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Nigeria records 268 Lassa fever deaths as fatality rate rises to 23.6%- NCDC

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- Nigeria has recorded 268 deaths from Lassa fever in 2026, with the case fatality rate rising to 23.6 per cent, compared with 18.6 per cent during the same period in 2025, according... Read More


Lagos govt water privatisation will deepen inequality, coalition warns

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- A collation of development-focussed groups and individuals has warned that privatising water services in Lagos could make water less affordable for poor residents, urging the state... Read More


120,000 vehicles converted under Tinubu's CNG initiative - Minister

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- Nigeria's Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Electric Vehicle Initiative has attracted about $2.5 billion in private investment, alongside approximately N250 billion in ... Read More


Minister defends NNPC petrol discount, says it's not return to subsidy

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, has defended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited's (NNPC) 30-day petrol discount initiative, saying it is intended to provi... Read More


Court rejects Euracare's bid to stop inquest into Chimamanda Adichie's son's death

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Lagos State High Court in Ikoyi on Monday rejected a bid by Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited, operator of Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, to stop a coroner's inques... Read More


EFCC arraigns Nigerian-American over alleged $320,000 vehicle import fraud

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a Nigerian-American, Oluwatobi Adegoke, over an alleged vehicle import fraud involving more than $320,000. Mr Ade... Read More


Nigerian govt to invest more in technology, intelligence to tackle insecurity

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Nigerian government says it will continue to invest in technology, intelligence and operational capabilities to tackle insecurity, acknowledging that serious security challenge... Read More


CJN swears in 68 new SANs

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Monday, swore in 68 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) at the Supreme Court in Abuja. The ceremony was held during a spec... Read More


Edo police kill three suspected kidnappers, rescue kidnapped victim

Nigeria, Oct. 12 -- The Nigeria Police Force in Edo State says it has rescued a kidnapped man and killed three suspected kidnappers during a joint security operation in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Governm... Read More


AI, energy supply shock, mounting debts headline IMF/World Bank meetings in Bangkok

Nigeria, Oct. 12 -- Financial experts, government officials, central bank chiefs, heads of multilateral organisations and other participants are gathered this week in Bangkok, Thailand, for the annual... Read More