The Gates Foundation has announced an initial $15 million emergency funding package to support efforts aimed at containing the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak affecting communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The foundation made the announcement in a…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has secured a landslide victory in the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), overwhelmingly defeating his sole challenger, businessman Stanley Osifo, in a nationwide direct primary conducted across the country’s 8,809 wards. The…
A Nigerian rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called on the Federal Government to disclose the identities of contractors involved in the $460 million Abuja CCTV project. SERAP made the demand in a statement issued on…
Former Beninese finance minister, Romuald Wadagni, has been officially sworn in as the President of Benin, marking the beginning of a new political era in the West African nation. Wadagni, a 49-year-old economist and widely regarded technocrat, succeeds his predecessor…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has officially commenced the screening of its aspirants for the various State Houses of Assembly across the country. To ensure a seamless exercise, the party leadership announced the constitution of three-member screening panels for all…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially congratulated the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) in Bauchi following the successful patent registration of GASTROPEX-BH, an indigenous medical device designed to treat a critical birth defect in newborns. Developed entirely…
Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election, saying he is offering Nigerians a fresh alternative to what he described as the country’s entrenched political establishment. Sowore, who…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the conduct of the 2026 All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries across the country, describing the exercise as orderly and a demonstration of internal democracy within the ruling party. In a statement released on May…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is facing intense backlash after blocking senior officials of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) from visiting the detained former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. The political standoff escalated…
The Lagos State Government has taken a major step toward expanding grassroots healthcare with the official commissioning of a new school Sick Bay at New Era Junior Girls Secondary School in Surulere. Operating under the Health District IV School Health…
