Two Northern States Ban Sign-Out Rituals By Secondary School Students

Worried by the new trend of painting uniforms adopted by some outgoing secondary schools by painting their uniforms with makers, take to the streets, thereby constituting a public nuisance, Adamawa and Jigawa State Governments have banned such act henceforth. This is contained in separate releases by the commissioners of education of the respective states. According to a circular signed by the Adamawa State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr. Umar Garba Pella, the...

Adamawa State Assembly Summons 21 Council Chairmen over Accountability

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has summoned all the 21 Local Government Council Chairmen in the state to appear on the floor of the assembly and account for their stewardship in the last year. The resolution followed a motion raised under matters of public importance by the member representing Numan Constituency, Pwamwakeno Makwando, and was unanimously approved by the lawmakers during Wednesday’s plenary. According to the resolution, the Council Chairmen will start appearing at the hallowed...

Strike: 25,000 Nurses To Disrupt Healthcare Services Across Nigeria

No fewer than 25,000 nurses, under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), in the Federal Health Institutions Sector, will as of today (Wednesday) embark on a seven-day nationwide warning strike. The strike followed the expiration of a 15-day ultimatum issued by NANNM to the federal government, which began at midnight. The strike is coming amid the faceoff between doctors and the government over welfare and other issues. The National...

Genotype Bill: Yobe State House of Assembly Adopts Committee’s Report

The ad-hoc committee of Yobe State House of Assembly on a bill seeking to repeal and re-enact anti-stigmatization law to provide compulsory premarital tests of hemoglobin genotype and viral hepatitis in the state has presented its report. After extensive deliberations on the recommendations of the committee by members, the House adopted the report. Hon. Kachalla Maina, chairman of the ad-hoc committee, said statistics have shown that Nigeria has forty million people living with sickle cell...

Ogun Assembly Passes Resolution On Sign Language

As part of measures to promote sign language interpretation and enhance the inclusion of persons with disabilities in public life, the Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the state government to adopt and implement in all its programmes. The passage of the resolution titled “H.R No. 132/OG/2025 – Call for the Inclusion of Sign Language Interpretation in State Government Programmes to Promote Inclusivity for Persons with Hearing Impairment” followed a...

Niger State Records over 1,000 rape, GBV cases in Seven Months

The Director of Planning and Gender-Based Focal Person at the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Mary Isa, said no fewer than 1,000 cases of rape and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) were recorded in Niger State between January and July 2025. The Director said the cases were reported from various NGOs and compiled on a central dashboard for tracking and reporting to the National Dashboard. To address the issue, the Director said the ministry...

NIMC Warns Nigerians About Sharing Personal Information

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has noted with serious concern the recent statement on Nigerians selling their personal information, including that of the National Identification Number (NIN. In a statement signed by the spokesman of the Commission Kayode Adegoke on Sunday night said that Nigerians have been informed repeatedly in the past by the NIMC not to disclose their NIN to any unauthorized individual or organization. “Equally of note is that any NIN presented...

Python Found In Former-AGF’s Home Evacuated To Kano Zoo

A python that escaped from the residence of a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been recovered and evacuated, along with other wild animals, to the zoo in Kano. The Managing Director of Kano Zoo, Sadik Kura Muhammad, who confirmed this said the python’s escape caused panic among residents of Daneji and surrounding communities in the State. Residents of nearby communities, including Daneji, Mandawari, Kabara, and Soron Dinki, said they could not...

Flood Kills 5, Many Injured In Yola, Adamawa State Capital

At least five dead bodies have so far been recovered from flooding that devastated some parts of the Yola South local government area of Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria, as rescue operations are still ongoing to recover missing persons, authorities said. No fewer than 55 people were injured and are receiving treatment at Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola. Ladan Ayuba, head of operations, Adamawa/Taraba states at the National Emergency Management Agency, said the overnight downpour...

Suspected Killer Of Photo-Journalist In Kogi Commits Suicide-Police

The Kogi State Police Command said hours after police launched a manhunt for Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, the suspected killer of photo-journalist Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, he was allegedly committed suicide. The command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, disclosed this on Thursday in Lokoja, said Ovye-Aya said Pelumi’s corpse was discovered in a hotel room in Lokoja. “The hotel management alerted us early Thursday morning to a corpse lying in one of the rooms. “Upon responding, we discovered...

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