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Reusable rockets, commercial launch providers, startups, university teams, and new national space players contribute to a rapidly growing space sector. That shift is what this year is all about World Space Week theme, Rocket revolutionwhich explores how new technologies, falling launch costs, and a growing number of actors are changing access to space. World Space Week, celebrated annually October 4 …

This is the highest number of refugees in a single demolition in occupied East Jerusalem since UN records began in 2009. Victims’ families told the UN and humanitarian partners on the ground that Israeli forces had prevented them from retrieving their belongings, which were now buried under rubble. UN aid partners are assessing the urgent needs of evicted families, providing …

…He says Nigeria cannot afford experimental leadership Presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has warned that Nigeria’s worsening economic and security challenges have left the country no room for experimental leadership. Duke said anyone seeking the responsibility of governing the country during this critical period should be rigorously questioned …

Post views: 115 The Senior Students Association of the 1993 Emmanuel Anglican Primary School, Okesa, Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday donated another set of learning materials to the less privileged pupils of the school. Items include; 1200 large notebooks, 250 large pens, 144 pencils, 144 spoons, among others. The class president, Faluyi Bamidele, noted that the gesture is a joint …

By 2024, there will be approx 170 million children and adolescents live with obesity – including 70 million children aged five to nine and around 100 million teenagers up to 19 years old. United Nations health agency define obesity as a “chronic relapsing disease” triggered by excessive fat deposits that can still be managed through effective treatment. What’s at stake …

Stakeholders from security institutions, government agencies, civil society, diplomatic missions and development partners have called for gender-sensitive approaches to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) within Nigeria’s security operations. The call was made on Tuesday during a multi-stakeholder national policy dialogue organized by the Center for Civil Society Legislative Advocacy (CISLAC), the International Chapter for Transparency in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria), with the …

Fast facts More than 347 million children in nearly 100 countries and territories are expected to experience unusually wet or dry conditions between October and December 2026 due to El Niño, increasing the risk of potentially devastating floods and extreme drought, according to a new report. UNICEF data. Here are highlights of the risks children face: As extreme weather events …

Zainab Abioye The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has issued the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to pay salary arrears owed to its members or face an indefinite strike. The union said it will have no option but to initiate industrial action without further notice if the government fails to meet its demands within the stipulated period. The …

“A woman who worked in a laboratory in the Irkutsk region has died, and authorities are investigating whether a pneumonic plague caused his death,” WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told reporters in Geneva. He underlined that his workplace is “an institute that studies dangerous pathogensincluding epidemics, in a part of Siberia where plague occurs naturally in wild animals.” Very contagious Plague …

By Ahmid Lawal Abuja The 17th Nigerian envoy to the French Republic, Ambassador Ayodele Oke, has promised to recalibrate ties between the two countries. He also promised to prioritize security, trade and investment. Oke explained his agenda as he presented his letters of credence to French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace in Paris. A statement from the Nigerian …