As the world observes World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, international NGO AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has called for stronger commitment, increased funding, and expanded access to TB services.
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The Director-General of Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited (NigComSat), Jane Egerton-Idehen, says the agency has become commercially viable.
HumAngle’s Managing Editor, Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu, has been selected as a 2025 Journalism Fellow of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE), a prestigious programme that trains professionals in ethical decision-making. The fellowship offers graduate students and early-career professionals training across various disciplines, including journalism, business, religion, law, technology, and medicine. Each year, 13 to 16 fellows are chosen per discipline through a rigorous selection process. The programme includes an intensive two-week study in Germany and Poland, where fellows examine historical events to gain insights into contemporary ethical challenges. A collage of 2025 FASPE Journalism Fellows, including HumAngle’s Managing Editor.…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new date for the 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), shifting it from April 5 to April 10, 2025. According to JAMB, the adjustment will allow the board to finalize necessary preparations and integrate various innovations and enhancements aimed at delivering a seamless examination experience. The change also accommodates the increased number of examination centers for the 2025 exercise. While the Mock UTME will now be held on Thursday, April 10, 2025, the main UTME is scheduled to commence on April 25, 2025. In a statement, JAMB emphasized that…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued seven suspected victims of human trafficking during a raid on a hotel near the Abuja International Airport.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and its partners are to support the restoration of 18,000 hectares of land in two states for the sustainable cultivation of cocoa and oil palm.
Is achieving food security in Nigeria a mirage, a pipe dream, or a false hope? Food security has evolved from just quantitative factors of adequacy and sufficiency to encompass qualitative aspects of nutrition, dietary quality, and timely availability of the right food for the right people in the correct amounts. Beyond the definition of food security, a demographic factor needed to reach this goal in Nigeria poses significant challenges for policymakers and implementers. When Nigeria gained independence in 1960, its population was approximately 45 million. As I write this piece, the Nigerian population has soared in geometric proportion to 236…
Adeayworld Energy Limited has announced a strategic partnership with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to manufacture and distribute compressed natural gas (CNG) kits in Nigeria.
Mrs Oluremi Tinubu has called for collective commitment and investment in ending the deadly Tuberculosis (TB) disease. Tinubu, the National and Global Stop TB Champion, made the call in her message on Monday, the occasion of 2025 TB Day, with the theme “Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver.”
United Kingdom (UK)-based Nigerian and Public Affairs commentator, Mr. Abanikanda Olumoro, has described former President Muhammadu Buhari as a converted democrat who, despite his military background, allowed ruling and opposition governors as well as other elected officers to carry out their functions based on their ability and without interference. Olumoro said this in a statement, a copy of which was made available to newsmen on Monday, pointing out that Buhari, as elected president 30 years after leaving office as military head of state, refrained from interfering in the activities of the legislature and judiciary, based on his conviction that it…