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Sierra Leone becomes latest African country to receive deportees from US Sierra Leone has become the latest African country to receive migrants deported from the United States amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. A plane carrying nine West African migrants landed at Sierr…
'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus spreads Fear has gripped Ebola-hit areas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the suspected number of deaths continues to rise, as officials say they are struggling to catch up to an outbreak that may have previously been sp…
The Osun Health Insurance Agency has commenced arrangements to enroll traditional rulers across the state and their spouses into the State Health Insurance Scheme following the approval of Ademola Adeleke. The agency said the initiative reflects the administration’s commitment to ensuring accessibl…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, on Monday, disclosed that the Nigerian Army has established new brigades, battalions and operational units across six states as part of efforts to strengthen security operations and improve rapid response to emerging threats nationwide. Shuaibu said …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has accused the Federal Government of failing to fully implement the 2025 FG/ASUU Agreement, barely five months after both parties signed the deal aimed at restoring stability to Nigerian universities. ASUU, Abuja Zone, said contrary to recent claims by the …
Iran’s top security body announced on Monday the formation of a new body to manage the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has effectively closed and wants to charge ships to traverse. On its official X account, the Supreme National Security Council shared a post for the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (P…
The Lagos State Government has warned residents against making fake emergency calls to its Command and Control Centre, saying the trend continues to undermine rapid responses to genuine emergencies across the state. Officials issued the warning during the 2026 Ministerial Press Briefing in Ikeja on…
The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has said that about 80 per cent of donor funding for education over the past decade was directed to the North-West and North-East, even though the two zones continue to record the lowest literacy and numeracy outcomes in the country. He made the disclosure o…
The House of Representatives election primary results of the All Progressives Congress, held in Owo/Ose Federal Constituency of Ondo State, have been rejected by one of the aspirants of the party, Mr Ghani Arobo. The exercise was held in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of the sta…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to activist and social media commentator, Justice Mark Chidiebere, otherwise known as Justice Crack, in the sum of N5m over alleged cybercrime offences. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, while ruling on the bail application, ordered that the bail bond …
Two sitting members of the House of Representatives have secured their reelection tickets from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State. They are Yakubu Danmaliki of the Birnin Kudu/Buji Federal Constituency, and Dahiru Madawaki of the Dutse/Kiyawa Federal Constituency. The two…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the University of Calabar (UniCal) have inaugurated a campus-wide campaign to end open defecation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration was preceded by a rally across the UniCal campus in Calabar on Monday. The campaign, led …
What is Ebola and why is stopping this outbreak so difficult? An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been declared a public health emergency of international concern, by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dealing with this outbreak is difficult as it involves a rare strain for …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has overturned the result of the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency primary election in Plateau State, declaring incumbent lawmaker Yusuf Gagdi as the winner. The party announced the reversal on Monday at the APC state secretariat in Jos, barely a day afte…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has announced the winners of its House of Representatives primary elections conducted across the state on Saturday. Chairman of the Ogun State APC National Assembly Primary Elections Committee, Philip Shaibu, announced the results at the party secre…
Nigerian singer, Chike, seems determined to live up to his nickname, the ‘boo of the booless’. While this, on the surface, connotes a certain comfort the singer provides ladies through his lyrics, recent developments suggest that there is more to his title. In the past week, Chike has been in the n…
On 16 February 2023, then President Muhammadu Buhari signed a law intended to upgrade one of Nigeria’s most strategic training institutions. The law—University of Maritime Studies, Oron (Establishment) Act 2022, gazetted on 15 May 2023, created a new university in Akwa Ibom State and repealed the M…
A drone attack that caused a fire close to the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the United Arab Emirates has raised further concerns about nuclear security and military escalation in the Gulf as discussions of peace between Iran and the United States hang in the balance. Barakah was the first nuclea…
