in a collective journey toward transforming Nigeria’s basic education system through digital innovation, the Federal Government at the weekend launched a digitalization of public schools initiative. Speaking at the flag up ceremony in Lagos, the Minister of Education Dr Tunji Alausa disclosed that the initiative was a bold declaration...
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Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has made mental health a basic human right, by enacting the Kaduna State Mental Health Law on September 18, 2025, to replace the outdated Lunacy Act of 1958. The law protects every citizen living with mental health condition against discrimination and guarantees access to...
Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, has encouraged media practitioners to introduce probing of manifestoes of aspiring political office holders as part of their responsibilities to reshape the country from frivolous and unfulfilled promises. On his part, the Editor-in-Chief and Chief Operating Officer of Premium Times,...
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has introduced a new initiative, the Post-Amnesty Voluntary Return and Documentation Programme (PAVRDP), aimed at undocumented foreign nationals who missed the deadline for visa regularisation under the Expired Visa Amnesty, which concluded on September 30, 2025. This was announced in a statement issued on Friday...
Warmest felicitations to the remarkable Dr. Agbor Neji Ebuta on his special day! As a distinguished Consultant Family Physician, Public Health Physician, and Public Administrator, Dr. Ebuta’s impressive credentials are matched only by his passion for improving lives. With his expertise shining on prominent TV networks like TVC, AIT,...
A staggering 70 percent of Nigerians battling mental health conditions are not receiving any form of treatment, according to a leading neuropsychiatric expert and Chief Medical Director of the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Akure, Dr. Sunday Sajo. Dr. Sajo disclosed this during the 2025 World Mental Health Day commemoration held in...
Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has described the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme as a vital “Plan B” for Nigerian graduates, urging corps members to take it seriously as a pathway to financial independence. Speaking on Friday at the orientation...
Stakeholders comprising health experts, consultants, academicians, psychiatrists, nurses, and other professionals have identified security challenges, underfunding, and cultural misconceptions as major barriers to accessing and sustaining mental health services across Borno State and the wider North East region. The observations were made during the 2025 World Mental Health Day...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN), to remain steadfast in his commitment to the Nigerian people and take urgent steps to rebuild trust in the nation’s electoral process. In a statement issued in...
The Sixth Prosecution Witness, PW6, Mshelia Arhyel in the trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Thursday, October 9, 2025, narrated before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja how the third defendant, Abdulsami Hudu made multi-million naira withdrawals from...
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Adewale Bashir Adeniyi, on behalf of the officers and men of the Service, celebrated his former boss and predecessor, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, OFR, on his 80th birthday, describing him as the visionary leader who laid the foundation for the...
The 65th Annual Ministers’ Conference of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kaduna, has reaffirmed the authority of the Holy Scriptures as the ultimate guide for faith, conduct, and national transformation, while urging Nigerian leaders to govern with integrity and compassion. The week-long conference, which held from October 6th to 10th,...
Stakeholders in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State have reaffirmed their commitment to sustaining the prevailing peace and unity in the area, dismissing recent social media reports suggesting unrest in the community. The resolution was made during an expanded security meeting held at the Kagarko Local Government Secretariat,...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted five trailer loads of expired flour smuggled into the country from Egypt, with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) estimated at ₦1.2 billion. Comptroller Wale Adenuga, who heads the Seme Area Command, disclosed the development during a press briefing on Thursday, describing the seizure...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has charged members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), to take the lead in clearing the obstacles facing journalism, particularly the menace of fake news and unprofessional conduct among impostors in the industry. Chief George gave...
House of Representatives has initiated an investigation into the National Examination Council (NECO) over claims of financial misconduct, including alleged spending beyond approved budget limits. The decision followed the adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Amobi Ogah (Labour Party – Abia) during Thursday’s plenary session. While presenting the...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday led a session of the National Council of State, joined virtually by former Heads of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd). The hybrid meeting, held inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, began promptly at 1:29 p.m.,...
In a renewed call for justice, members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) on Thursday held a nationwide protest over what they described as decades of unfulfilled promises and government indifference to their welfare. Organised under the umbrella...
Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, on Thursday, pushed forward the hearing in the ongoing ₦110 billion fraud case involving former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and two others. The case will now resume on November 12. Bello is standing trial alongside Umar...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has raised serious concerns over what it describes as the alarming speed at which Nigerian courts grant injunctions and ex-parte orders that curtail workers’ legitimate struggles. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the remarks in Abuja on Thursday during the 2025 Annual Public Lecture of the...