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Kaduna women farmers get free fertiliser as Gov Sani targets 150,000 smallholders

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- Women farmers in Kaduna State are among the key beneficiaries of the state government's latest free fertiliser distribution, as the Governor Uba Sani administration seeks to reduce... Read More


SPECIAL REPORT: Some Nigerians turn to faith healers as HIV aid dries up

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- Aisha* once relied on free antiretroviral therapy (ART) from a clinic in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria, funded through the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)... Read More


Ebola: DRC gets 70,000 Ervebo vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak worsens

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has received an initial allocation of 70,000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine to support the response to the ongoing Bundibugyo virus di... Read More


EFCC arraigns two for supply of FCMB access credentials

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned two men before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly supplying access credentials to First City M... Read More


Rivers ADC member alleges Wike's group burnt family residence

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- A member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers State, Isaiah Thomas, has accused members of the Rainbow Coalition, a political group led by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, o... Read More


Anambra police chief summons area commander, DPOs over Onitsha shooting

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Nnanna Ama, has summoned the area commander and all divisional police officers (DPOs) serving within Onitsha to his office for a "high-... Read More


Cameroon's President Biya returns home after months-long absence

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- President Paul Biya has returned to Cameroon after spending two months in Switzerland, his longest recorded stay outside the country since taking power four decades ago. Mr Biya a... Read More


State Police: Presidential panel reviews public submissions as bill drafting begins

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill said it has started reviewing memoranda and position papers submitted by Nigerians as part of the plan to incorporate p... Read More


FEC approves N540bn to upgrade National Hospital, build cancer centre

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved projects worth about N540 billion to upgrade the National Hospital, Abuja, to a quaternary healthcare institution and to build a ne... Read More


BUK student, another person arraigned over social media posts about EFCC, amid concerns

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a final-year student of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Maryam Isah Shehu, before the Federal High Court in... Read More