion, compared with N364.78 billion at the start of the previous day.
The N3.056 trillion OMO repayment on September 15 was subsequently reflected in the SDF, as banks sought to place surplus funds with the apex bank. The OMO repayment was also about N938 billion higher than the N2.118 trillion placed at the SDF that day.
Over the two-day period, banks placed a combined N7.01 trillion at the SDF, substantially above the N3.81 trillion released through OMO and primary-market repayments.
The liquidity movement broadly aligns with an earlier projection by the Financial Markets Dealers Association (FMDA), which estimated total liquidity inflows of N3.56 trillion for the week.
According to the projection, OMO maturities were expected to account for about N3.06 trillion, representing roughly 86 per cent of the anticipated inflows. That projection was almost exactly matched by the N3.056 trillion OMO repayment made by the CBN on September 15.
Treasury Bills maturities were also expected to contribute N449.76 billion, up sharply from N71.37 billion in the preceding week. Other projected inflows included N39.65 billion in Federal Government of Nigeria bond coupons, N5.87 billion from corporate bond coupons and N8.47 billion from commercial paper maturities.
The latest development continues a liquidity pattern that has characterised the Nigerian money market in 2026.
In August, the CBN withdrew N4.72 trillion through four OMO auctions conducted over two days, even as N4.3 trillion flowed back into the system through primary-market repayments.
Earlier in February, the apex bank also sterilised more than N3.57 trillion over three days, while banks continued to place substantial amounts of surplus cash with the SDF.
With liquidity rising again in September, attention is now shifting to the CBN’s next Treasury Bills and OMO auction cycles and how the apex bank will balance liquidity management with its broader monetary-policy objectives.
Toyin Abraham, Nollywood actress, has denied membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 elections.
The actress urged her fans to disregard the information been circulated by the APC Campaign Council that she is among the 33 persons selected under its Entertainment and Creative Economy Directorate to Campaign for the Party.
In a statement shared on her Instagram Story, Abraham said she decided to stay out of politics and asked the public to disregard her inclusion in the campaign structure.
“I’m not a member of any campaign council. I have said it recently; I am staying out of politics. Please disregard the supposed inclusion of my name in any campaign committee,” she said.
The Lagos APC Campaign Council is scheduled for formal inauguration on Friday, September 18, at the Party’s secretariat on ACME Road, Ikeja.
Also, veteran and legendary Nollywood actor, Prince Jide Kosoko, Fuji Musicians, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, Abass Akande Obesere and Adewale Ayuba, and Nollywood stars, Eniola Badmus and Bimbo Akintola were named members of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council.
The entertainers are among 33 personalities listed under the party’s Entertainment and Creative Economy Directorate in the campaign council released by the Kadri Obafemi Hamzat Media Centre on Thursday.
According to the list, Toke Benson-Awoyinka will serve as Director of the Directorate, while Kosoko is named Co-Director and Badmus as Deputy Director.
Akeem Alimi, popularly known as Ajala Jalingo, is listed as Secretary, with Dare Olateju as Assistant Secretary.
South Africa’s top executive officeholders are temporarily away from some public engagements.
While President Cyril Ramaphosa has temporarily withdrawn from public engagements after returning from the BRICS Leaders’ Summit in India, his deputy,
Paul Mashatile, is also recovering from a medical procedure.
The Presidency confirmed that Ramaphosa has been advised by his medical team to rest and recover.
The Presidency announced the development without disclosing the nature or severity of the health issue affecting the 73-year-old president.
According to the official statement, Ramaphosa returned to South Africa on Monday, following his participation in the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi and was subsequently advised by his doctors to take time off from public engagements.
The development means that Ramaphosa will temporarily step back from scheduled public activities, although there was no indication that he had transferred his presidential powers or that the government had been affected in its day-to-day operations.
The Presidency said Ramaphosa had asked relevant ministers to represent him at scheduled engagements wherever possible during his period of recovery.
“Where possible, the president has asked the respective ministers to represent him at scheduled engagements,” the Presidency said in its statement.
The announcement was carefully limited to the president’s public schedule, with no further medical information released.
The Presidency has previously emphasised the importance of relying on official information concerning the health of senior government officials rather than speculation or unverified reports.
Ramaphosa has maintained an active international and domestic programme in the days leading up to the announcement.
The South African president was among the leaders who attended the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi from September 12 to 13.
The summit brought together leaders of the expanded BRICS grouping, with discussions covering global governance, economic cooperation, inclusive growth and developments in the Middle East.
Ramaphosa participated in several sessions during the summit, including discussions on inclusive global governance, multilateralism and inclusive global growth.
Official records from the Presidency show that he delivered statements during the summit on September 12 and 13.
The summit also produced a joint declaration addressing international issues, including the situation in the Middle East and broader questions surrounding global economic and political cooperation.
Ramaphosa returned to South Africa on Monday before being advised to rest and recover.
Ramaphosa’s temporary withdrawal from public engagements comes at a time when his deputy, Paul Mashatile, is also recovering from a medical procedure.
Mashatile disclosed on Tuesday that his recovery was progressing well and that he was regaining strength each day.
The Deputy President announced that he has undergone a minor medical procedure and, on the advice of his doctors, would continue resting until he was advised to resume his full programme.
He also said work and delegated responsibilities continued through his office and relevant government and other stakeholders.
The Office of the Deputy President had earlier explained that Mashatile became unwell at his home in Johannesburg, subsequently received medical attention and was admitted for a minor surgical procedure and observation before being discharged.
His office explained that he remained in contact with his team and had continued participating in some important meetings virtually.
Despite both of South Africa’s top executive officeholders being temporarily away from some public engagements, the Presidency has given no indication of any interruption to the functioning of government.
Ramaphosa’s latest announcement concerns his participation in public engagements, while ministers have been asked to represent him at scheduled events where necessary.
The president had also continued to conduct official business shortly before the announcement.
On September 16, the Presidency announced that Ramaphosa had signed the Public Service Commission Bill into law.
The legislation strengthens the role of the Public Service Commission in promoting constitutional values and professional ethics within the public service.
The Presidency also listed several recent engagements and statements by Ramaphosa, including his declaration of November 4, 2026, as a public holiday for South Africa’s local government elections.
No medical diagnosis has been released concerning Ramaphosa’s condition.
The Presidency’s statement did not indicate whether the president had been hospitalised, nor did it provide a timeframe for his return to public engagements.
The limited information means that reports or claims concerning the specific nature of his illness cannot be independently established from the official statement.
The development nevertheless prompted attention because of the timing, coming shortly after the president’s return from an international summit and amid the ongoing recovery of the deputy president.
For now, Ramaphosa’s immediate schedule is expected to be adjusted while he follows medical advice.
Meanwhile, Mashatile’s office has continued to report progress in his recovery, with the Deputy President expressing appreciation to South Africans and others who have sent messages of support.
For Ramaphosa, the Presidency has urged no alarm, announcing simply that he has been booked off from public engagements and advised to rest.
Further information about his return to official public activities is expected to come from the Presidency when appropriate.
