The federal government says drugs and treatment for Lassa fever across Nigeria are free. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
The Nigerian Army Sunday issued a stern warning to all parties to the herders-farmers clashes including killer herdsmen, farmers, militia groups and bandits operating in Benue,...
Two days after five persons were reportedly killed at Nzharuvo community in Basa Local Government Area of Plateau State, four more victims have been murdered in...
Not minding the presence of President Muhammadu Buhari in Plateau State, suspected herdsmen, launched an attack and killed no less than five persons in Nzharuvo village...
The killing of four persons in Odighi and Odiguete communities in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State has sparked protests among villagers who...
The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu, Thursday said that six soldiers and four policemen were killed in Rann, a remote local government headquarters attacked...
An attempt to launch a fresh attack in a bid to kill scores of villagers in Benue and Taraba states by a terrorist group, operating under...
The Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja branch, has issued the Lagos State Government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse its recently passed land use charge law. The Chairman...
The Jigawa State Government Wednesday disclosed that meningitis has killed 15 persons as 51 suspected cases were recorded in 10 local government areas of the state....
The Federal High Court in Abuja Wednesday sentenced Charles Okah and his co-defendant, Obi Nwabueze, to life imprisonment for masterminding the Independence Day bombing which occurred...
The Senate, on Wednesday, rejected a bill proposing the option of wearing of skirts by female members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The rejection...
Thailand has described as false, the claim by Nigeria’s Federal Government that seven of its rice mills had collapsed following President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s policy on...
Ahead of a mass protest by some Civil Society Organisations(CSO) the Department of State Security has hurried released a detained journalist in its custody. The journalist,...
Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has risen in defence of the widely criticised land use charge law recently assented to by him. According to the...
A group of physically challenged persons on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly to advocate for better treatment. The group, Association of Physically Challenged Applicants, said they...
The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria since the beginning of the year has now risen to 110, the Nigeria Centre for Disease...
Two days after he was abducted by yet-to-be identified gunmen who kidnapped him at his Shiye village home, located at Bunkure local government area, the Secretary...
The ongoing onslaught of attacks by herdsmen on Benue State is yet to abate after no less than five farmers were killed and scores rendered homeless...
A top official of Kano state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Alhaji Uba Muhammad has reportedly been kidnaped by yet-to-be identified gunmen who abducted him at...
A fresh outbreak of ethnic violence on the Mambilla Plateau in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, has witnessed the killing of no less than...
A near tragic occurrence played out at Afims Hotel in Okene, Kogi State when a serving senator narrowly escaped death during an empowerment programme following an...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate president Bukola Saraki, and several governor’s were among dignitaries that stormed Kano on Saturday for the wedding Fatiha of Fatima, daughter of...
Five people have been confirmed dead and several others injured in fresh attacks on communities in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, according to police....
A Nigerian man, Olawunmi Bayode has set a new Guinness Record in the “Longest Marathon Reading Aloud” category. Bayode, a father of three children, logged 120...
Contrary to reports that four of its aid workers were killed and one other abducted during an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Rann community in...
The U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, would visit Nigeria and four other African countries from March 6 to 13, the U.S. Department of State has...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the attack on humanitarian workers in Rann, Borno State, was the “height of bestiality”, proving once again that Boko Haram insurgents were...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the death of 90 persons from Lassa fever. The situation report from NCDC for week eight, released...
Boko Haram attacks military base in Borno, kills 4 UN workers, 1 abducted An attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Rann community in Kala Balge Local...
No less than seven herdsmen have been arrested in separate operations in different parts of Benue State, so says the Nigerian Army in a statement released...
The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged authorities to immediately launch an investigation into the murder of its spokesperson in Adamawa State, Mr. Sam Zadock,...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, is back to Nigeria from a medical trip abroad following his involvement in a motorbike accident. Yusuf in December 2017, had...
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has been knocked again with the claim by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that Nigerians are getting poorer. The development,...
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that the number of recorded Lassa fever cases...
The government of Benue State on Wednesday painted a picture of its helplessness as it lamented how armed herdsmen had invaded Mbatoho Island, sacked the residents,...
Anna Akuson, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) serving as a witness in the N3.9 billion fraud trial involving Alex Badeh, former...
The United Kingdom Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST), a joint run effort of Public Health England and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, arraigned Nanle Miracle Dariye, son of former Plateau State Governor, Joshua Dariye, on a 6-count charge of...
Five suspects involved in the abduction of Senator Ayo Arise have been arrested by men of the Department of State Services (DSS). The suspects were among...
Despite the launch of Ayem A Kpatuma (Cat Race)- a military exercise to check the excesses of invaders in Benue, the State Governor Samuel Ortom, has...
Five persons are feared dead with many others said to have sustained injuries, following Monday’s unrest in Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna...
Senate President Bukola Saraki has decried the level of human trafficking in Nigeria and the rate citizens of the country Illegally migrate to other countries of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received three kidnapped university lecturers, who regained their freedom from the Boko Haram terrorist sect. He equally received ten women who...
A search team on the trail of a farmer declared missing, last Wednesday, after he was attacked by assailants suspected to be herdsmen at his farm,...
Nigeria Army has said that its troops in Borno State have killed five Boko Haram terrorists and captured a top commander of the insurgent group. It...
Danladi Baba, a driver responsible for the death of Festus Iyayi, famed writer and former national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday played host to The Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli and delegation during an audience at the State House in...
The Nigerian Army has appointed Brig.-Gen. J.T.E. Chukwu as new Director, Army Public Relations. The army also appointed Colonel M.A. Anka as new Commandant of Nigerian...
The Bayelsa State Executive Council has threatened to arrest and prosecute any parent who refuses to send his or her child to school to acquire formal...
A former staff of Diamond Bank, Elijah Joseph John, while working at the bank reportedly stole N400,000 from the account of a customer, Aniebeit Daniel Udeme....