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FG Launches Nationwide Free Cancer Screening To Tackle Nigeria’s Growing Mortality Crisis
In a country where late diagnosis continues to claim thousands of lives, early detection is now being placed at the heart of Nigeria’s cancer response.
The Federal Government has...
2027: Voters Vow To End ‘Business As Usual’ For Underperforming Lawmakers
As the election season edges closer, frustration among Nigerian voters is hardening into resolve.
With trust in political promises wearing thin, constituents say 2027 will mark a decisive break from...
‘Anambra Means Business’: Soludo Leads Monday Market Revival In Onitsha
By Christian Aburime
After years of muted Mondays driven by fear and disruption, Anambra’s commercial engine is beginning to hum again.
In a symbolic and confidence-boosting move, Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo stepped...
Civil Society Urges Dialogue Over OCHA Brigade Crackdown
By Savinews Africa
When livelihoods are disrupted without a clear process, unrest is rarely far behind.
This reality is playing out in Onitsha, Anambra State, where growing tension has followed the actions of the...
NUJ Urges Lawmakers To Lock In Tech-Driven Result Transmission Ahead Of 2027 Polls
As Nigeria fine-tunes its electoral laws for the next general elections, the credibility of how results move from polling units is once again in the spotlight, and...
Umumbo Kingdom Honours Okafor With ‘Obataobie’ Title At Colourful Ofala Festival
Prince Chidiebele
Tradition met gratitude in Umumbo Kingdom as the community used its revered Ofala platform to reward service and loyalty, reminding leaders that impact at home still matters most.
Umumbo...
AFN Bombards Terrorist Enclaves Nationwide, Neutralises Scores, Rescues Dozens in Week-Long Operations
When security pressure is sustained, criminal networks fracture.
That was the message from the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) as troops intensified coordinated ground and air operations across the...
IPOB Ends Monday Sit-at-Home in South-East, Orders Return To Normal Life From February 9
For years, Mondays in the South-East carried the weight of fear and silence. That chapter, IPOB says, is now closed.
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)...
2027 Elections: CSO Warns Nigeria Is Blocking Technology To Enable Result Manipulation
When systems are weakened on purpose, democracy pays the price.
Nigeria’s Civil Society is raising the alarm that resistance to election technology is not about feasibility, but about control.
The...
ECOWAS, Sweden Deepen Partnership To Unlock Safer Labour Migration Across West Africa
When migration is managed well, it becomes a pathway to opportunity rather than a risk.
That was the spirit behind fresh talks in Abuja as ECOWAS and Sweden moved...
FRSC Debunks ‘30 Deaths’ Claim In Kano Crash, Confirms Seven Fatalities
In moments of tragedy, misinformation spreads fast and can deepen public fear.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has now set the record straight on the fatal road crash in...
NCDMB Tightens Rules On Oil Contracts, Bans Transfer Of NCEC Certificates
In a move to clean up Nigeria’s oil and gas contracting space and cut production costs, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has rolled out stricter rules...
Unity, Morale Drive Military Success - Ex-Air Chief Tells NAF At BASA 2025
In a military facing complex security threats, cohesion off the battlefield can be just as decisive as strategy on it.
That message took centre stage in Abuja as...
Kwara Killings: CHRICED Warns Nigeria Is Sliding Towards State Failure
When communities begin to rely on armed groups for protection, the social contract has already begun to collapse.
That grim reality underpins a fresh warning by the Resource Centre for Human...
Akwanga All Stars Honour Danmusa With Patron Role
Sometimes, the loudest applause comes not at the peak of service, but at the moment of bowing out.
In Akwanga, football became the language of gratitude as the community celebrated a man whose...
FG Unveils New Cancer Roadmap, Opens Eight Clinics To Tackle Rising Death Toll
Cancer is no longer a distant threat in Nigeria, it is claiming lives quietly and relentlessly, with late diagnosis and poor access to care worsening survival chances.
As...
Quick Response Averts Tragedy As Fuel Tanker Topples In Kaduna
A routine Sunday morning in Kaduna could have turned catastrophic, but swift action by emergency responders ensured danger was defused before lives and property were put at risk.
Personnel of the...
59 Months To 2030: Feminist Leaders Warn Global Backlash Threatens Gender Equality and Right To Health
With less than five years to the 2030 deadline, global progress on gender equality and the right to health is dangerously off-track, even as...
Prayer Summit In Aguleri Rallies Christians To Fund ₦500m Ecumenical Cathedral For Igbo Restoration
At a time when faith communities are searching for unity amid social tension, Christian leaders in Anambra have renewed a bold call for one Church in...
‘INEC Chair Sack Call Is Blackmail, Not Law’ - Prof Hon, SAN
At a time when public trust in electoral institutions is crucial to Nigeria’s democracy, constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Sebastine Hon, has firmly dismissed calls...
APC Reshuffles Power Bloc Ahead Of 2026 Convention
With internal alignments quietly shaping the race for influence within Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reconstituted its Central Coordination Committee for the 2026 National Convention, signalling an early...
APC Unveils High-Powered Council To Drive FCT Area Councils Election Campaign
As the battle for grassroots power in Abuja quietly gathers pace, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has moved to firm up its strategy with the inauguration of a...
Zero Tolerance Day: African First Ladies, Merck Foundation Rally For Girl Education To End FGM
Behind every statistic on female genital mutilation (FGM) is a girl whose future is being narrowed by a practice that offers no benefit and only...
ECOWAS Wrestling Journalists Launch AJSL To Raise The Bar For Sports Reporting In West Africa
Traditional wrestling is more than a sport in West Africa, it is culture, identity and spectacle. Now, journalists covering the discipline have united to professionalise...
Transcorp Hilton Abuja Rolls Out Three-Day Valentine Weekend For Couples and Singles
Love in Abuja this February will be more than dinner and roses.
Transcorp Hilton is turning Valentine’s Day into a full-blown experience, three days of romance, laughter and connection...
Intersociety Sounds Alarm Over Deadly Attacks In Kwara, Taraba, Alleges State Failure
Grief is fast giving way to outrage as communities count their dead and ask why protection never arrives in time.
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of...
Blood On Our Conscience: Catholic Secretariat Condemns Rising Killings, Demands Urgent Action
Nigeria is slowly becoming a nation that mourns more than it lives. As mass killings and abductions spread across communities, grief is hardening into anger, and patience is...
Police Welfare Crisis: Why Neglect Is Fueling Corruption and Insecurity In Nigeria
When the people tasked with protecting lives are left to fend for themselves, public safety suffers.
That is the warning from civil rights advocate Okechukwu Nwanguma, who says Nigeria’s...
Light Up Imo: Uzodimma Commissions Orashi Power Project, Declares End To Generator Economy
For decades, unreliable electricity has quietly drained small businesses, homes and industries across Imo State. On Friday, that narrative shifted.
Governor Hope Uzodimma commissioned Phase One of the...
NCDMB Unveils Pathway To $3.4tn AfCFTA Energy Market For Nigerian Firms
Nigeria’s energy companies risk missing out on Africa’s vast free trade market unless they build export readiness into their projects from day one, and that message rang loud at...
