Month: July 2025

The Rotary Club of Abuja Imperial, in collaboration with medical and public health partners, has delivered critical maternal and child health services to underserved residents of Jikwoyi, Abuja, reaching over 450 women and children. Held at the Jikwoyi Stadium yesterday, the community outreach provided free health talks, medical consultations, antenatal and malaria services, family planning, […]

The federal government has launched a new collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) to bolster sustainable forest management and enhance forest monitoring systems. The initiative, “Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests” (AIM4Forests), is designed to address both technical and institutional gaps in Nigeria’s […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on global stakeholders to deepen cooperation with Nigeria in rebuilding sustainable and inclusive food systems across Africa. He said true national sovereignty is incomplete without food sovereignty. Shettima revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has designed a comprehensive strategy to address food security challenges, which mostly impact vulnerable citizens […]

A Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Makurdi has remand six farmers at the Makurdi Correctional Centre for allegedly killing a 72-year-old man, Andrew Katseen. The defendants are Ternenge Torkuma, Emmanuel Tersoo, Sesugh Gbuusu, Emmanuel Mvendaga, Saaondo Beeka and Torkuma Akiighir. The defendants, all residents of Jato Aka in Kwande local government area of Benue State, […]

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested one Ijai Anthony and Idi Buba for allegedly killing two persons in Madagali and Gombi local government areas. The command’s public relations officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said police have begun an investigation into two incidents of culpable homicide arising from domestic violence in the two […]

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, recently called for the fencing of Nigeria’s borders to bolster national security. His call could not have come at a more urgent moment, as the country struggles with persistent security challenges in the northwest and other regions. General Musa, in his remarks, pointed out that several […]

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and a tapestry of myriad peoples, languages, and histories, now stands at a crucible, where the convulsions of politics, identity, and economic uncertainty threaten the core of its national soul. The crossroads at which Nigeria finds itself is not merely a matter of governance or economics, but rather a profound […]

How a Grenadian Nurse and a Biafran Brigadier Helped Raise Murtala Muhammed’s Children Across Continents—After a War This Thursday, we begin the formal funeral rites for Mrs. Joan Eze, a nurse practitioner from Grenada who became family to us in every sense that mattered. She was married to Mazi Anthony Eze of Arochukwu—our dear Uncle […]

The protest by some Ghanaians against Nigerians living in their country is a disturbing trend that, if not speedily addressed, could undermine decades of African unity and integration efforts. Coming in the wake of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, this protest is a dangerous precedent that must not be ignored by the Economic […]