Senegal-made sickle cell treatment raises hopes, reduces costs
Senegal has taken a major step in the fight against sickle cell disease after pharmaceutical company Teranga Pharma began locally manufacturing DREPAF, a generic version of hydroxyurea used to manage the inherited blood disorder. The development is being celebrated as…
Dan Orbih, PDP chieftain and Wike’s ally, dies at 64
A prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and close political ally of Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, Chief Daniel Osi Orbih, has died at the age of 64. Orbih died on Monday, August 31, 2026, according to…
Meet The Man Favored To Be New Interim President Of The NFF, NSC Meets FIFA
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), AbdulHakeem Uthman Mustapha, has reportedly emerged as the leading candidate to head the proposed Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Normalisation Committee. According to a report by OwnGoal Nigeria, the move follows the dissolution of the…
KWVGG backs Abba Yusuf’s second-term bid
The Kano Women Vanguard for Good Governance (KWVGG), has endorsed Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for a second term, citing what it described as the administration’s transformative investments in infrastructure, education, healthcare. The group said the scale of projects executed or…
Niger turns to Nigerian ports amid diplomatic row with Benin Republic
Niger, a landlocked nation, has turned to Nigerian ports to meet its international trade needs following a diplomatic dispute with neighbouring Benin Republic, which has resulted in the closure of key border routesRecall that only last week, a delegation from…
ADC, PDP, NDC, OTHERS PROPOSE FOUR-YEAR ‘GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL COMPETENCE’ AHEAD OF 2027
A coalition of six opposition political parties has proposed the establishment of a “Government of National Competence” that would operate for a single four-year transition term if the coalition succeeds in the 2027 general election. The proposal was unveiled on…
Meta to charge ₦14 per Whatsapp message from October
Businesses using the WhatsApp Business Platform, are set to be charged about fourteen naira per message for Nigerian numbers by META, parent company of whatsapp from October 1, 2026. Ordinary users are not affected by this development as they will…
Kenya Police has introduced a maternity uniform for pregnant Police Officers.
Kenya’s National Police Service has introduced special maternity uniforms for pregnant female police officers as part of a wider reform of police uniforms. The new maternity attire was unveiled during a passing-out parade at the Kenya Police Training College in…
Interpol rescues 2 Colombian women lured to Nigeria by traffickers
In furtherance of the fight against transnational organised crime, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the National Central Bureau (NCB-INTERPOL), Lagos Annex, have successfully rescued two foreign nationals lured to Nigeria and held captive by a human trafficking…
FG Moves Paramilitary Recruitment to Final Stage as Oral Interviews Begin
The Federal Government has announced oral examination dates for applicants seeking recruitment into the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), and Federal Fire Service (FFS). According to the Civil Defence, Correctional,…