HEALTH: OGUN GOVT ANNOUNCES LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK, CONFIRMS DEATH OF CORPS MEMBER
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has declared an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state with a casualty. The commissioner...
POLICE NEUTRALISE FIVE KIDNAP SUSPECTS IN DELTA
The Police Command in Delta says it has neutralised five persons suspected to be members of a kidnap syndicate in the state. The spokesman of...
TRUCK CRUSHES TWO TO DEATH IN KANO
A tragic accident occured in Kano on Wednesday when a truck crushed two people to death along Airport Road. Confirming the accident, the spokesperson of...
ADELEKE OPENS IDP CAMPS FOR WARRING OSUN COMMUNITIES
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed the establishment of holding camps for people displaced in the recent Ifon, Ilobu and Erin Osun communal clashes....
OVER 26,000 CHILDREN HELD IN PRISONS – MINISTER
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has raised concerns over the incarceration of over 26,000 children in the nation’s custodial centres, describing the situation as...
BANDITS KILL THREE KADUNA HOSTAGES AFTER COLLECTING RANSOM
The Surubu Community Development Association in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has condemned the killing of three kidnapped residents by suspected bandits, describing...
HAIR STYLIST FACES COURT CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING CUSTOMER’S N80,000, ATM CARDS
On Wednesday, a 30-year-old hairstylist named Martina Auta was charged with stealing N80,000 and two ATM cards from her client. The Narayi, Kaduna-based defendant entered...
SENATE STALLS MOTION TO IMMORTALISE EX-INEC BOSS HUMPHREY NWOSU
There was a heated debate in the Nigerian Senate following a motion to honour the former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, who supervised the...
MAGAZINE PUBLISHES ENTIRE US ATTACK PLAN MISTAKENLY SHARED IN CHAT GROUP
The Atlantic magazine on Wednesday published what it said was the entire text of a chat group mistakenly shared with a journalist by top US...
THERE IS HOPE FOR A FEMALE PRESIDENT, VP IN NIGERIA – DJ CUPPY
Florence Otedola, better known as DJ Cuppy, is a well-known disc jockey in Nigeria who has voiced hope that the nation could elect a female...