As the rainy season peaks with imminent flooding in some states, experts have alerted to further rise in cases of cholera, Lassa fever (LF), Wild Polio Virus (WPV) and malaria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its national ...

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has disclosed that it screened and treated about 20,000 persons from oil-bearing communities in Ohaji, Imo State of various ailments under its Community Care Programme. SPDC’s Clinical Governance Lead, Dr. Ufuoma Ovwigho, stated this ...

The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has cautioned that Nigeria risks being a dumping ground with President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Director General of NECA, Timothy Olawale who spoke to journalists after ...

Angered by rampant killings in the country, Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has sought the removal or resignation of service chiefs for their failure to arrest banditry. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Henry ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed concern over it described as ‘reckless and provocative statements’ of some leaders and interests in the country. Apparently referring to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, it’s National Publicity ...

General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-Gen. Abdulmalik Biu has urged Boko Haram fighters to either lay down their arms or be forced to comply to end insurgency. He stressed that their surrender, was to save ...

The House of Representatives Committee set up to resolve the crisis in the Bauchi State House of Assembly has concluded its investigation and vowed to ensure that justice is done on the complaints from across the state. Headed by Musa ...

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have commenced an operation aimed at deregistering all ‘faceless’ briefcase firms without physical location from operating in the country. They disclosed that the move was to track fraudulent ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has restricted protests within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to the Unity Fountain in the Central Business District of Abuja. The move is to ensure security of lives and properties, free flow of traffic ...

Citing the frequent change of commissioners of police, the Rivers government is to launch fresh comprehensive security architecture to enhance security in the state. Governor Nyesom Wike dropped the hint while receiving the new Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, at ...