FG to decriminalise attempted suicide, approves Mental Health ActBy Prima NewsAugust 20, 2026 By Stephen Angbulu The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved an amendment to the National Mental Health Act to decriminalise…
Protecting our ‘most vital infrastructure’: Pushing back on desertificationBy Prima NewsAugust 19, 2026 Desertification, the phenomenon whereby fertile land becomes unproductive and desert-like, is spreading at alarming rates across the globe due to…
Singapore: Independent rights experts urge immediate end to ‘unlawful use’ of death penaltyBy Prima NewsAugust 19, 2026 According to the experts – who receive no salary for their work from any UN entity and are not employed…
Colombia earthquake: UN ramps up aid for 100,000 peopleBy Prima NewsAugust 19, 2026 Key pointsUN agencies unroll plans to serve more than 100,000 people in needThe earthquake has affected 15 departments and 472…
‘A playground, a beach, a home’: UNICEF demands end to child deaths in Russia-Ukraine warBy Prima NewsAugust 18, 2026 “Over the past several days, children have again been killed and injured in attacks in the Russian Federation and across Ukraine,”…
Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in DR Congo’s historyBy Prima NewsAugust 18, 2026 According to local authorities, the disease has killed 2,325 people, surpassing the 2,299 deaths recorded in the DRC’s 2018-2020 outbreak,…
Qusra siege eases as UN reaches trapped families, but crisis deepens in GazaBy Prima NewsAugust 18, 2026 UN teams on the ground reached the families after they were confined to their homes following the establishment of an…
NDLEA destroys N301bn cocaine, heroin, others in LagosBy Prima NewsAugust 17, 2026 By Solomon Odeniyi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has destroyed 329,865.585 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs valued at N301.058…
First Person: Syrians lead efforts to clear rubble and rebuild livesBy Prima NewsAugust 17, 2026 The conflict there killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions, and caused severe damage to infrastructure across the country…
WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccinesBy Prima NewsAugust 17, 2026 On Monday, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order that calls for reducing the number of routine childhood…
