The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says the death toll from the cholera outbreak has risen to 378 while 14, 237 persons have been infected with the disease since the beginning of the year. The Director-General of the agency, Dr Jide Idris, made this known on Thursday while ...

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says its Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch, OPWP, has destroyed a terrorist logistics base at Yadi Forest in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, made this known in a ...

The Chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Jeret Tenebe, says the prayer of the party is for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to continue to conduct elections the way it did in the Edo governorship election held on Saturday. Tenebe said ...

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo sued Senator Adams Oshiomhole over comments on the Planwell scheme. Ighodalo slammed the former governor with a N20 billion lawsuit. The governorship candidate, through ...

The Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission, KESIEC, on Sunday declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of all the positions contested in Saturday’s local council polls in the state. Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad-Mera, who announced the results in ...

The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to the youths against getting involved in illicit drugs, saying it is dangerous and inimical to human survival. The Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Ibrahim, gave the warning in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday at the end of a two-day ...

Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, faulted the anti-Igbo slogan, saying there is no room for ethnic bigotry in the state. Hamzat said this while speaking on Arise TV Programme, ‘The Morning Show’, noting that the Lagos State government has been engaging the youth across ...

Kaduna State Police Command on Monday debunked the rumour that its Armored Personnel Carrier, APC, was hijacked by protesters in the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, made the denial in a statement issued in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The Command wishes to ...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has warned those planning to stage protests across Nigeria that while they have the right to do so, they do not have the right to destabilize the country. Akpabio also accused politicians who lost out during the last general elections of being the brains ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, is mobilizing Abuja youths and other stakeholders against joining the proposed August 1 to 10 nationwide protests over hunger and hardship. Wike, who was speaking during a ministerial engagement with FCT youths from Abuja South ...

Two men were on Wednesday brought before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing their employer’s goods valued at N6.3million. The accused, James Nuhu, 37 and Simon Lekwot, 35, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, ...

President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria’s economy has been unstable and urgently requires reforms that have been delayed for decades. Tinubu stated this during a live broadcast on Wednesday to mark the nation’s 25th anniversary of uninterrupted democracy. The president acknowledged the ...