In a strategic move to eradicate learning poverty and bolster girl-child school retention, the Jigawa State Government has announced a robust partnership with UNICEF to achieve 100 percent Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WASH coverage across its 3,345 basic schools within the next two years.

A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has raised the alarm over growing legal uncertainty in Nigeria’s electoral framework, warning that delays and controversial amendments to the Electoral Bill could undermine preparations for the 2027 general elections.

A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr Charles Ugwuanyi, has faulted moves by aggrieved parties in an ongoing land dispute, describing the latest push for a stakeholders’ meeting as unnecessary and a continuation of what he earlier termed “desperation” and “forum shopping”.

Igbo Community Association, Abuja, has called on the Federal Government to ban a history textbook, titled: ‘Living History for Junior Secondary Schools’ over its alleged exclusion of Igbo history.

By NICK DAZANG  Two wordsmiths, Dan Agbese and Matthew Hassan Kukah, have aptly captured our unwholesome national predilections. While others thought afar, Nigerians, Mr. Agbese once regretted, tended to think afoot. And while others make progress by moving forward, Bishop Kukah noted, Nigerians were content with making progress by moving in reverse. These unseemly and fatuous […]