On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, announced that Ibom Air has withdrawn its criminal complaint against Ms. Comfort Emmanson, facilitating her release from Kirikiri Prison this week, following her arrest for alleged unruly behavior on an August 10, 2025, Uyo-Lagos flight, as reported by Vanguard and Punch. Keyamo […]
BAMAKO – On Sunday, August 10, 2025, Malian authorities detained approximately 20 to 50 soldiers, including prominent General Abass Dembele, over an alleged plot to overthrow the ruling junta, which seized power through coups in 2020 and 2021, according to security and parliamentary sources cited by AFP. A Malian security source reported that arrests began […]
On Monday, August 11, 2025, Gloucestershire Police reported that a Nigerian man, identified as Ogundipe, was sentenced to five years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting a woman in 2022, with deportation ordered upon completion of his sentence, as per The Sun and BBC News. The incident occurred after Ogundipe met the victim at […]
ABUJA – On Monday, August 11, 2025, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Services and Environment Secretariat, in partnership with Stop TB Partnership Nigeria, the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme (NTBLCP), and MobiHealth, launched a telehealth initiative at Dutsen Makaranta Primary Health Care Centre (PHC) to address Nigeria’s high tuberculosis (TB) burden, […]
On Monday, August 11, 2025, Financial Vanguard reported a 328% increase in Nigeria’s sugar and sugarcane imports, rising from ₦516.61 billion (2015–2019) to ₦2.21 trillion (2020–2024), highlighting the failure of the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP), launched in 2010 and renewed in 2020, to achieve self-sufficiency. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s […]
On Thursday, August 7, 2025, UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office in Kano, Mr. Rahma Farah, revealed that 51.9% of children in Kano State are stunted due to chronic malnutrition, meaning one in every two children suffers from impaired growth and development, as stated during the handover of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in Takai Local Government […]
On Thursday, August 7, 2025, President John Mahama announced a full and transparent investigation into the military helicopter crash that killed eight people, including Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah, Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, and senior officials like Deputy National Security Coordinator Alhaji Mohammad Muniru Limuna and National Democratic Congress (NDC) Vice […]
On Friday, August 8, 2025, Israel’s security cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take military control of Gaza City, a move aimed at defeating Hamas but drawing sharp international criticism and warnings of worsened humanitarian crises and risks to hostages, per Sky News and BBC News. The plan, which includes establishing a “security […]
On Thursday, August 7, 2025, OpenAI released GPT-5, the latest iteration of its ChatGPT platform, describing it as a “generally intelligent” model with significant advancements in coding, writing, healthcare, and other domains, available free to all 700 million weekly users, with premium tiers (Plus, Pro) offering enhanced capabilities, per CNBC and Reuters. CEO Sam Altman, […]
On Thursday, August 7, 2025, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA) issued a flood alert warning of heavy flooding risks in 198 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across 31 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from August 7 to August 21, 2025, due to rising river levels and persistent rainfall, as reported by SolaceBase and […]