…Says early intervention necessary to prevent full- blown addiction among youths By Kingsley Omonobi Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohammed Marwa(retd), has called on families to take proactive steps towards preventing drug abuse among children, including acquiring drug test kits for home use. According to General Marwa, “It […]
Elder statesman and Second Republic Presidential Liaison Officer, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, who turns 100 in December 2025, speaks about the secret to his longevity, Nigeria at 65, 2027 elections and other issues of national development.
As Nigeria continues to grapple with limited access to affordable healthcare, pharmacists are calling for formal recognition as frontline healthcare providers.
By Favour Ulebor Abuja—No fewer than 750 women from across Nigeria, yesterday, staged a peace walk in Abuja, demanding that lawmakers pass the long-awaited Special Seats Reserved for Women Bill aimed at increasing female representation in governance. The women, drawn from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, gathered at the Maryam Babangida […]
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command, has foiled an attempt to smuggle suspected psychoactive drugs into the Medium Security prison, Kuje. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Adamu Duza, said the incident occurred on Saturday about 12:45p.m., when a visitor, identified as Njimogu Ikedi, tried to […]
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has intensified clampdown on illegal transport operators in Abuja, impounding 40 vehicles and 52 motorcycles linked to traffic violations and criminal activities, including the notorious “one chance” robberies. Mandate Secretary of the FCT Transport Secretariat, Mr Chinedu Elechi, said the operation was carried out by a […]
…Demolition not illegal, tenants served notices—New owner By Evelyn Usman The controversy over the demolition of 35 shanty shops on Gasikiya College Road, Ijora-Badia, Lagos, has taken a fresh twist, as Mr. Omopariola Adeleye, the new owner of the disputed one-acre property, has debunked allegations by Mr. Taiwo Alonge-Lawrence, a member of the late Chief […]
By Peter Duru Makurdi—Eight more bodies of the Police personnel killed last Friday in an ambush by a combined team of armed herdsmen and local militia gangs at Agu Centre, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State have been recovered. The team made up Police personnel and members of the Benue State Civil Protection Guards, […]
For many residents of Lagos Island and Apapa, two coastal areas vulnerable to flooding and sea-level rise, climate change is no longer an abstract debate on global platforms.
For nine years, she waited. She watched friends cradle their babies. She endured questions from relatives, pity from neighbours, and cruel whispers behind her back.
Almost half a century after the Nigerian capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja, indigenous people in The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) continue to fight for recognition amidst poverty, misery, historic injustice and a thin hope of salvation, Adewale Adeoye reports
“… these medicines sold online are contributing to a surge in preventable complications such as kidney and liver failure, sudden blindness, strokes, and even deaths.”
By Henry Ojelu with agency report The canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager fondly called the “Cyber Apostle of the Eucharist,” has been greeted with joy, reflection and renewed calls for young people across the world—especially in Africa—to draw inspiration from his life of holiness, simplicity and technological creativity. Carlo, who died in […]
Borders on a map may look fixed, but history shows us they are anything but permanent. Countries rise, fall, merge, and sometimes vanish altogether.
Apple’s iPhone 17 is one of the most powerful phones on the market, but Samsung is not far behind.
Getting your very first smartphone can be exciting, but also a little overwhelming with so many options out there alongside Samsung phones.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched RenewHER — the Presidential Women’s Health Transformation Initiative — reaffirming his administration’s commitment to improving the health and well-being of Nigerian women and girls.
By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor Integrated ICT Solution Company and Nigerian OEM, Zinox Technologies, has today teamed up with KongaCares, in a strategic partnership to rekindle the Computerize Nigeria initiative. Computerize Nigeria Project; CNP was first introduced in 2001 with altruistic quest to place a computer on every available table in Nigeria, including schools, homes […]
The management of Excel College, Ejigbo, Lagos State has said that two separate incidents were merged in the viral video that depicted some misconduct on the part of some students of the college who graduated last June.
Former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Wande Abimbola, has argued that it should not be compulsory for only professors to be appointed as vice chancellors in Nigerian universities.
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has honoured outstanding candidates, schools, supervisors, and staff across the country at its 2024 Staff Productivity Award ceremony held at the Council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State.
…Revolutionary Academy Brings Education, Power, and Clean Water to Saga Island LAGOS — A historic milestone was recorded on Saga Island, Lagos, as Slum2School Africa commissioned Nigeria’s first fully eco-friendly Green Academy — a groundbreaking project designed to deliver quality education, clean water, electricity, and internet connectivity to a community long deprived of basic infrastructure. […]
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