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More than 2.1 million pregnant women now access antenatal care services across Nigeria under new federal healthcare reforms. The Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative aims to fix systemic gaps in governance, infrastructure, and workforce distribution. National coordinator for the Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp), Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq, announced the milestone during a progress briefing on Friday. The…
The 79th World Health Assembly approved the development of a new global tuberculosis strategy to extend containment efforts beyond the year 2030. Member states directed World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to lead international consultations on the framework immediately. The global health body plans to present a comprehensive draft of the policy at the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited plans to cede a majority stake in the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries to Chinese investors. The state oil firm is pursuing an NLNG-style equity partnership that would give external buyers a 51 per cent controlling share. This structural shift moves away from traditional rehabilitation contracts toward direct asset…
The Nigerian Naira held its steady momentum against the United States Dollar during early trading on Friday. The local currency demonstrated continued stability across both the official window and the informal parallel market segments. In the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, which handles formal trade, the Naira opened the morning session at 1,370.05 per Dollar. This…
Manchester City will rename the North Stand at the Etihad Stadium to honour departing manager Pep Guardiola. The club announced the tribute following the Spaniard’s decision to step down at the end of the current football season. The newly redesigned section will take the name “The Pep Guardiola Stand” to mark his decade-long tenure in…
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that a worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has outpaced official data. While laboratory tests confirm 82 cases and seven deaths, surveillance data suggest a far more severe epidemic. Health authorities now track nearly 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected…
Lagos State courts handled 35,461 criminal cases over the last three years, driven heavily by affluent coastal neighbourhoods. The Lagos Criminal Information System reveals that Lagos Island and the Lekki-Ajah corridor generated more than 27 per cent of these offences. Lekki-Ajah alone accounted for over 16 per cent of the total courtroom entries. Property crime…
The African Democratic Congress has declared that a Federal High Court judgment nullifying key sections of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s regulations for the 2027 general elections will unleash a wave of defections from the ruling All Progressives Congress, as the opposition party welcomed the verdict as a direct vindication of its earlier legal…
Nearly one week after terrorists stormed three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting pupils, students, and teachers, the victims remain in captivity, with security agencies still engaged in rescue operations as misinformation about their release continues to circulate online. The Oyo State Police Command confirmed on Friday that no victim…
Armed bandits abducted a local health practitioner and his wife during an early morning raid in Kogi State. The gunmen attacked the Okebukun area of Iluke town in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area around 1:00 am on Thursday. Known locally as “Dr Ebi,” the victim runs a clinic that serves the agrarian settlement. The attackers forced…
