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*Urge FG  to declare child welfare emergency STAKEHOLDERS  at a UNICEF-Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, and DAME symposium, have warned that Nigeria's worsening child welfare indicators require urgent action, citing widening disparities in access to water, education, health, and protection. At the symposium, which featured representatives from UNICEF, government ministries, media executives, and civil society, they all agreed that Nigeria must accelerate reforms to protect children amid rising insecurity and declining social services. Speaking, President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mr Eze Anaba, said Nigeria is in a "state of emergency" over the worsening conditions affecting children, citing rising insecurity, school disruptions, and weak health and education outcomes. Anaba said: "If we did not know before, we should know now. At no other time in our history, except during the Civil War, has the condition of our children been this uncertain. The bloodshed...

•As UK, Canada, Australia launch joint campaign against visa fraud THE British High Commission in Nigeria has said persons attempting visa fraud risked travel bans of up to 10 years. In a statement yesterday, the high commission noted that visa fraud cost victims millions of pounds annually and exposed them to financial loss, legal trouble, and, in some cases, exploitation. This comes as the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia launched a joint campaign to combat visa fraud and protect Nigerians from fraudulent immigration facilitators. The #FightingVisaFraud initiative was launched during International Fraud Awareness Week (November 16–22) and represents an unprecedented level of cooperation among the three countries to tackle a shared global threat. The campaign comes amid rising concerns over visa fraud and illegal immigration facilitation, with criminal networks using sophisticated tactics to deceive prospective applicants. Victims are often promised guaranteed visas, jobs without...

*Officially joins ADC at Jada Ward LGA Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has formally registered as a member of African Democratic Congress, ADC, At a brief but epoch making ceremony, Atiku said:  “It is the beginning of moves marking a decisive national rescue mission aimed at ending the misrule of All Progressives Congress, APC.” The registration, which took place at noon in his Jada I Ward, Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State, drew large crowds and high-ranking party stakeholders. Atiku, who recently emerged as the leader of the ADC, arrived at the ward centre in company of senior party figures, including Adamawa State chairman of the party, Shehu Yohanna. He completed his registration amid applause from supporters and party faithful who described the moment as historic and transformational for the ADC. Speaking shortly after the exercise, Atiku said his official entry into the ADC signalled the start of a strategic political realignment to unseat the APC. He noted ...

*Launch regional security fund, digital intelligence network *Ogun orders registration of foreign nationals *Tightens checks on non-indigenes, scavengers FOLLOWING the rise in insecurity, the South-West Governors’ Forum, yesterday, declared that the establishment of State Police “can no longer be delayed” just as it unveiled a new regional security architecture to protect lives and property in the region. Meeting inside the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat in Ibadan, the governors deliberated extensively on security, economic development, agriculture and regional integration.  Those in attendance were Governors Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), and Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, who was represented by his deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi. The communique of the meeting was read by the Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu.  The Forum com...

*It was a false alarm — Police    PANDEMO NIUM broke out in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, as students of Otagba-Ogbe Girls Secondary School, fled the school premises over fears of herdsmen attack. It was gathered that students of the school saw some herdsmen in the school premises and started running, causing panic in the community. A source in the community said: “‘Everyone is at alert. The truth is that there were rumours that some herdsmen met close to the school premises on Saturday.  “Today, as they were learning, two herdsmen entered the school compound from the back. Whether they were looking for their cattle, l don’t know. “Already, there were information that they were going to attack any moment because the herdsmen have been having issues with the host community. “Because of that information and with the way they were dressed, the students stood up and started running. That now escalated the fears and people started running from pillar t...

A twenty -one year old woman, simply identified as Iquo has stabbed her uncle to death at the busy Marian Market in Calabar, Cross River State, following a squabble.  The lady, according to sources stays with her grandmother while her uncle whom she stabbed is the son to the woman she lives in the same apartment. The two were alleged to be having issues which resulted in frequent brawls. “She is a lady of about 21 years and has a baby. She and the uncle live together and were always  having repeated fights. Before the incident, they were said to be having repeated fights  since Thursday and on Saturday both of them went to the market where their grandmother sells fish. The fight broke out there again and she used the knife they use in cutting fish for customers to stab the uncle and he slumped and died,” Alice, a trader at the Marian market told Vanguard. She said after stabbing the man, “her grand mother helped her to run away but when she realised that she had forgotten...