UBEC: $552m Grant Targets 29 Million Children
 The Universal Basic Education Commission says the $552.18m World Bank-backed HOPE-EDU programme will cover…
UBEC: $552m Grant Targets 29 Million Children
 The Universal Basic Education Commission says the $552.18m World Bank-backed HOPE-EDU programme will cover 65,000 public schools, 500,000 teachers and 10,000 non-formal learning centres, while supporting the construction of 13,000 classrooms. The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has announced that a $552.18m World Bank-funded education programme will target 29 million children and 500,000 teachers…
Fan Edits and Parasocial Fandoms: Where Is the Line Between Appreciation and Obsession?
A few seconds of eye contact, a carefully timed smile and a romantic song playing in the background can turn an ordinary celebrity video into an internet sensation. Across TikTok, Instagram Reels and X, fan editors combine scenes from films, television shows, interviews and concerts to create videos that make celebrities appear charming, mysterious, vulnerable…
NCC Begins Trial Against Netnaija Over Piracy
The Nigerian Copyright Commission has begun presenting evidence against Netnaija Media Enterprises and its representative, Emmanuel Analike, over alleged online copyright infringement involving 1,458 music and audiovisual works. The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has begun presenting its case against Netnaija Media Enterprises and its representative, Emmanuel Analike, over alleged online piracy involving copyrighted music and…
Apprenticeship: What Nigeria Can Learn From The Swiss Model
By N’Mazi Obiomah O. Igbokwe Why bakers, butchers, mechanics and other skilled workers must become an integral part of Nigeria’s educational and economic development. Nigeria’s educational crisis is often discussed in terms of inadequate classrooms, overcrowded universities, unemployment among graduates and the growing number of young people who struggle to find meaningful work after leaving…
Near Miss on the Highway: How Emergency Response Stopped a Lagos Chemical Catastrophe
A major industrial disaster was averted in Lagos after a tanker carrying 33,000 litres of ethanol overturned at Second Rainbow Bridge, prompting a swift multi-agency chemical containment operation. Early on Wednesday, a high-stakes emergency unfolded at a bustling transit point in Lagos as a heavy commercial tanker carrying thirty-three thousand litres of ethanol overturned along…
Academic Shield: How Elite Sanctions Protect Misconduct
A review of Cornell University disciplinary records reveals that nearly half of students found responsible for sexual assault avoided expulsion, receiving minor academic tasks while survivors faced lingering trauma. When an Ivy League university reviews fifty-one formal reports of sexual violence over four years, finds sixteen students responsible, and expels just two, the resulting numbers…
Obi Faults Tinubu Over US Investment Warning
Peter Obi took direct aim at President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 14 October, seizing on a scathing United States Department of State investment report to dismantle official claims that painful monetary reforms have made the federation a magnet for international capital. Paper stability cannot mask institutional rot. The standard-bearer of the Nigeria Democratic Congress argued…
Settlers Torch West Bank Mosque During Village Raids
Israeli settlers torched a local mosque, burnt an ancient olive grove, and set a motor car ablaze during a dawn raid on the Palestinian village of Mikhmas on Wednesday, 14 October. The arsonists daubed racist Hebrew slogans across Islamic prayer halls and private village homes before retreating under the eyes of state security outposts. Impunity…
Diphtheria Outbreak Kills Five Children in Kano
A lethal cluster of diphtheria wiped out five young siblings in Danbare Ward within Kano State’s Kumbotso Local Government Area on Tuesday, 13 October, exposing the terrible human toll of northern Nigeria’s broken child immunisation system. The victims, aged between one and thirteen years, died in rapid succession within eight days after their parents brought…
Atiku Urges Voters to Collect PVCs
Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar told registered voters across Nigeria on Wednesday, 14 October, to collect their permanent voter cards from local government electoral offices and use the ballot box to punish President Bola Tinubu for food inflation, currency collapse, and unchecked rural violence. Hungry citizens hold real political power. The presidential candidate of the African…