25 LIVES LOST, 15 HOSPITALIZED AS CHOLERA SPREADS IN SOKOTO STATE
A gastroenteritis outbreak, often known as cholera, has killed at least 25 people in three local government areas of the state, out of 1,160 cases...
BAUCHI GOV CALLS FOR OPENNESS IN OIL SUBSIDY, RESOURCE ALLOCATION
Bala Mohammed, the governor of Bauchi State, has urged the federal government to provide an explanation for why Nigerians no longer directly benefit from the...
MOROCCO 2025: EGUAVOEN SAYS NIGERIA PLAYED BELOW STANDARD AGAINST RWANDA
Super Eagles Coach Augustine Eguavoen has bemoaned his team’s 1-2 loss to Rwanda in the ongoing AFCON 2025 qualifier, saying the team played below standard....
GUNMEN AMBUSH POLICE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO ABIA REPS MEMBER, ONE KILLED
One police officer was killed in the Sunday, 8:30 p.m. event after being shot many times, while the other officer and the driver were unharmed....
RUSSIA VOWS ‘PALPABLE RESPONSE’ IF UKRAINE USES LONG-RANGE MISSILES
The Kremlin accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of escalating the 1,000-day-old war in Ukraine, promising a “palpable” response to any use of US...
NIGERIAN MODEL OLUCHI ONWEAGBA’S SON WINS MACAU GRAND PRIX
Ugo Ugochukwu, the 17-year-old Nigerian-American racing prodigy, clinched the 2024 FIA Formula Regional (FR) World Cup title on Sunday at the 71st Macau Grand Prix....
DRUG TRAFFICKER JAILED FOR 4 YEARS OVER 800G DRUG SMUGGLING OFFENSE
The Federal High Court in Lagos State found drug trafficker Nnamani Sunday guilty on Monday of trying to export 800 grams of Cannabis Sativa, also...
LAGOS BUSINESSMAN JAILED 21 YEARS FOR N43.5M FRAUD
A Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, convicted and sentenced the Chairman of the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria,...
PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT HOSPITALISED AFTER FALLING ILL AT G20 SUMMIT
Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena was taken to a Rio hospital late Monday after falling ill while attending a G20 summit, officials said. “We inform that...
WIKE APPROVES N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE FOR FCT WORKERS
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved the immediate payment of N70,000, the new minimum wage for all administration staff. This...