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The Federal Government is working closely with states to rid the country of kidnapping and other security challenges bedeviling the nation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. He made the disclosure in his message at a town hall meeting with ...

Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano, wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, the Edo branch of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), and a faith-based non-governmental organisation, Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry (CADAM), have canvassed an end to substance abuse ...

 The Imo Government has accused the Rochas Okorocha administration of carting away N50 billion of state assets. It listed them to include 60 vehicles, spoons, beddings and window curtains. The Emeka Ihedioha government had pledged to reward whistle blowers willing ...

Troops of the Nigerian Army 1 Division and other security operatives, under Exercise Harbin Kunama III, have neutralised 24 bandits and arrested 64 other suspects. General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Maj.-Gen. Faruq Yahya, who disclosed this at a press briefing ...

Rivers State government has abolished service charges in its health facilities for persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to encourage HIV patients in the state to access treatment. Governor Nyesom Wike said the state would take over the payment ...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet may not be constituted before October, especially with the threat by federal lawmakers to keep away from the National Assembly until their allowances are paid. It was learnt that two weeks after the inauguration of the ...

The presidency has commended purported endorsement of the 2019 presidential elections as free, fair and credible by 60 presidential candidates and chairmen of their political parties. The presidential candidates, therefore, urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others challenging the ...

Medical experts have raised the alarm over increasing cases of drug misuse and addiction in the country, blaming it on mental health issues that were left undiagnosed and untreated. Speaking at the symposium on practical solutions to combat substance abuse ...

The latest Lassa fever outbreak report indicates that since the onset of the 2019 episode, there have been 132 deaths, with case fatality ratio (CFR) of 22.3 per cent in confirmed cases. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its ...

Anglican bishop of Egbu Diocese in Owerri, Imo State, Geoffrey Okorafor, has condemned in strong terms the turban of Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu, as an Emir. Okorafor stated this at a Eucharistic Service of Confirmation, Admission and ...