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SERAP Gives Tinubu Seven Days to Probe ₦94.4bn Petroleum Funds SERAP demands transparency in INEC Chairman appointment from Tinubu

SERAP Gives Tinubu Seven Days to Probe ₦94.4bn Petroleum Funds

Mirian Gom October 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have given President Bola Tinubu seven days...

Nigeria Needs Local Vaccine Production to Reach WHO Level 4 – NAFDAC NAFDAC Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye at Nigeria Pharma Manufacturers’ Expo

NAFDAC Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye at Nigeria Pharma Manufacturers’ Expo

Nigeria Needs Local Vaccine Production to Reach WHO Level 4 – NAFDAC

Oluwatobi Adu October 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s lack of local vaccine manufacturing is preventing the National Agency for Food and...

Lagos Bans New Diesel Buses, Shifts Public Transport to CNG, EVs Lagos CNG buses during a public transport handover ceremony

Lagos Bans New Diesel Buses, Shifts Public Transport to CNG, EVs

Korede Abdullah October 4, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government has stopped admitting new diesel-powered buses into its regulated public...

Group Opens Abuja Centres for Children with Cerebral Palsy New Abuja centres provide education and therapy for children with cerebral palsy

Group Opens Abuja Centres for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Mirian Gom October 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – An Abuja-based non-governmental organisation, Engraced Ones Prayer Support and Advocacy Initiative, has inaugurated two...

Benue Justice Ministry Expands Digital Legal Access Benue state map

Benue Justice Ministry Expands Digital Legal Access

Oluwatobi Adu October 3, 2026

BENUE, Nigeria – The Benue State Ministry of Justice is expanding digital access to legal services and...

Madonna University Suspends 14 Nursing Students, Expels One Madonna University nursing students involved in disciplinary action over viral TikTok video

Madonna University nursing students involved in disciplinary action over viral TikTok video

Madonna University Suspends 14 Nursing Students, Expels One

Hope Ajayi October 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has clarified that 14 nursing students at...

Rabies Surge Hits Nigeria as Cases Top 100 in Eight Months Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine specialist Dr Olisa Fiyinfolu, DVM, MPVM, during an exclusive interview with Africa Health Report on rabies prevention and Nigeria’s efforts to eliminate the disease on September 29, 2026.

Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine specialist Dr Olisa Fiyinfolu, DVM, MPVM, during an exclusive interview with Africa Health Report on rabies prevention and Nigeria’s efforts to eliminate the disease on September 29, 2026.

Rabies Surge Hits Nigeria as Cases Top 100 in Eight Months

Oluwatobi Adu October 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria has recorded more than 100 rabies cases between January and August 2026, with...

20 Killed, Five Injured in Multiple-Vehicle Crash on Plateau Route FRSC officials respond to a multiple-vehicle crash on the Hawan Kibo-Jos route in Plateau State

FRSC officials respond to a multiple-vehicle crash on the Hawan Kibo-Jos route in Plateau State

20 Killed, Five Injured in Multiple-Vehicle Crash on Plateau Route

Hope Ajayi October 3, 2026

PLATEAU, Nigeria — Twenty people have been killed and five others injured in a multiple-vehicle crash along...

Shettima to Launch Women’s Programme as 57,432 Katsina Women Get Support Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Nigeria-Italy global education financing event at UNGA81.