October 2025

Experts unite to fight antimicrobial resistance, say it’s silent pandemic Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A transdisciplinary research team from the UK, Spain and Nigeria is working with ruminant and aquaculture stakeholders to develop and validate an alternative to antimicrobials for ruminants and aquaculture. Experts are raising an alarm that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing…

  In a nation where cynicism toward public office has hardened into habit, the emergence of the Public Office Holders Association of Nigeria (POHAN) offers a welcome ray of hope — a reminder that public service, when rightly understood, remains the highest form of patriotism. Founded in February 2020 by Bashorun MD Eseyin, POHAN was…

  Pressures have continued to mount on former President Goodluck Jonathan to shelve his planned bid to contest for the presidency of the country in the 2027 general elections. Those opposed to Jonathan’s aspiration, especially his kinsmen in the Niger Delta, are urging the ex-Nigerian ruler to instead back the incumbent President Bola Ahmed Ahmed…

  The Federal government has restated is commitment to strengthening healthcare institutions for advancement of healthcare delivery system in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako made the reaffirmation at National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu’s Matriculation and Capping Ceremony held at the hospital, recently. He stressed that the Federal Government’s…

APPRECIATION MESSAGE TO HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR AHMED USMAN ODODO BY HRH OBA ADESOJI ARO,OBALOKO OF ILOKO COMMUNITY, EGBE. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, OBALOKO of Iloko, Egbe and the entire Iloko Community, Egbe, Yagba West , hereby express sincere appreciation to to the State Governor His Excellecy Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for the approval and subsequent successful…

  The detained self acclaimed leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Friday failed to open his defence in his ongoing terrorism trial before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu blamed his inability to open his defence on the failure of his former counsel, Godwin Kanu…

  The proprietor of NationalWatch TV and publisher of NationalWatch Newspaper, Alhaji Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab, has vowed to seek legal redress against the petitioner who accused him of slander, following his release on bail by the police. Alhaji Dan Sulaiman, a veteran journalist, was recently invited by the police over what he described as…

  The Kogi State House of Assembly has called for the urgent rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Marine Police Station in Lokoja, describing its current state as deplorable and unsafe for officers. The motion, titled “Motion on the Urgent Need to Rehabilitate the Marine Police Station in Lokoja and Strengthen Security on Inland Waterways,” was…

  The GYB Model Science Secondary School (GYBMSSS) Adankolo-Lokoja, has emerged first in a Spelling Bee Competition as a personal Community Development Service (CDS) programme organized by a Corp member, Miss Blessing Amos. The competition took place at Crowther Memorial College on Wednesday October 22, 2025. The GYBMSSS representatives, Shuaibu Innocent and Suleiman Great, both…

  The Kogi Ministry of Livestock Development in collaboration with Kogi Livestock Productivity and Resilience Enhancement Project (L-PRES), has launched the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) towards enhancing livestock management and productivity in the state. The Commissioner for Livestock Development, Dr Olufemi Bolarin, at the inauguration on Thursday at Lokoja, said it was…