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Tinubu mourns Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passing of elder statesman and foremost leader of Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, who died on Tuesday at 100. In a tribute he personally signed ... Read More


Kenya confirms ninth Ebola case, says all patients improving

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- Kenya has confirmed a ninth case of Ebola, with health authorities saying all eight surviving patients are improving. The latest Kenyan case involves a 24-year-old man who is a cl... Read More


Ebola: 44 identified contacts to stay isolated for three weeks - Minister

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The 44 people identified as contacts of Nigeria's confirmed Ebola patient will remain in isolation for at least three weeks. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare... Read More


Ebola in Abuja: 10 things Nigerians should know about the deadly virus

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The confirmation of an Ebola case in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, has put the country's health system on heightened alert, 12 years after it successfully contained an outbreak that cl... Read More


Osun plans statewide AI surveillance system, drones to tackle insecurity

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The Osun State Government has announced a plan for a statewide surveillance network using artificial intelligence-enabled cameras, drones and radar to monitor security threats acro... Read More


FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Flamingos beat Puerto Rico to revive campaign

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- Nigeria's Flamingos revived their campaign at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Puerto Rico in their second Group B match in Morocco on Tuesday. Oluwake... Read More


The death of a public intellectual: Patrick Dele Cole, 1940-2026, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- Death is a fact of life, no living thing exists forever, not even nature itself, for it is written that even the best and the brightest, shall pass to the Great Beyond, to become o... Read More


2027: Tompolo deploys 52 vehicles in Ondo, Gombe for Tinubu's re-election, inaugurates coordinators

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The Grand Patron of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has asked the people of Ondo State to translate the state's two million regis... Read More


FSSAM: Strengthening federal and state cooperation for national security, By Chido Onumah

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The third Federal and States Security Administrators' Meeting (FSSAM) of 2026, held in Yola, Adamawa State, from 14 to 16 October, offered an important opportunity to examine how N... Read More


EFCC, Emefiele differ over evidence in alleged fraudulent $6.23m CBN withdrawal, contract fraud trial

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned for a ruling on a no-case submission filed by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele seeking the ... Read More