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The Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI), an NGO, on Tuesday empowered children from three special needs schools in the FCT as part of efforts to promote inclusive education. The beneficiary schools were the FCT School for the Blind, the FCT School for Children with Special Needs, Kuje, and the Abuja School for the Deaf,...

The Katsina State Government, with the support of  UNICEF has commenced a five-day extensive training for Fecal Sludge Management (FSM), aimed at sustaining the state’s Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. The training with the aim to equip participants with technical know-how for safe evacuation, treatment, and disposal of human waste...

 Prof. Olalekan Asikhia, the Vice-Chancellor of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, is set to deliver an inaugural lecture at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun. Mr Olawale Adekoya, the Information and Media Officer of Caleb University, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. “Barely weeks after delivering a widely acclaimed...

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has urged gradual implementation of the Federal Government’s 15 per cent fuel import tax to ensure economic stability and consumer protection. The ACCI commended the government’s commitment to strengthening domestic refining capacity through the new policy but warned against sudden enforcement that...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a six-count charge against a 27-year old man, Innocent Chukwuemeka Onukwume, for among others, allegedly advocating for a military coup in the country. The DSS, in the charge, filed before the Federal High Court in Abujja, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/610/2025, said Onukwume, of Umusayo...

Panic has gripped the Federal Civil Service following the abduction of six Directors from the Federal Ministry of Defence by suspected gunmen along the Kabba–Lokoja highway in Kogi State on Tuesday. According to preliminary reports, the senior officials were traveling for an official engagement when their convoy was ambushed by...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has alerted the Nigerian public about the circulation of dangerous illicit substances being falsely packaged and marketed to the public as medicinal cannabis. NDLEA said the public alert became necessary following credible intelligence, which led to the arrest of a 28-year-old drug kingpin...

Tragedy struck again in Katsina State as bandits, on Tuesday night, invaded Doguwar Šorawa, a community barely two kilometres from Guga in Bakori Local Government Area of the state, killing two elderly community leaders and abducting several residents. The latest assault, which residents described as “gruesome and heartbreaking,” adds to...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to take urgent steps to end the ongoing strike by members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and ensure their immediate return to duty. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, announced...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday took a swipe at the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Umar Damagum. Wike described him as a “tax collector” who lacked the discipline and integrity to lead the opposition party. Speaking on a Television programme...