Federal funding for university conference lopsided across zones
A handful of schools and two of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones were by far the biggest beneficiaries of federal government’s sponsorship of local and...
Ghana becomes first country to approve malaria vaccine
Ghana became the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine.
The country’s drugs regulator said the vaccine, called R21, can be...
University of Ibadan to teach Swahili after pact with Dar es Salaam
The University of Ibadan and the University of Dar es Salaam have entered into an agreement to teach Swahili in Nigeria.
Swahili, also known by...
Nigeria’s happiness level rises despite hardship, says UN report
Nigeria has been ranked the world’s 95th happiest country from 137 nations, according to The World Happiness Report.
The report scored Nigeria 4.98 of a...
78m children in Nigeria at ‘highest risk’ of water-related threats
Seventy-eight million children in Nigeria are exposed to a three-fold water related crisis, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.
Jane Bevan, UNICEF's chief...