Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has rejected assertions that insecurity is deteriorating across Nigeria, insisting instead that the Federal Government is actively containing the situation through sustained military operations and international partnerships. His remarks came during a recorded appearance on Al Jazeera’s “Head to Head” programme with journalist Mehdi Hasan at Conway Hall in London, released on Friday, even as suspected terrorists abducted over 100 women and children in a devastating attack on Ngoshe community in Borno State just days earlier

Stigma rarely announces itself. It hides in a whiteboard that strains the eyes of a student struggling to keep up, in a nickname shouted across a marketplace, in the quiet pity of a family member who means well but smothers independence. For persons with albinism in Nigeria, these accumulated indignities, visible and invisible, have long defined daily life. A new campaign is now pushing back, and it is doing so not with statistics alone, but with poetry, music, and the unfiltered testimony of those who have lived the experience.

Nigeria’s electricity supply has taken another hit as power generation from the national grid dropped sharply, worsening the country’s persistent energy crisis and leaving several communities without electricity.

The Federal Government has approved a policy allowing specialised medical colleges in Nigeria to award Doctor of Philosophy degrees, a move aimed at strengthening medical research and advanced academic training.

Global oil markets swung sharply upward on Wednesday, recovering five per cent after a brief retreat to $88 per barrel the previous day, as the conflict involving the United States, Iran, and Israel continued to drive volatility across energy markets and its consequences rippled directly into Nigeria’s fuel economy