WITTY GLOBAL BLOGS | EVENING EDITION Oyo State Endorses School Protection Procedures: Why Child Safety Must Go Beyond Policy Documents By Itoro Uwah | Saturday, October 31, 2026 Education | Child Protection | Human Rights | Governance | BEFOCUS Africa IBADAN, NIGERIA — Oyo State has taken a significant policy step towards improving the protection of schoolchildren following the adoption of a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) designed to strengthen the prevention, reporting, investigation and prosecution of school-related sexual and gender-based violence. The framework was endorsed at a stakeholder validation workshop held in Ibadan on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, through a collaboration involving the Oyo State Government, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), and other child-protection stakeholders. The initiative forms part of the European Union-supported programme to end sexual and gender-based violence...
WITTY GLOBAL BLOGS | MORNING EDITION Tinubu Defends Fresh Foreign Loans as NLC Demands Accountability: What Will Nigerians Gain From More Borrowing? By Itoro Uwah | Saturday, October 31, 2026 Nigeria News | Economy | Public Affairs | Infrastructure | National Development ABUJA, NIGERIA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has defended his administration's plans for additional foreign borrowing, arguing that Nigeria requires sustained investment in infrastructure to expand economic productivity and achieve its ambition of becoming a $1 trillion economy by 2030. The President's position comes amid growing questions from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and opposition figures over the country's borrowing strategy, rising public debt obligations and the economic benefits Nigerians should expect from projects financed with borrowed funds. In a statement released by the Presidency on October 30, 2026, Tinubu maintained that the value of public borrowing sho...