The Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON) has joined hands with the Environmental and Public Health Practitioners Association of Nigeria (EPHPAN) to address environmental and public health challenges across the country. The Registrar of EHCON, Dr. Yakubu Baba, announced this during a strategic meeting with the association’s executive officers in Abuja. The meeting was themed “Strengthening Collaboration for Environmental and Public Health in Nigeria.” Dr. Baba explained that the partnership will improve coordination, promote best practices, and help deliver sustainable environmental and public health services to Nigerians. He described the collaboration as “a landmark moment,” saying it fits into President…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has destroyed more than 75,000 kilograms of skunk in operations across forests in Edo, Delta, Ondo, and Taraba States. The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He explained that on August 20, NDLEA officers cleared 14,233 kilograms of skunk from four farms measuring over 5 hectares in Ebule forest, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The next day, August 21, in Delta State, NDLEA operatives with military support destroyed 25,500 kilograms of skunk found on four farms covering 10.2 hectares in Emu-Obiogu…
At least seven people lost their lives in two different road accidents that happened in Ebonyi State over the weekend. The crashes took place at Ezzamgbo, Ohaukwu Local Government Area, near the permanent site of Ebonyi State University (EBSU), and at Nwanwu junction in Izzi Local Government Area. The Ezzamgbo accident, which happened on Saturday, involved a commercial bus carrying passengers from Benue State to Onitsha, Anambra State, and a 911 truck transporting sachet water from Enugu to Abakaliki. An eyewitness, Ezechi Onwe, told reporters that many lives were lost in the collision. He blamed the accident on the Ishieke…
The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD) has faulted the Abia State House of Assembly for approving a ₦150 billion supplementary budget without public engagement or constituency consultations. In a statement on Tuesday, Executive Director, Nelson Nnanna Nwafor, and Head of Litigation and Accountability, Barr. Femi Akande, described the move as a “blatant disregard for transparency, accountability, and participatory governance.” “The passage of a supplementary budget of such magnitude without consulting constituents or engaging civil society stakeholders raises serious questions about legislative accountability and fiscal responsibility,” Nwafor said. The group argued that budgetary matters should undergo open hearings,…
Environmental rights activists today think that citizens’ participation in political activities is one of the finest methods to translate advocacy into practical action in Nigeria. This is because the politicians, or leaders as they are mostly referred to, are the ones that enact policies that govern the global climate system, particularly in a country like Nigeria, where millions of people have lost their lives and sources of livelihoods. In light of this, the All Progressives Congress Climate Change Network (ACCN), the party’s organised climate wing, has proposed a nationwide forum to brainstorm ideas for strengthening the party’s green and sustainability…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has expressed outrage over the killing of 50 Muslims during a prayer session in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State, describing the attack as “gruesome, ferocious, inhuman and barbaric.” In a statement issued on Saturday, 23rd August 2025, and signed by its Founder and Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the faith-based organization lamented what it described as the silence of the international community, particularly the United States, on the massacre. “Bandits struck at Malunfashi Local Government Area last week, killing 50 Muslims. Thirty of the victims were killed inside the mosque while praying, while…
By Anna Moses Residents of Saukakahuta in Minna, the Niger State capital, have been advised to avoid practices that encourage mosquito breeding, as part of efforts to curb the rising cases of malaria in the community. Hadiza Musa, a nurse at the local primary health facility, gave the advice while speaking to our reporter on the habits responsible for the current outbreak of malaria in the area. She warned against the dangers of storing rainwater in open containers, noting that mosquitoes can breed in such water within three days. “When rainwater is kept open at our backyards and left unused…
Sokoto State has been thrown into mourning once again following another boat mishap that claimed lives in Garin-Faji Village, Sabon-Birni Local Government Area, barely days after the Goronyo disaster. The ill-fated boat, which was ferrying passengers across a local water channel, capsized around 5:30 a.m. on Friday, August 22, 2025, plunging its occupants into chaos. The Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) confirmed that six people lost their lives, while 19 others were rescued alive by local divers and emergency responders. Sadly, three passengers remain missing, sparking frantic rescue efforts and heightening fears that the death toll may still rise.…
“The worst part of a society manipulated by politics is to see the poor defending the rich who are responsible for their poverty.” – Paulo Coelho Democracy dies where elections lack credibility and due process. The recent bye-elections in Nigeria, held across 12 states, 32 local government areas, 356 registration areas, and 6,987 polling units with over 3.5 million registered voters, have once again exposed the deep rot in our electoral system. I woke up around 3 a.m. in Houston, Texas, to catch The Morning Show on Arise TV (19 August 2025) and found the APC’s Spokesperson, Mr. Felix Morka,…
The story begins with a thunderbolt that shook the public space in August 2025: a report screamed that one in four Nigerian men is not the biological father of the child he is raising. It came with sensational headlines, the kind that force you to pause, adjust your chair, and re-read just to confirm you saw right. Intel Region carried the news, citing the 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report from Smart DNA Nigeria, the country’s leading testing centre. Numbers were dropped like grenades—25% of paternity tests excluded presumed fathers; 64% of the discrepancies involved firstborn sons. Men accounted for nearly…