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This was a key takeaway from the presentation by renowned physician and innovator, Professor James Levine at the 2025 National Press Foundation(NPF) Rare Diseases Reporting Fellowship.

Professor Levine, President of Fondation Ipsen, an international science foundation focused on rare disease innovation, addressed 62 journalist fellows from 29 countries across five continents.

The scientists, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Kiran Musunuru, with the Innovative Genomics Institute, pioneered the CRISPR gene-editing therapy—a method for making precise changes to DNA—that enabled targeted correction of KJ’s DNA.

Goronyo gave the advice while speaking at an award ceremony tagged Caliphate Icons Award, organised by Amazing Flame Concept, a Sokoto-based organisation dedicated to celebrating excellence, integrity and selfless service.

By Tunde Omolehin As the evening of Friday, 2nd January, 2026, settled gently over Sokoto, a city fondly called Seat of the Caliphate, found renewed expression in a gathering of remarkable personalities. One after another, guests streamed into the banquet hall of the Command Guest Inn, bringing with them a blend of tradition, achievement, and quiet heroism. Moments later, the Master of Ceremonies, Abraham Adama, popularly known as MC Oyinbo, tapped the microphone and formally declared the 2025 Caliphate Icons Award open. Bathed in a soft glow of colourful lights and buoyed by warm applause from an appreciative audience, the…

In Ramin Kura, Sokoto State, thousands of IDPs endure daily hardship, struggling with unmet needs.

Persistent health issues, inadequate care, harsh weather, and scarce livelihoods drive hardship in the camp.

Rakiya A.Muhammad At just nine, Zahra’s world was shattered by a bandit attack that stole her father and her home. Now a teenager, she quietly shoulders her family’s hardships, her invisible wounds etched deep within. “Bandits killed my father. He went to buy Sallah things for us, and they met him on the way, and killed him,” Zahra recalls. Her narrative highlights how children understand the upheaval around them, what they internalize, and how their young minds cope with ongoing trauma. “We had to run. Mother held us tight as we ran for our lives, leaving everything behind,” Zahra continues,…

Leadership and members of the Sokoto Advancement Forum (SAF) converged inside the multiple-purpose hall of Ali Umaru Shinkafi Polytechnic, Sokoto, the state capital to chart a collective pathway toward advancing the state’s socioeconomic development, social reorientation and public welfare.

By Rakiya A. Muhammad Hajiya Maryam Aliyu, a mother of five, hopes Nigeria’s new tax regime will ease burdens for low earners like her. She also anticipates that the promise of VAT-free for a wide range of essential goods and services will bring relief to families. “I’m eager for the human touch promised in these reforms,” she says. With fewer deductions, Hajiya Maryam believes managing household expenses will be easier, allowing families to focus on priorities rather than worries. This sense of optimism is echoed by others, including small-scale entrepreneurs Ayomide Olayiwola and Precious Chukwudi, who hope for a fairer…

By Tunde Omolehin The All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Prof. Netanwe Yilwatda, has approved the appointment of Hon Yusuf Dingyadi a media icon and 14 others as Special Advisers, Advisers, and Senior Special Assistants to strengthen the party’s administrative and strategic capacity. According to a statement from the APC national secretariat on Tuesday, the appointments aim to enhance coordination, policy formulation, and stakeholder engagement at the national level. The aides are expected to leverage their experience and professionalism Yusuf Dingyadi appointment for the position of Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media came barely few months after his resignation from the…

Celebrated as one of Nigeria’s top wildlife conservation centres and a top destination for ecotourism in Lagos, the Lekki Conservation Centre sits at the heart of the city. Spanning 78 hectares of lush forest reserve and wetland on the Lekki Peninsula—equivalent to roughly 100 football fields—it was created to champion ecotourism.