Lassa fever kills 118 in Nigeria over last three months
March 31, 2025 Lassa fever killed 118 people in Nigeria in the first three months of this year, the West African country’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said….
NSCDC seizes truck with 70,000 litres of stolen crude
March 31, 2025 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has impounded a truck loaded with 70,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is…
Prerogative of mercy: Jigawa govt. Pardons 10 inmates
March 31, 2025 Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa has pardoned 10 inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in the state. The NCoS spokesman in the state, CSC Sani Jahun,…
Heritage Bank: NDIC begins payment of depositors with balances above N5m
March 30, 2025 The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), says it will declare the first tranche of liquidation dividends from Heritage Bank’s asset realisation in April. According to NDIC, it…
Lagos records 10 confirmed Diphtheria cases in 3 months
March 30, 2025 The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded 10 confirmed cases of diphtheria between Jan. 1 and March 27, 2025. Abayomi said in…
Nigerian boxer collapses, dies in ring during fight
March 30, 2025 A 40 year-old Nigerian boxer, Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju, has died after collapsing during a boxing match in Ghana. The former National and West African light-heavyweight champion, was…
Just in: Another Lekki ‘Big Boy’ arrested over illicit drug shipments to Nigeria, Europe
– As NDLEA destroys 13,198 kilograms skunk in Edo forests – Busts drug repackaging factory in Katsina village, – Recovers 86,000 pills of opioid, arrests Operatives of the National Drug…
Dangote, Harvard and national honour, by Ken Ugbechie
Dangote Refinery recently hosted a motely crowd of post-graduate students from Harvard Kennedy School. From the United States, they came. Ghana and Nigeria make up their itinerary. They are part…
I nearly quit 2023 presidential race, Tinubu confesses
President Bola Tinubu said he nearly quit the 2023 presidential race. The President said this at a special Iftar held in his honour at the Presidential Villa on Saturday night….
Sultan declares Sunday as Eid-el-Fitr day
Dr Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has declared Sunday, March 30, as the first day of Shawwal…