Author: Sodiq Mojibola

The death toll from Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has hit 103 in 2025, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 18.3 per cent. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) record indicates that this is slightly lower than the CFR of 18.9 per cent recorded during the same period in 2024. In epidemiological (epi) week 10 of 2025, between 3 and 9 March, the number of new confirmed cases dropped slightly from 29 in the previous week to 28. These cases were reported across Bauchi, Ondo, Edo, Plateau, Delta, Anambra, Kogi, and Taraba states. Breakdown As of 9, March,…

The fellowship, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is designed to engage the management and staff of news media organisations in Nigeria to increase the representation of women in news coverage, newsroom leadership, and sources of news.

The approval followed the successful completion of the station’s test transmission in compliance with the provisions of the NBC Act, Cap. N11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.

here has been disquiet over the closure of schools for Ramadan in some northern Nigerian states, as educationists, clerics, and other stakeholders express divergent views.

Nigeria currently operates the 6–3–3–4 education system, which requires that a child spends six years in primary school, three years in junior secondary school (JSS), three years in senior secondary school (SSS), and four years in a tertiary institution.

Two JAMB CBT centres were suspended due to a significant procedural breach that jeopardises security measures designed to prevent infractions.