Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has announced a new 191 million dollars Health Systems Strengthening (HSS-3) grant to Nigeria aimed at improving immunisation coverage and reaching underserved populations. The initiative targets 1.8 million zero-dose children, those who have never received any routine vaccines and aims to raise immunisation coverage to 84 …

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Foundation has conducted a free eye cataract surgery programme, giving 500 individuals in Niger State the chance to regain their sight. Mrs Emmanuella Arukwe, Managing Director of the NNPC Foundation, disclosed this during the programme, in Minna on Friday. Arukwe, who was represented by …

MEMBERS of the ECOWAS Parliament have appealed to  Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger (Sahel States) to rescind their decision to quit the subregional bloc, and return to its fold. Sen. Edwin Snowe, Chairman of the parliament’s Joint Committee Delocalised Meeting, made the plea at the closing ceremony of its five-day meeting …

THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory following a significant surge in cholera cases across 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in nine states. During a media briefing in Abuja on Friday, the Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, expressed concern over …

NIGERIA has introduced the fully digital e-Visa regime and an automated landing and exit card system as part of major reforms under Nigeria’s 2025 Visa Policy. This is contained in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, (NIS), Mr Akinsola Akinlabi, on Friday in Abuja. The NIS said …

THE Australian Department of Home Affairs has introduced two new digital tools, the Visa Finder and the Document Checklist Tool, to fast‑track visa applications and streamline the process for international students and other foreign immigrants. These innovations, part of a major digital upgrade for 2025 visa applications, are designed to …

INTERPOL said it had uncovered about 150 stolen vehicles trafficked from Canada, France, Germany, and the Netherlands into Nigeria, Ghana, and 10 other West African countries within two-week span. The crackdown, code-named “Safe Wheels,” was coordinated by INTERPOL with support from national law enforcement agencies across 12 West African nations. …

● Says wartime law for Venezuela deportations is unlawful A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from using an 18th-century wartime law to deport some Venezuelan migrants, in the most sweeping ruling thus far against a key part of the Republican president’s aggressive immigration crackdown. In a …

My dear colleague, This letter is borne out of my indulgence for national consciousness and undeservingly directed to you with the cravings of an enfant terrible. Regardless, I believe you are effectively utilising the period of your suspension to study the Senate Standing Orders, public decorum and ethical integrity so …

….Says 350 hectares acquired under sites and services schemes for workers Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has stated that his administration has so far expended N179.7 billion in settling pensions and gratuities for state and local government retirees since its inception in 2019. Governor Abiodun, who disclosed this at …