The University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Friday, February 27, 2026, hosted the Second Student Induction Ceremony of the Nigerian Psychological Association (NPA), Lagos State Chapter. The induction formally admitted a new cohort of students into the Students Membership category of the Association, marking a significant milestone in their academic and professional journeys in Psychology. The ceremony, which was held at the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) Lecture Hall, UNILAG, Akoka, took place on the sidelines of the Association’s 3rd Biennial Scientific Conference themed: Psychology and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Minds. The event attracted scholars, practitioners, and students who gathered to…
Author: Honesty Victor
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in collaboration with MedServe Cancer Center has launched Nigeria’s first immunotherapy clinical trial for colorectal cancer, marking a major milestone in the country’s cancer research and treatment landscape. The trial is being conducted in partnership with Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), with international support from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center which serves as sponsor and data coordinating centre. Additional backing is provided by the African Research Group for Oncology (ARGO) and the Thompson Family Foundation in the United States. The Principal Investigators of the trial are Professor Fatimah Abdulkareem, Dean, Faculty…
A 200-level medical student at the University of Ibadan (UI) in Oyo State, Ifeoluwa Akinmade, has committed suicide over poor academic performance. It was gathered that the medical student died after consuming a harmful substance. The UI Medical Students Association (UIMSA) confirmed the student’s death via a statement issued on Monday, March 2, 2026. The statement read: “It is with deep sorrow and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our brother and colleague, Ifeoluwa Wisdom Akinmade, a member of the 200-level Constituency. “In this moment of profound grief, let us come together in quiet reflection and hold our…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the promotion of 2,339 staff members under its 2025 Senior Staff Promotion exercise. INEC disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by its Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs Victoria Eta-Messi, noting that the decision was taken at the commission’s meeting held on Feb. 26. According to Eta-Messi, 45 deputy directors on Grade Level (GL) 16 were elevated to directors on GL 17. Of these, 18 will remain in active service, while 27 are due for retirement shortly after their promotion. She added that 91 assistant directors on…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised concern over increasing Lassa fever cases across 18 states and 67 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The agency attributed the sustained transmission and rising fatalities to operational gaps at the state level, urging urgent action to strengthen outbreak response and control measures. Director-General of NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that Bauchi, Ondo, Taraba, Edo and Benue accounted for more than 80 per cent of confirmed cases recorded during the 2026 peak transmission season. Idris described as particularly worrisome the growing…
The Kaduna State Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure has commenced a three-day training on sustainable community Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) promotion to strengthen service delivery across the state. Ashenews gathered through NAN reports that the workshop, held in Zaria, was organised in collaboration with Amorah Hydrogen Links Ltd and the Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (SURWASH) Programme. Speaking at the opening on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Public Works and Infrastructure, Mr Ibrahim Hamza, said the training was designed to position Kaduna State for effective SURWASH implementation. He was represented by the Director of Water…
Farmers’ groups Saai, Free State Agriculture, and Sakeliga have approached the Pretoria High Court with an urgent request to stop the government’s restrictions on FMD vaccine measures, pending a full review of the Minister’s decisions. Saai and its co-applicants intend to have the Minister’s decisions and conduct relating to the FMD vaccine formally reviewed and set aside on the grounds that they are unlawful, irrational, and unconstitutional. Pending these review proceedings, urgent interim protection is sought from the court to prevent further and irreparable harm. At the heart of the dispute is that the Minister is currently applying measures that…
National Geographic Society and PepsiCo have announced five new grants to fund on-farm research aimed at accelerating regenerative agriculture in Ethiopia, supporting science-based solutions that strengthen soil health, improve climate resilience and increase productivity across key food crops. The funded projects will focus on evidence-to-practice innovations across a range of food systems in Ethiopia, including wheat, maize (corn), potato and soy, alongside other global crop research. While coffee systems were among the topics in some research proposals, the broader aim of the funding is to strengthen regenerative practices for multiple staple and high-value crops threatened by climate change and extreme…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms chairman, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, as the minister of state for finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite. This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy) on March 3, 2026. According to the statement, Uzoka-Anite will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, as the Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration. According to Onanuga, President Tinubu has today conveyed the nomination of Oyedele to the Senate for confirmation in a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The presidency described Oyedele…
QatarEnergy has announced a decision to stop downstream production just a day after it announced a halt to liquefied natural gas (LNG) production. The energy firm announced the update on Tuesday in a post on its official verified X handle. The development follows the continued escalation of the Middle East crisis as the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran intensifies. The company said the stoppage of production will affect several products, including urea, polymers, and methanol. “Further to the decision by QatarEnergy to stop production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and associated products, QatarEnergy is stopping the production of some downstream products…