November 24, 2025
DAILY HOPE DEVOTIONAL: NOVEMBER 25 FOOLISHNESS OF WRONG BOASTING (1) SCRIPTURE: PSALM 10: 3; JEREMIAH 9: 23
It will be good to see what the word “boast” means first. A popular Dictionary, Merriam Webster’s Dictionary” describes boast as “to praise oneself extravagantly in speech: speak of oneself with excessive pride.” Biblically, we have two kind of boasting. There is a good boasting which is boasting in the Lord. There is a…
Kaduna Medical-Legal Expert Backs Sickle Cell Bill, Calls for Research-Driven Centers and Subsidized Care
By Onwe Wisdom | Pan Afric Reporters The Executive Director of the Moluma Medical Legal Center, Kaduna, Gloria Mabeiam Ballason Esq. , has thrown her weight behind the proposed Sickle Cell Bill, describing it as a long-overdue legal intervention for a condition that has claimed countless lives across Nigeria. Speaking with journalists in an interview…
Alleged Report: Security Officers Fingered in N6bn Weekly Smuggling Cartel on Western Borders
Pan Afric Reporters A SaharaReporters investigation has uncovered allegations that officers of the Army, Police, and Nigeria Customs Service are part of a sophisticated smuggling syndicate generating between N4 billion and N6 billion every week along the Seme Badagry and Idi Iroko borders. The report claims that the network enables hundreds of trucks carrying…
Headline: “Nothing About Us Without Us”: Sickle Cell Advocate Timi Edwin Pushes for Patient Inclusion, Registry, and Herbal Research at Senate Health Public Hearing
By Onwe Wisdom | Pan Afric Reporters At the Senate Committee on Health (Secondary & Tertiary) public hearing held at National Assembly today 24 November,2015, prominent sickle cell advocate and founder of the CrimsonBow Sickle Cell Initiative, Timi Edwin (Oluwatimileyin Edwin), called for a transformational approach to sickle cell policy in Nigeria, one that…
Senator Maidoki Seeks Legal Backing, Expanded Funding for Sickle Cell Centres at Senate Health Bills Public Hearing
By Onwe Wisdom|Pan Afric Reporters Senator Garba Maidoki (Kebbi-South) has called for stronger legal and financial support to boost Nigeria’s response to sickle cell disease, insisting that the country must scale up existing infrastructure rather than start from scratch. He made the remarks during an interview with journalists at the sideline of a public hearing…
Sen. Marshall’s Bill Takes Lead at Senate Public Hearing on Five Health-Related Bills
…Lawmakers, Victims, Experts Push for Expanded Treatment Centres as Sickle-Cell Burden Draws National Attention By Onwe Wisdom|Pan Afric Reporters A proposed legislation sponsored by Senator Sunday Marshall has taken centre stage at the Senate public hearing on five health-related bills, drawing unprecedented turnout from victims, medical practitioners, advocacy groups, parents and concerned Nigerians. The Public…
Salamatu-WOFAN on Carbon Financing: Turning Adversity into Prosperity
By Prof. M.K. Othman This is a follow-up to my article published on August 20th, 2025, with a slightly different title, “Salamatu-WOFAN on Climate Change: Turning Adversity into Prosperity,” featured in this column. WOFAN, under the ICON 2 project funded by the Mastercard Foundation, organized a high-level training workshop for selected key stakeholders at…
Nigeria Must End Costly Import Dependence — House Livestock Committee Chair Declares at Landmark National Council Meeting
By Onwe Wisdom| Pan Afric Reporters The Chairman of the House Committee on Livestock Development, Hon. Tasir Olawale Raji, has warned that Nigeria’s continued reliance on imported livestock products is unsustainable, calling for urgent reforms to drive local production and reposition the sector as a major contributor to national growth. Delivering his goodwill message…
BREAKING: FG Flags Off National Council on Livestock Development, Sets New Agenda for Sector Transformation
By Onwe Wisdom | Pan Afric Reporters The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated the maiden meeting of the National Council on Livestock Development (NCLD) in Yola, Adamawa State, marking what officials described as a historic turning point for Nigeria’s livestock sector. Declaring the meeting open, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development,…
FAKE RECRUITMENT VIDEO: DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS WARNS PUBLIC, SAYS CDS OLUYEDE NEVER ISSUED SUCH STATEMENT
By Onwe Wisdom | Pan Afric Reporters Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked a viral video falsely claiming that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General OO Oluyede, announced plans for the forceful recruitment of young Nigerians into the Armed Forces. In a statement issued on Saturday, Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General…
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