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Morocco appoints El Mansouri as first female PM
The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI has appointed 50-year-old lawyer Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the first female prime minister of the country following recent parliamentary elections. According to an...
Four sentenced to death over kidnapping in Edo State
A criminal court in Edo State has sentenced three men and one woman to death for kidnapping a woman in a market at...
Gombe PDP crisis: Mailantarki rejects rerun results, declares himself winner
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki has declared himself the true winner of the Gombe State primary rerun, rejecting the...
FG launches Youth Data Bank for ages 15-35
The Federal Government has launched a nationwide registration exercise under the National Youth Data Bank to identify young Nigerians aged 15 to 35...
UNGA 81: “You should thank me for front Seat”, Jimoh Ibrahim tells Nigerians
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, says he deserves praise for securing a front-row seat for the country at...
Armed bandits abduct 20 female farmers in Niger State
Armed bandits have kidnapped at least 20 female farmers on Saturday, while working on a groundnut farm in Mukura village, located in the...
Insecurities
Nigerian Army activates 3 new battalions in Zamfara to fight terrorism
The Nigerian Army has officially launched three new infantry battalions in Zamfara State to tighten security and speed up its response to local...
Sports
Flamingos thrash Togo 4-0 to clinch WAFU B U-17 title
Nigeria’s under-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos, have been crowned the new champions of the 2026 WAFU B U-17 tournament after crushing Togo...
Gombe PDP crisis: Mailantarki rejects rerun results, declares himself winner
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki has declared himself the true winner of the Gombe State primary rerun, rejecting the...
“He doesn’t need to be in Abuja”, Presidency defends Tinubu’s extended vacation
The Presidency has dismissed talks about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s extended vacation, stating that he is perfectly healthy and can run the country...
APC sweeps Yobe LG elections, claims all 17 chairmanship seats
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured a massive victory in the Yobe State local government elections, winning all 17 chairmanship positions and...
“Focus on workers, stop political fights” – APC Chieftain warns Wike
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain has publicly urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to stop using official...
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Public Health
Cholera outbreak claims two lives at Kano prison
Two inmates have died following a confirmed cholera outbreak at Kurmawa Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kano State. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)...
Benue Assembly passes bill to make snakebite treatment free for residents
The Benue State House of Assembly has officially passed a bill guaranteeing free medical treatment for snakebite victims in government hospitals across the...
NCDC puts Nigeria on high alert over Congo Ebola outbreak
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed the country on high alert and surveillance following a deadly Ebola outbreak...
FG gives health scholarships to 30 female students
The Federal Government is partnering with the newly launched Built for Her Foundation to empower women in the health sector. Representing the Coordinating...
Medical lapse killed my son – Chimamanda accuses Lagos hospital over negligence
Renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has alleged that medical negligence at a Lagos hospital led to the death of her 21-month-old son,...
Court halts NARD strike
The National Industrial Court in Abuja, has issued an interim injunction preventing the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) from proceeding with a...
Weird & Bizarre
Nigeria, US sign $700b mineral investment deal in New York
Nigeria and the United States have signed a key framework agreement designed to unlock American investments in Nigeria’s estimated $700 billion mining sector....
NDLEA nabs newlywed at Enugu airport with 72 cocaine wraps
A 25-year-old newlywed businessman, Lovely Chukwulobelu, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Enugu airport after swallowing...
‘₦1m monthly salary cannot cover dialysis bills’ – TG Omori
Popular Nigerian music video director ThankGod Omori, better known as TG Omori, has revealed the overwhelming cost of treating kidney failure in Nigeria,...
“ADC, NDC are going nowhere,” APC Chairman Yilwatda
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has brushed off threats from opposition parties, stating that the ruling...
Troops kill terrorist, rescue kidnapped family in Sokoto, Zamfara
Nigerian military troops have rescued six kidnapped family members and killed a suspected terrorist during two separate security operations in Zamfara and Sokoto...
ADC accuses Kano Governor of blocking opposition campaigns
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of preventing the opposition party from displaying campaign billboards across...
Church guard arrested over rape, murder of minor in Suleja
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old security guard, Godwin Dauda, who allegedly defiled an 11-year-old girl and dumped her body...
APC sweeps Yobe LG elections, claims all 17 chairmanship seats
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured a massive victory in the Yobe State local government elections, winning all 17 chairmanship positions and...
