On this year’s World Blood Donor Day, the World Health Organisation, (WHO) on Wednesday raised concerns over persistent shortages in blood supply across the African Region, warning that millions of patients remain at risk due to inadequate access to safe blood and blood products.
By Gift Chapi-Odekina, Abuja The House of Representatives is set to vote on a key constitutional amendment bill seeking the creation of state police, as part of renewed legislative efforts to address Nigeria’s worsening security challenges. House leaders confirmed in Abuja on the eve of the decisive plenary session that the proposed reform has gained […]
Healthcare experts have raised concerns over Nigeria’s worsening maternal and child mortality crisis, warning that thousands of women continue to die during childbirth because they either receive poor care, arrive too late at hospitals, or are trapped by harmful cultural beliefs.
The country’s healthcare system came under fresh attack on Thursday as the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA), accused the Federal Government of failing Nigerians through poor healthcare funding, worsening brain drain, weak disease control systems and misplaced priorities in the sector.
By Chioma Obinna To combat period poverty and advancing financial inclusion among young girls, Moniepoint Inc. has partnered with Sanitary Aid for Nigerian Girls (S.A.N.G) to provide menstrual hygiene support and financial literacy education to 500 students in Lagos. The initiative, to commemorate World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026, brought together volunteers from Moniepoint and facilitators […]
Dickson further said that he and Kwankwaso share “a long history of collaboration” dating back to their days in PDP
Canada’s culture minister on Wednesday introduced legislation that would ban children under 16 from having social media accounts and require AI chatbot services to limit production of harmful content.
The Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC ahead of 2027 election, Peter Obi, has again decried the deteriorating security situation in the country, describing as sad the fact that Nigerian schoolchildren are being turned into pawns in the emerging deadly ransom economy created by bandits.
The United States launched a new round of air strikes against Iran on Wednesday evening, the US military said, in the second straight day of American attacks on the Islamic republic.
Nigeria’s 12-match unbeaten streak came to an end on Wednesday after Portugal claimed a 2-1 victory over the Super Eagles in an international friendly.
The deeper reform is not more boreholes. It is an accountability infrastructure that counts what actually works — sensors on installations, community-level functionality audits, data systems
She turned to Abang Kache, a small brook sheltered inside the forest, accessible only after a forty-minute walk across steep terrain
Large deposits of human and animal waste lined the water’s edge and floated in the current. Nomadic shepherds waded in with their herds
On May 25, 2026, the Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service invited this reporter to a press briefing.
For millions of Nigerians, poor telecom service has become more than an inconvenience. It is disrupting businesses, delaying emergency responses, frustrating financial transactions and fueling public anger over the rising cost of digital connectivity.
Nigeria’s digital economy is expanding at an unprecedented rate. Electronic payment transactions crossed the N1 quadrillion mark in 2024, fintech adoption is accelerating, government services are moving online, and businesses are becoming increasingly digital. Yet, alongside this transformation is cybercrime, a growing threat that is quietly draining billions of naira from the economy.
The power of compelling storytelling, amplified by creative talent and modern filmmaking technology, has once again demonstrated its value after telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria rewarded the creators of an outstanding short film with a N5 million cash prize.
TikTok says it removed more than four million videos and interrupted over 86,000 LIVE sessions in Nigeria in the fourth quarter of 2025 as part of efforts to strengthen safety and integrity on the platform.
With over one million candidates unable to secure admission into tertiary institutions yearly in the country, over 300,000 admission spaces are always unfilled
Seplat Energy Plc has joined the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2026 as official Theme Partner for the Education Session, as the summit prepares to convene Africa’s largest cross-sector gathering at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos from 22 to 24 July 2026. Under the partnership, Seplat Energy Plc will lead the Education Session at ASIS […]
By Joseph Erunke ABUJA: The Federal Government has concluded plans to distribute massive Information and Communication Technology, ICT equipment to 15 federal and state colleges of education across Nigeria under a major education support initiative funded by the Government of Japan. The development is part of “The Project for Capacity-building of Teachers to Promote Continuous […]
“When Beulah was born, the diagnosis made it clear that amputation was the best option following the congenital deformity of her right limb”
