Read more about the article WHO targets stroke, cancer, mental health in traditional medicine push
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WHO targets stroke, cancer, mental health in traditional medicine push

The agenda was shaped by 27 countries that made funding commitments before it was even published, with traditional medicine researchers making up under 0.5% of the global health workforce. The…

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Read more about the article Mohammed Idris: Tinubu skipping UNGA because he’s on annual leave
Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris

Mohammed Idris: Tinubu skipping UNGA because he’s on annual leave

The minister's rebuttal follows Atiku's pointed questioning of Tinubu's third straight UNGA absence, which invoked a decades-old US forfeiture case and a comparison to Venezuela's captured Maduro. Mohammed Idris, Minister…

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Read more about the article When Nigerians die in custody, who is held accountable?
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When Nigerians die in custody, who is held accountable?

The deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in NSCDC custody should test whether Nigeria’s promise of accountability means more than suspensions, committees and condolences. There is something deeply unsettling about…

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Read more about the article EFCC opens Mambilla probe into Atiku, Malami, others
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EFCC opens Mambilla probe into Atiku, Malami, others

The commission has constituted a team to examine transactions and dealings involving public officials named in the arbitration award over the long-running Mambilla power project dispute. The Economic and Financial…

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Read more about the article Shettima to lead Nigeria’s UNGA delegation for third straight year
VP Kashim Shettima at the 2025 UNGA

Shettima to lead Nigeria’s UNGA delegation for third straight year

Rivers Governor Fubara and Zamfara Governor Lawal join the delegation, as Tinubu skips his own third consecutive General Assembly. Vice President Kashim Shettima will lead Nigeria's delegation to the 81st…

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Read more about the article Ambassador Florence Ajimobi named IAEA Board Governor
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Ambassador Florence Ajimobi named IAEA Board Governor

Nigeria joined 10 other countries elected to the 35-member Board, placing Ajimobi at the centre of global nuclear policy deliberations. Nigeria's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to Austria and the International…

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Read more about the article Jehovah’s Witnesses ease rule on blood components, keep whole-blood ban
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Jehovah’s Witnesses ease rule on blood components, keep whole-blood ban

Governing Body member Geoffrey Jackson says the decision now rests with each believer's personal conscience, in the second such revision this year. The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses has announced…

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Read more about the article King Charles warns tech giants of AI’s ‘existential dangers’ at Scotland summit
Britain's King Charles III (L) giving a speech at the conference of leaders from the artificial intelligence (AI) sector and government at Dumfries House in Cumnock, Scotland. (Photo by Jonathan Brady / POOL / AFP)

King Charles warns tech giants of AI’s ‘existential dangers’ at Scotland summit

King Charles told Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic executives humanity needs "sufficient means of control before it is all too late." King Charles III warned tech giants of the…

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