Nurses Walk Out of Kaduna Psychiatric Hospital Over Pay Disputes
KADUNA, Nigeria – Medical services grind to a halt at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Barnawa, as nurses embark on an indefinite strike over unresolved…
Month: February 2026
Benue Moves IDPs From Relief to Long-Term Resettlement
MAKURDI, Nigeria – Benue State authorities announce a long-term recovery strategy aimed at moving thousands of displaced residents from emergency relief to sustainable resettlement,…
WHO Backs Global Pooled Procurement for Emergency Medical Supplies
GENEVA – Global health leaders call for stronger international cooperation on pooled procurement to ensure faster and fairer access to emergency medical supplies during…
KEDCO Warns Transmission Failures Behind Northwest Power Outages
KANO, Nigeria – Power outages across Northwestern Nigeria persist due to weaknesses in the national transmission network, the Kano Electricity Distribution Company warns on…
NAPTIP Foils Iraq Trafficking Plot, Rescues Seven Women
KANO, Nigeria – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescue seven young women from a suspected human trafficking…
Granite Truck Crushes Car on Lekki Road, Driver Dies
Lagos, Nigeria – A speeding truck carrying granite overturns on the Lekki–Ajah Expressway on Thursday morning, killing a male motorist instantly and leaving his…
Riding Free: Inside Abuja’s Zero-Fare Metro Experiment
ABUJA, Nigeria – As dawn breaks over Nigeria’s capital, the familiar snarl of traffic builds along Abuja’s wide arterial roads. Car horns blare, buses…
Nigeria Pushes Education Global as TETFund, VON Seal Media Alliance
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria moves to reclaim control of its education narrative on the global stage as the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) forges…
Early Morning Fires Destroy Shops, Threaten Fuel Depot in Kano
KANO, Nigeria – No fewer than 30 permanent shops and 55 temporary stalls were destroyed in the early hours of Wednesday when a fire…
Group Warns Ignoring Mental Health Fuels Maternal Deaths in Kano
KANO, Nigeria – Civil society group CHRICED urges Kano State to urgently integrate mental health services into maternal and child healthcare, warning that neglect…