Tag: News
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GBV SURVIVORS NEED MORE THAN SYMPATHY — THEY NEED SYSTEMS THAT WORK
A woman facing abuse cannot rebuild her life on counselling alone. She may also need a safe home, an income, childcare, medical treatment—and institutions prepared to protect her. Three recent publications on gender-based violence in Africa deliver one unmistakable message: surviving violence is not a single event. It is a difficult journey shaped by poverty,…
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2026 WASSCE: WAEC WITHHOLDS 167,486 RESULTS OVER SUSPECTED EXAM MALPRACTICE
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld 167,486 results from the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates over alleged examination malpractice. Announcing the release of the results in Lagos, the Head of the National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, said the withheld results represent 8.59 per cent of candidates who…
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NGO, UNIABUJA UNVEIL ORGANIC WASTE FACILITY TO CURB METHANE EMISSION
The Green Knowledge Foundation (GKF), in partnership with the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) on Wednesday July 8 unveiled an Organic Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to reduce methane emissions from organic waste. The facility is designed to convert organic waste into valuable products while addressing environmental degradation, food insecurity and unemployment through climate-smart agriculture. Speaking at…
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LAGOS MOVES TO TACKLE ABANDONED BUILDINGS THROUGH COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT
The Lagos State Government says it is strengthening inter-agency collaboration to address the growing number of abandoned buildings across the state. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Housing, Mr Abdul-Hafis Toriola, said this in a statement issued by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs of the ministry, Mr Ganiu Lawal, on Wednesday July 1 in…
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JAMB PUSHES AI-DRIVEN INCLUSION TO EXPAND HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reaffirmed its commitment to making higher education more accessible for persons with disabilities through the strategic deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and stronger stakeholder collaboration. The commitment was reiterated during the National Engagement on Inclusive Higher Education and Artificial Intelligence held on Wednesday July 1 in Abuja.…
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PODCAST EPISODE: NIGERIA’S CRISIS AND RECOVERY
Paul: NewsUltra360 has been doing something unusual lately — writing about Nigeria’s crisis with the kind of clarity that makes comfortable people uncomfortable. Mara: Today we’re covering two substantial pieces that sit together as a diagnosis and a prescription — the human and economic cost of pervasive insecurity, and then a detailed blueprint for what…
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THE CURE FOR CHAOS: A NATIONAL COMPACT TO SECURE NIGERIA’S FUTURE
The diagnosis, laid bare in this space yesterday, is grim. Nigeria is haemorrhaging from a thousand wounds, and the twin pillars of its future—economic productivity and mass education—are being systematically dismantled by the most acute insecurity crisis since the Civil War. Yet a diagnosis, however painful, carries within it the seeds of a prescription. To…
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THE HIGH COST OF CHAOS: INSECURITY IS HOLLOWING OUT NIGERIA’S ECONOMY AND STEALING ITS FUTURE
It is no longer alarmist to say that Nigeria is bleeding out. Not from a single wound, but from a thousand deep cuts inflicted by a metastasizing insecurity complex that has overwhelmed the state’s capacity to guarantee the most fundamental promise of any government: the protection of life and property. As of mid-2026, the daily…
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PERIOD POVERTY FORCES F.C.T SCHOOLGIRLS OUT OF CLASSROOMS – STAKEHOLDERS CALL FOR URGENT ACTION
Many adolescent girls in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said the onset of menstruation, a natural biological cycle, signals days of missed school, silent anxiety, and exclusion driven by poverty and stigma. They said this in separate interviews on Thursday May 28 to commemorate the 2026 World Menstrual Hygiene Day. 18-year-old Hannatu Salihu, who lives…
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RAYMOND DOKPESI REMEMBERED THREE YEARS AFTER: THE MEDIA PIONEER WHO GAVE NIGERIANS A VOICE
NewsUltra360 Special Report Three years after his passing, Nigeria continues to remember High Chief Dr. Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi, OFR, as a trailblazing broadcaster, businessman and patriot whose contributions helped redefine the country’s media and democratic landscape. Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications Plc, owners of Raypower FM and Africa Independent Television (AIT), died on May…
