The government of Bauchi State in Nigeria has announced plans to increase its contributions to the Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) from ₦300 million to ₦1 billion in 2026, UNICEF has confirmed. The announcement followed a meeting between Governor Bala Mohammed and UNICEF officials, Dr Nuzhat Rafique, the agency’s Chief of Field Office in Bauchi, told…
Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, is supposed to hand Russian President Vladimir Putin a letter from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with a request for more support amid U.S. Israeli stroke on the country, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a senior source. Araghchi arrived in Moscow on Sunday to hold talks with the Russian…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old graduate, Femi Ayoade, to life imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl inside a tricycle. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved the case of defilement beyond reasonable doubt. She described the convict as a “criminally audacious man who…
Traffic was congested as thousands flocked to the Hezbollah bastion, a densely-packed residential area that had largely been emptied out as Israel launched near-daily strikes in recent weeks. Residents displaced from Beirut’s heavily damaged southern suburbs returned home Wednesday, as a ceasefire took effect after over two months of Israeli raids, with many praising Hezbollah…
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced it will commence an indefinite nationwide strike from 11:59 p.m. on Friday, 31 October 2025. The decision was reached after a five-hour meeting of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) held on Saturday, NARD said in a statement issued on Sunday. According to the National President,…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said it has met 10 of the 14 demands raised by striking workers, describing the industrial action as “unnecessary and ill-motivated.” Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, confirmed in a statement on Monday in Abuja that the remaining…
A media aide, Salihu Dantata Mahmud, has defended the legacy of late Head of State, Sani Abacha, describing him as one of Nigeria’s most effective leaders. Mahmud said despite criticisms trailing Abacha’s regime, the former military ruler “remains the best we ever had” after Murtala Ramat Muhammed. In a personal account, Mahmud stated that his…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has invested over $8 billion in water infrastructure across 40 African countries since 2000, benefiting more than 92 million people. Mr Johannes Chirwa, Director, Water Development and Sanitation Department, AfDB, said this at the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) West Africa sub-regional meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Chirwa was…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has appealed to the United States to widen sanctions against Rwanda, warning that Washington’s credibility as a mediator is at stake as violence surges once again in the country’s troubled east. Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner issued the appeal as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels made a fresh advance, capturing the strategic…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigeria’s higher education unions to join hands with the government in building a sustainable model for funding the sector, one that balances domestic priorities with international standards. The president delivered the message through the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Abdullahi Ribadu, at the University of Ibadan’s…
