Year: 2026

UI Medical Student Dies After Ingesting Insecticide

UI Medical Student Dies After Ingesting Insecticide

Mirian Gom March 3, 2026

IBADAN, Nigeria – A 300-level medical student at the University of Ibadan dies after ingesting an insecticide...

How AI Chatbots Are Quietly Reshaping Mental Health in Nigeria Young Nigerian using smartphone at night for emotional support

Young Nigerian using smartphone at night for emotional support

How AI Chatbots Are Quietly Reshaping Mental Health in Nigeria

Koko Maxwella March 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Across Nigeria in 2026, therapy rooms remain scarce and silence still carries weight. With...

Benue Begins Resettlement of Yelewata Attack Victims Benue state map

Benue state map

Benue Begins Resettlement of Yelewata Attack Victims

Oluwatobi Adu March 2, 2026

MAKURDI, Nigeria – The Benue State Government begins the resettlement of victims displaced by the June 2025...

Tinubu to Swear in Disu as Inspector-General of Police Wednesday President Tinubu and Olatunji Disu at State House Abuja

President Tinubu and Olatunji Disu at State House Abuja

Tinubu to Swear in Disu as Inspector-General of Police Wednesday

Chukwu Obinna March 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to swear in Olatunji Disu as the substantive...

FG Expands Emergency Medical Systems, Urges Use of 112 Line

FG Expands Emergency Medical Services, Pushes 112 Awareness

FG Expands Emergency Medical Systems, Urges Use of 112 Line

Mirian Gom March 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government says it has significantly expanded emergency medical services nationwide through the...

FG Launches TETFund Panel to Transform Engineering Education Untitled-design-2026-03-02T162543.569

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FG Launches TETFund Panel to Transform Engineering Education

Otamere Gladness March 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government inaugurates a high-powered ministerial committee to oversee a special TETFund intervention...

Ekiti Prosecute 55 Residents for Violating Sanitation Order Ekiti government warns health workers and residents as Lassa fever cases and deaths increase across Nigeria.

Ekiti government warns health workers and residents as Lassa fever cases and deaths increase across Nigeria.

Ekiti Prosecute 55 Residents for Violating Sanitation Order

Korede Abdullah March 2, 2026

EKITI, Nigeria – The Ekiti State Government has prosecuted 55 residents for allegedly breaching environmental sanitation regulations...

FRSC Investigates Illegal Street Racing Near Abuja National Mosque FRSC officers conduct road safety enforcement in Plateau State during Valentine’s Day

FRSC officers conduct road safety enforcement in Plateau State during Valentine’s Day

FRSC Investigates Illegal Street Racing Near Abuja National Mosque

Koko Maxwella March 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched an investigation into reports of illegal...

Nigeria Set for Nationwide Rollout of Twice-Yearly HIV Injection Kenyan health workers prepare rollout of new HIV prevention drug

Kenyan health workers prepare rollout of new HIV prevention drug

Nigeria Set for Nationwide Rollout of Twice-Yearly HIV Injection

Koko Maxwella March 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria moves closer to a nationwide rollout of a twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention drug...

Waste Pickers Demand Seat at the Table in Nigeria’s Green Economy

Waste Picker

Waste Pickers Demand Seat at the Table in Nigeria’s Green Economy

Oluwafunbi Bello March 2, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Association of Scraps and Waste pickers of Lagos (ASWOL) has called for a...