A group has called on the federal government to provide clarity over recent conflicting claims by the Presidency and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) regarding the number of renovated Primary Health Centres (PHCs) across the country. MonITNG, a civic platform tracking public projects nationwide, on Saturday, said the figures released by the…
A study by the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at Wits University has revealed that public health campaigns in Africa are failing to address the needs of people aged 50 and over living with HIV, despite their rapidly increasing numbers. Published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, the research showed that the population of older…
The United Nations (UN), has said that the number of drug users worldwide has soared to a record 316 million, with the cocaine trade expanding at an alarming pace and fuelling a surge in violence across several regions, The World Drug Report 2025, published on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)…
A civic technology group, MonITNG, has raised alarm over the deplorable state of the Primary Health Care Centre in Gbaka, Mbaatirkyaa Council Ward of Buruku Local Government Area, Benue State, describing it as a “lifeline that has completely collapsed.” In a statement following a recent inspection of the facility, MonITNG reported that the clinic, which…
…Rights Groups Kick NYSC’s Action A Nigerian corps member, Rita Ushie—known online as Raye—has had her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year extended by two months after posting a viral TikTok video criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The move, which follows her March post describing Nigeria’s economic crisis and calling the Tinubu-led government “terrible”,…
A report by the World Bank has raised alarm over Nigeria’s deepening literacy crisis, revealing that the majority of school-age children across several regions are unable to write beyond their own names. According to the World Bank’s 2023/2024 Education Sector Report, released on Monday, an astonishing 90.1 per cent of children in the North-West and…
Outspoken social commentator and activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), took his protest against the ongoing primary school teachers’ strike to the gates of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration on Monday — staging an impromptu lesson for children denied access to education for over two months. Mr Otse, accompanied by a…
The Nigerian Presidency has issued a strong rebuttal to allegations made by former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, who accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of backing the annulment of the 12 June 1993 presidential election. Speaking during a live television broadcast, Lamido claimed that Tinubu only gained political relevance following the emergence…
Dennis Wuye in Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Dr Mkor Aondona, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research and Planning, over allegations of sextortion, cyberbullying and blackmail. According to a statement released on Saturday by the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, Aondona was taken…
In a remarkable display of advocacy and personal dedication, Nigerian music star Adekunle Gold has launched a free health insurance programme aimed at supporting 1,000 individuals living with sickle cell disorder in Lagos State. The initiative, titled 5 Star Care, was unveiled in commemoration of World Sickle Cell Day. Driven by his personal experience with…
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