Unknown gunmen have attacked a secondary school at Damba-Kasaya village in Kaduna State, abducting seven students and their female teacher, reports say. According to reports on…
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The Ghanaian government has summoned Nigeria’s Chargé d’Affaires to Ghana, Esther Adebola Arewa, over the criticisms trailing the country’s decision to close over two hundred foreign-owned…
The Nigerian Army says troops of the Operation Sahel Sanity have arrested 158 suspected bandits in the ongoing clearance operations in Zamfara and Katsina states. Acting…
https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1298387295486304257 The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday confirmed 252 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The health agency said the new…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have congratulated Nigeria on being declared free of the wild polio virus WHO Regional Office…
The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication has declared the continent free of wild polio. The milestone was announced during a World Health…
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has lauded Nigeria’s rating alongside China and India as one of the ten countries with the ‘most notable improvement’ on the…
Hushpuppi, a Nigerian Instagram celebrity and allegedly mega fraudster, has been arraigned in a court in California, United States, ahead of his trial on October 13.…
Four people have died after an adulterated kerosene exploded in Ikot Ekpo community, near Calabar, the Cross River State capital. It was gathered that the kerosene…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerians to stop the consumption of an organic apple and black currant originating…