As Nigeria joins the rest of the world in celebrating Children’s Day 2025, Awoyomi Damilola, the team lead of the Strom Foundation, has highlighted that targeted empowerment initiatives for children are essential in addressing Africa’s annual $3.3 trillion skills deficit. Damilola shared this insight in a statement commemorating this year’s Children’s Day celebration. While speaking […]
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, has strongly criticized the increasing neglect by some parents towards their children—an issue he believes is significantly contributing to the rise in moral decline and widespread social vices within the community. In a Children’s Day 2025 statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, Governor Bago emphasized that […]
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On the occasion of Children’s Day, the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, has called on government institutions, civil society organizations, and human rights advocates to intensify their collective efforts in eliminating child abuse and trafficking throughout the state. During a public address on Tuesday, Dr. Suleiman emphasized the shared […]
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On Tuesday, the President of Nigeria’s Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio, overlooked a group of children who had gathered from three different schools in Abuja to celebrate International Children’s Day in his honor at the National Assembly. Each year, selected schools are invited to the parliament to mark the occasion of Children’s Day, with the Senate […]
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A tragic incident unfolded on Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, where Reverend Father James Omeh, the parish priest of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Gulu and coordinator of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Lapai LGA, lost his life along with his passenger, Charity John. The duo […]
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Human rights lawyer, Barrister Victor Giwa, has formally petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, seeking an investigation into the actions of the Commissioner of Police, Legal Services, Chiozoba Oyakhire Ehiede, and Ms. Asabe Waziri. Giwa alleges that a baseless charge was filed against him and another individual, purportedly influenced by financial inducement. In […]
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Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has authorized the immediate dismissal of the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister C.O.C. Akaolisa. This announcement was made public through an official press release issued by the Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation, and Strategy, Declan Emelumba. The press release directed the former Attorney General to transfer […]
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“This pact is to protect the lives and futures of both nations” – Marwa In a significant step toward combating international drug trafficking, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the United Kingdom’s Home Office International Operations (HOIO) have formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in disrupting illicit drug networks between […]
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Emergency responders rushed to Water Street in Liverpool during the club’s jubilant Premier League title victory parade after a car reportedly collided with several pedestrians on Monday. According to Merseyside Police, the incident occurred shortly after 6:00 p.m. (1700 GMT), when officers received reports of a vehicle crashing into a group of people on the […]
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Nigeria’s First Lady and wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has doled out a cash award of Twenty-Five Million Naira to Guinness Record holder for the world’s largest art canvas, Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo Okeke. Kanyeyachukwu, a 15-year-old autistic artist, set the record in November 2024 by creating a massive painting featuring a multi-colored ribbon, the […]
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Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc DSc DD But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:18). Have you ever come to a point where you knew you had […]
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The Mastermind Community Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has initiated a programme aimed at equipping young individuals with essential life skills to foster their personal growth and development. This initiative was launched during a one-day sensitisation event held at the Immaculate Heart Comprehensive Senior High School hall in Maryland, Lagos, targeting public school students. The foundation’s […]
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two British citizens attempting to smuggle 92 bags of Loud, a potent cannabis strain weighing 51.10kg, into Nigeria via the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The suspects, Mhizha Jordan Alexander Tatendra and Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, were detained alongside two Nigerians: Shonowo Oluwaseun […]
