ICPC Pushes Fresh Anti-Corruption Reforms in Health, Education, Warns Against Weak Governance

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has intensified its preventive anti-corruption campaign, unveiling three follow-up assessment reports that expose lingering governance gaps in Nigeria’s health and education sectors while urging sweeping institutional reforms to strengthen accountability and service delivery. The reports, presented in Abuja on Monday, reviewed the implementation of earlier…

Civil Society Groups Demand Urgent Action for Nigerian Boys, Call for Fresh Data and Higher Education Funding

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Three leading civil society organisations have raised concerns over what they describe as the worsening neglect of the Nigerian boy child, urging the Federal Government to commission new research, strengthen child protection policies, and significantly increase education funding to address mounting social challenges. In a joint statement issued to mark the 2026 International Day of…

Tragedy at OAU: Student Commits Suicide Over Repeating Class TwiceBy Emamuzo Iboma

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VC Urges Parents to Reassure Children That Setbacks Are Not the End of the Road A 200-level Dentistry student at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Ajibola Ibitayo, has tragically taken his own life after repeating a class twice. The university community is mourning the loss of Ibitayo, whose father is reportedly a medical…