Measles deaths fall 88% since 2000, but global cases surge - WHO

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Global immunisation efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO noted that near... Read More

EDITORIAL: Police withdrawal from VIPs charade must end

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- The insecurity spiralling out of control in Nigeria recently compelled President Bola Tinubu to direct the immediate withdrawal of the police guards of Very Important Personalities ... Read More

Kaduna state's health sector still in crisis despite government's funding claims

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- At the 2025 National Health Dialogue, the Kaduna State government highlighted what it described as major strides in rebuilding the state's health sector, citing improvements in prim... Read More

Who wants to live under perpetual terror?, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- For the first time in a long while, I saw fear in the eyes of federal legislators last week after President Tinubu's directive for the withdrawal of police orderlies attached to cer... Read More

Gov Oyebanji recalls sacked commissioners

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Monday, forwarded a list of commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening. This was contained in a statement by the S... Read More

Insecurity: Bandits dislodged from neighbouring states now operating in Kano - Deputy Senate President

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, has said criminal groups fleeing intensified military operations in northern Nigeria have begun relocating to Kano State, a situation posi... Read More

Four schoolchildren die, many injured as truck plunges into river in Kogi

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- At least four schoolchildren were confirmed dead and several others injured on Monday morning in Egbolo, Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State, after a truck conveying... Read More

Insecurity: Northern governors, monarchs demand state police; warn region facing 'existential threat'

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- The Northern States Governors' Forum (NSGF), in collaboration with the Northern Traditional Rulers Council, has warned that the region may lose its future to escalating terrorism an... Read More

Fresh tension in Kwara as terrorists abduct farmer in Eruku

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Fresh anxiety has gripped Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State after gunmen abducted a farmer, Annas Aasanru, on Sunday, only days after 38 kidnapped worshippers of t... Read More

Kano APC crisis deepens as ex-lawmaker rejects Ganduje's alleged endorsement

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- A crisis is rocking the Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after a former lawmaker, Sha'aban Sharada, rejected the alleged endorsement of a member of the Hous... Read More

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