By Rebecca Caleb Maina This year’s World Polio Day, Billiri in Gombe State is showing what’s possible when communities take charge. From mistrust to full participation, parents here are saying yes to vaccines and no to polio ensuring every child gets a fair chance at a healthy future. Through collaboration between community leaders, health officials, and development partners, the area has achieved near 100 percent acceptance of the oral polio vaccine, ensuring that no child is left behind. A few years ago, vaccination campaigns in some parts of Gombe State were often met with suspicion. Some parents doubted the safety…
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The Chief Imam of the Technobat Jumat Mosque in Jalingo, Sheikh Mohammed Babangida Aliyu, has urged journalists across Nigeria to uphold truth, fairness, and accuracy in their reports as part of efforts to promote peace and unity in the country. Sheikh Aliyu made the call on Friday while receiving members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), who observed the Friday worshipp in his Mosque as part of activities marking the association’s 60th anniversary celebration. The cleric emphasized the importance of responsible journalism, noting that the media plays a critical role in shaping public opinion and fostering societal harmony.…
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to economic diversification through large-scale agricultural initiatives aimed at achieving food security, job creation, and industrial growth across the state. Governor Okpebholo made this known during an inspection tour of the state owned Udomi Farm in Edo Central Senatorial District, where he was accompanied by senior government officials. Describing the Udomi Farm as a “practical demonstration” of his administration’s result-oriented governance, the governor said the project reflects his pledge to move from promises to visible, measurable outcomes. “This is a practical farm by my administration that delivers on practical…
More than 2,000 women and girls from 215 host communities along the Eastern Corridor of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) are set to benefit from a new entrepreneurship and financial literacy initiative launched by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL). The PINL Women Entrepreneurs & Empowerment Programme aims to equip women with business management skills, financial education, and enterprise support to foster self-reliance and sustainable livelihoods across oil-producing communities. The initiative was made by the General Manager of Community Relations and Stakeholder Engagement at PINL, Dr. Akpos Mezeh, during the company’s monthly stakeholders’ meeting with representatives from host communities in Rivers, Imo, and…
When the lights go up in the UEFA Champions League and English clubs step onto the field, expectations are high. This week those expectations, as observed by the WorldClass247News, weren’t just met, but they were surpassed. On Tuesday evening at the Emirates, Arsenal produced a dominant display, defeating Atlético Madrid 4–0.What stood out was not just the scoreline, but how the Gunners controlled all phases of the match. They defended resolutely early on, then struck decisively in the second half through a header from Gabriel (following a Declan Rice free-kick), a goal from Gabriel Martinelli, and two from Viktor Gyökeres.…
Media professionals, scholars, and regulators, have raised urgent concerns over the growing spread of fake news and unethical digital journalism in Nigeria, warning it poses serious risks to democracy, public trust, and national security. The warning, as noticed by WorldClass247News, came during a high-level forum on Strategic Deliberations on Mitigating Fake News and Unethical Journalism, hosted by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of the Association of Bloggers and Journalists Against Fake News (ABJFN). The event, held at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) auditorium in Abuja, also saw the Association hint at plans to host a National Stakeholders’ Summit to…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sounded the alarm over escalating violence and internal strife within the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), warning that the unrest poses a growing threat to public peace and stability across the state. In a statement issued by its state chairman, Sunday Bisi, the PDP condemned what it described as “a dangerous descent into chaos” among APC members ahead of their upcoming primary elections. The party accused the APC of turning Osun into a battleground over internal rivalries, citing a breakdown of discipline, violent confrontations, and inflammatory rhetoric among rival…
Arsenal delivered a stunning performance at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night, thrashing Spanish giants Atlético Madrid 4–0 in a dominant second-half display in the UEFA Champions League group stage. After a tightly contested first half that ended goalless, Mikel Arteta’s side came alive in the second half, scoring four goals in just 13 breathtaking minutes to secure one of their most emphatic European wins in recent history. The breakthrough came in the 57th minute when Gabriel Magalhães rose highest to meet a pinpoint free-kick from Declan Rice, heading Arsenal into a deserved lead. That goal opened the floodgates. Seven…
The Edo State Government has announced plans to regulate the operations of scavengers and scrap dealers in a bid to tackle rising cases of vandalism across the state. Governor Monday Okpebholo made the announcement on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by the new Edo State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Commandant Akintayo Saidi Ayinla, at the Government House in Benin City. The governor, who described the increasing theft and destruction of public and private property linked to scavenging operations as “unacceptable,” pledged the state government’s full support to security agencies to end the menace. “The…
Governor Dauda Lawal has inaugurated the Zamfara State Nutrition Council, declaring that malnutrition is not only a health crisis but also a major economic barrier and a threat to human capital development. The official launch of the Zamfara Nutrition 774 Initiative took place on Tuesday at the council chamber of the Government House in Gusau. The initiative, according to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, is a community-driven, multi-sectoral program designed to improve nutrition outcomes across Nigeria’s 774 local government areas. The newly constituted State Council on Nutrition will coordinate and implement sustainable nutrition interventions throughout Zamfara…