Polio: UNICEF warns of setback as vaccine resistance spreads in Northwest Nigeria
By Musa Ubandawaki Sokoto—The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concern over the growing resistance to polio vaccination across parts of Northwest Nigeria, warning that the trend poses a serious threat to the nation’s efforts to completely eradicate the disease. According to UNICEF, about 3,000 households in Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara States recently refused […]
FG, Katsina to convert 123,000 hectares into modern ranches
By Ogalah Ibrahim The Federal Government, in partnership with Katsina State government, is set to convert about 123,000 hectares of grazing reserves in the state into modern ranches and livestock support facilities, as part of a new initiative to modernise animal production and expand halal meat exports. The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, […]
PDP convention threatened as party halts aspirants’ screening
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was in confusion mode yesterday as it suspended screening of aspirants for its 2025 Elective National Convention, which was earlier scheduled to hold today, citing unforeseen circumstances.
Osanebi donates ₦5m to Beneku Youths, reaffirms commitment to empowerment
In a remarkable gesture of appreciation and youth support, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi, former Deputy Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, has donated ₦5 million to the Beneku youths in recognition of the grand birthday carnival organized in his honour on October 7, 2025.
The ever-lingering Benue-Plateau crisis(2), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative on the Benue-Plateau crisis based on early encounters with Chief Solomon Lar in Jos and Chief Joseph Tarka in Makurdi. I visited Makurdi for the first time in 1977, courtesy of Chief Joseph Sarwuan Tarka. On March 30, this year, it was 45 years that Chief Joseph Sarwuan Tarka (July […]
Tuggar advances Middle-Power Diplomacy, Green Finance at Berlin Global Dialogue Panel
The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has reinforced Nigeria’s diplomatic and economic leadership on the global stage, taking part in two major panel discussions that spotlighted middle-power influence in world affairs and private finance for the green transition in developing economies.
