Lassa Fever cases decline in Nigeria as death toll rises
Feb. 9, 2025 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in confirmed Lassa fever cases for the fourth epidemiological week of 2025. The centre,…
10 PDP members of Delta Assembly set to join APC, says Omo-Agege
After a clean sweep of the three senatorial seats in Delta State with the recent defection of Delta North’s Senator Ned Nwoko, a major realignment in the power structure in…
NDDC LEADERSHIP: Let’s see a Board complete its tenure this time – Ndoma-Egba
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, the Senate Majority leader of the 7th Senate, was appointed the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, between 2016-2018, a period where some level of…
Smuggling: Navy intercepts boats loaded with bags of rice, seizes 3,375 ltrs of petrol in Badagry
Feb. 9, 2025 The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy in Badagry, Lagos State, on Saturday, intercepted 16 fibre boats loaded with 1,000 bags of foreign parboiled rice….
TB, malaria, newborn health services must restart – USAID memo
February 9, 2025 American-funded aid efforts to tackle diseases such as malaria, as well as preventing newborn baby deaths and treating severe malnutrition, should resume, according to a memo from…
NSCDC apprehends 29 suspects for alleged illegal mining, others
Feb. 9, 2025 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has detained 29 suspects for alleged illegal mining and vandalism in Bauchi State. The Commandant, Mr Oloyede Oyerinde stated…
Two drug kingpins excrete 125 wraps of heroin at Lagos, Port Harcourt airports
Feb. 9, 2025 Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have foiled attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle into Nigeria consignments of heroin through the Port Harcourt…
Police neutralises 11 suspected bandits, rescue 85 kidnap victims in Katsina
Feb. 8, 2025 The Police Command in Katsina state, has succeeded in neutralising 11 suspected bandits and rescued 85 kidnapped victims in January, 2025. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)…
41,336 suspected cases of diphtheria has been reported from 37 states since 2022
Feb. 8, 2025 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says the country has recorded 41,336 suspected cases of diphtheria from 37 states. The NCDC on Saturday in…
Cutting excessive importation of petroleum products, by Luke Onyekakeyah
Reports of a rising importation of petroleum products at a time Nigeria is hosting the Dangote Refinery, the largest productive refinery complex in Africa is worrisome. It is an aberration…