Brutal hands have scarred countless women, leaving bleeding hearts and broken homes in their wake. Female genital mutilation (FGM) robs women of sexual pleasure, turning intimacy into pain. Survivors face marital struggles, emotional trauma, and physical harm. As cultural norms…
The Open Alliance, a coalition of civil society organizations, has formally condemned the Nigerian Senate’s recent decision to step down the use of electronic transmission for election results ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement released on Friday,…
The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD) has issued an urgent appeal to the Abia State government to address the rising toll of fatal accidents at the Waterside–Ogbor Hill axis in Aba. The human rights group described the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday attended the multiple wedding solemnization of the children of the Minister of State for Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, held at the National Mosque in Abuja. The officiating Imam, Professor Luqman Zakariyah, described the President…
President Bola Tinubu has extended his congratulations to Prof. Muhammed Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, and Anna Adeola Makanju, Vice President of Global Impact at OpenAI, following their inclusion on the Devex Power 50 list…
The Lagos State Government has announced a large-scale health and safety initiative aimed at providing medical screenings and safety training to 10,000 professional drivers across the state. The program is scheduled to run from Monday, Feb. 9, to Thursday, Feb.…
Ekondo Microfinance Bank has partnered with the Toiletpride Initiative to launch a sanitation financing project aimed at providing affordable loans for household toilets and small businesses across Cross River State. The initiative, titled “Sanitation Financing for Low-Income Families in Cross…
The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has issued a stinging condemnation of the Senate’s decision to reject the mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Amendment Bill. During a plenary session on Wednesday,…
The Federal Government has launched two major national policy documents and expanded free cancer screening services nationwide in a strategic move to curb preventable deaths and strengthen Nigeria’s oncology response. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr.…
A new report by Tracka, the service delivery monitoring arm of BudgIT, has exposed significant irregularities in Nigeria’s public infrastructure spending, identifying 92 fraudulently delivered projects and nearly 100 abandoned sites across the country. The 2024/2025 Project Tracking Report, which…
