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The British Council has collaborated with the Federal Government and Development Partners to collectively seek strategies to make education inclusive, equitable, and transformative across the region. This was highlighted at the Language in Education International Conference 2025, themed “Language, Education and Inclusion: Empowering Every Learner”, where the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, reiterated…

A National Order of Honour is set to be conferred on Nigeria’s late Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, GCFR, by the Angolan government. The award is part of activities marking the 50th Anniversary of Angola’s Independence, under the leadership of President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço. According to an…

  Many young people are becoming complacent about their sexual health, engaging in unprotected sex, a development that has raised concerns in many quaters. According report, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has raised alarm over the declining use of condoms among young people, attributing the trend to a reduced fear…

  By Amechi Obiakpu The New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society (NHVMAS) on Saturday, October 25, 2025 concluded this year’s LeNNiB Champions Mentorship program with the graduation of ten participants after a six-month program. LeNNiB, which is an acronym of Leaving No Nigerian Behind is a Champions Mentorship community…

  One Bishop (name withheld), a Spiritual head of a Cathedral, has been remanded in the Correctional Centre over alleged involvement in a sex assault by a Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday. It was gathered that the cleric was accused of having unlawful carnal…

  Staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been reportedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. Dailypost reported that the staff were kidnapped along Aloma Road in Kogi State, while travelling from Abuja to Anambra State on an official assignment ahead of the forthcoming governorship election. The victims, according to…

  Benjamin Mutambanengwe, a 38-year-old Zimbabwean has been sentenced to eight years in prison after faking a disability to steal from healthcare workers in a calculated crime spree. Mutambanengwe who hails from Chitungwiza, was convicted on eight counts of unlawful entry under aggravating circumstances following a full trial presided over…

Mathematics is no longer a requirement Arts and Humanities students seeking admission into the universities, according to a statement from the Federal Ministry of Education. This was made known in a statement from the ministry announcing a major reform in Nigeria’s tertiary admission policy, declaring that senior secondary school students…

The Senate Committee on Women Affairs (SCOWAS) and Access Bank partnered The “Pad Me A Girl Initiative”, to celebrate the 2025 International Day of the Girl Child. Held on Monday, October 13, 2025, at the Area 1 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, Durumi, Abuja, the event gathered hundreds of internally…

  A nationwide enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit (TGP) begins today. According to report, the Zamfara State Police Commissioner Ibrahim Balarabe Maikaba said the enforcement is in strict compliance with the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Tinted Glass) Act, 2004, a vital security regulation aimed at curbing criminal activities and…