Month: July 2025

Minister of state for health, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has said Nigeria has made progress in preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, with coverage improving to 66 percent and early infant diagnosis reaching 57 per cent in 2024. The minister, however, stated that despite these gains, Nigeria still accounts for over 9,000 new paediatric HIV infections […]

National Population Commission (NPC) has reaffirmed its commitment to not only counting young people through data but empowering them to actively shape their futures through access to education, reproductive health, and economic opportunities. At the national commemoration of the 2025 World Population Day in Abuja, NPC chairman, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, said Nigeria must prioritise […]

Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that privately-owned Computer-based Test (CBT) centres and others belonging to public institutions will be deployed next year for the school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). The minister of Education Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa stated this after monitoring a pilot CBT SSCE conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO) at […]

There is a peculiar affliction that plagues the Nigerian political psyche: a persistent, almost ritualistic amnesia. It is not the natural forgetting that comes with the passage of time, nor is it the merciful letting go that fosters reconciliation. Rather, it is a calculated, convenient, and collective act of forgetting, an affliction that enables the […]

The protracted Aladja–Ogbe-Ijoh land dispute may soon end as the Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has met with leaders from both communities to resolve the crisis. The closed-door meeting, held on Monday at the governor’s residence in Osubi, was attended by stakeholders from Udu and Warri South-West local government areas, along with members of the […]

The member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinedu Ogah, has said the National Assembly members from the Southeast zone are united for the creation of additional states in the zone. Ogah, who revealed this in Abakaliki, at the zonal public hearing on the constitutional review, said they submitted proposals […]

Apex Igbo social-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed  dismay over discriminatory considerations during the recent  reconstitution of the Chairmen  and Directors-General of  key strategic federal institutions, including  Bank of Industry and other national agencies. The organisation noted that the  lopsided considerations are reflective of gross compromise of national equity and principle of federal character as […]

A total of 167 students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) have received first class honours in various disciplines. The acting  vice-chancellor of UNN, Prof. Oguejiofo Ujam, disclosed this yesterday at a press briefing on  the 54th convocation of the university. He said a total of 9,821 students who have completed their academic programmes […]

Some coastal communities in Delta State have been devastated by flash flood and erosion. The twin natural disasters destroyed  farmlands, homes and livelihoods. In Igbide Kingdom, lsoko South local government area and other communities in the state, the annual loss of harvests and the submersion of properties by water is heart-rending. Three communities in Aniocha […]