Day: September 13, 2025

HISTORIC TURNOUT: LONDON ANTI-RACISM PROTEST SEES MORE THAN 100,000 PARTICIPANTS

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At least, more than 100,000 people have participated in a march in central London organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, with a counter-protest by anti-racism campaigners also taking place. The “Unite the Kingdom” rally gathered at Waterloo before heading to Whitehall where they heard speeches, including from tech billionaire Elon Musk. While the first half of the day was largely peaceful, the Metropolitan Police later said officers had faced “unacceptable violence”, with projectiles thrown at them. Nine people have been arrested. Meanwhile, about 5,000 people joined the nearby counter-protest organised…

KEBBI GOVERNMENT REACTS TO VIRAL HOSPITAL VIDEO AMID BACKLASH OVER JOURNALIST ARREST

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The Kebbi State Commissioner for Information, Yakubu Ahmed, says the video showing patients inside a flooded hospital in the state is old footage. Ahmed said this during an interview on Arise TV on Saturday 12 june, he however, said the video showing a patient at Kangiwa General Hospital lying on a bare metal bed without a mattress is true. Recall, videos were posted by Hassan Mai-Waya Kangiwa, a journalist in the state. Although, the videos attracted public outrage and renewed concerns over the state of healthcare facilities in Kebbi. After…

AIR PEACE CO-PILOT REINSTATED BY NCAA AFTER CLEARANCE

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The Air Peace Co-pilot who was reportedly indicted alongside his colleagues who were found to be involved with hard drugs and alcohol has been cleared by Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority after it has clarified the circumstances surrounding the report. It could be recalled that an Air Peace aircraft had a runway excursion on a Sunday, June 13, after landing at the Port Harcourt International Airport. The aircraft veered off the runway although without any damage. The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) revealed that the aircraft touched down 2,264 metres from…

Bauchi Races Toward Domestication of Child Alternative Care Guidelines

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By: Bashir Hassan Abubakar The Bauchi State Gobvernment is on the brink of adopting the Federal Government’s Alternative Child Care Policy, after stakeholders gave the green light to a freshly validated set of guidelines. At the close of the review session on Friday, 12 September 2025, Ahmad Umar Muhammad, Director of Child Development at the Ministry of Women Affairs and Child Development, said stakeholders combed through the document “page by page,” striking out anything that could stall smooth implementation. He praised the Child Protection Network (CPN) and officials from key…

1 MILLION BAUCHI CHILDREN TO GET LIFE-SAVING VACCINES IN 10-DAY DRIVE

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By: Bashir Hassan Abubakar The Bauchi State Government has announced plans to vaccinate more than one million children as it prepares for a statewide integrated immunization campaign scheduled to commence in mid-October. The exercise will see the formal introduction of the measles–rubella (MR) vaccine into the state’s routine immunization package, targeting children aged nine months to 14 years across all 20 local government areas. Speaking at a media engagement organized by the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Board to address vaccine hesitancy and equip journalists with accurate information, Abubakar Dabo,…