FCT Teachers Allege 10-Year Promotion Delays Amid Strike
ABUJA, Nigeria – Some teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have spent more than a decade on the same grade level because promotions…
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Rabies Surge Hits Nigeria as Cases Top 100 in Eight Months
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria has recorded more than 100 rabies cases between January and August 2026, with reports coming from as many as 18…
ECOWAS Startup Awards: Can $65,000 Help Create Jobs?
ABUJA, Nigeria – Sixty young entrepreneurs arrived in Abuja with ideas, pitches and ambitions; by the time they left, three had won a combined…
Barefoot at School, 12-Year-Old Salisu Dreams of Becoming a Soldier
ABUJA, Nigeria – As drizzle fell over the assembly ground of Nyanya Hausawa Primary and Government Junior Secondary School in Abuja, 12-year-old Salisu Abbas…
Abuja Commuters Still Wait for CNG Fare Cuts as October 1 Deadline Nears
(By Oluwatobi Adu and Hope Ajayi) ABUJA, Nigeria – Two days before the Federal Government’s October 1 deadline for Nigerians to begin seeing measurable…
NARD: Doctors Await 19 Months’ Unpaid Allowances
LAGOS, Nigeria – Resident doctors in Nigeria are awaiting 19 months of unpaid professional allowances as manpower shortages and unresolved welfare issues increase workload,…
Cancer Cases in Africa Surge 229% in 33 Years – Study
ABUJA, Nigeria – Cancer cases in Africa increased by 229 per cent between 1990 and 2023, rising from an estimated 467,000 cases in 1990…
Can ₦5,000 Still Get You Treated in Abuja? We Checked
ABUJA, Nigeria – For many Abuja residents, falling ill is no longer just a health concern. It is also a question of how far…
Why Illegal Dumps Keep Returning Across Lagos
LAGOS, Nigeria – Waste management operators in Lagos have attributed the persistence of illegal dumping to rising operating costs and other challenges, as efforts…
School Resumption: Expert Urges Lagos, Ogun to Tighten Diphtheria Surveillance Ahead of New Term
LAGOS, Nigeria – As primary and secondary schools resume across Nigeria, an infectious disease expert has urged the Lagos and Ogun State governments to…