The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Friday reported 6,704 suspected Lassa fever cases and 162 deaths across 125 local government areas in 28 states. The NCDC, in its Lassa fever situation report posted on its website,…
Nigerien authorities must decriminalise defamation and ensure that the country’s cybercrime law does not unduly restrict the work of the media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. On June 7, Niger’s head of state Abdourahamane Tchiani, who overthrew…
Sierra Leone has passed a historic bill to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children International joined a campaign to criminalise the widespread practice. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2024 seeks to criminalise the…
Oyinkansola Badejo-Okunsanya, the chairperson for the 2024 Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference (NBA-AGC), said on Friday that over 3,074 lawyers have registered for the conference. Mrs Badejo-Okunsanya told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the figure was commendable…
The Chief of Air Staff, Marshal Bala Abubakar The Federal Government has ordered 50 new fighter jets to counter terrorists in the Kainji National Park in Niger State. The Chief of Air Staff, Marshal Bala Abubakar, disclosed this on Wednesday,…
The police arraigned three men before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Friday, over alleged unlawful possession of explosives. The defendants are Adamu Abdullahi, 46, Haruna Musa,57, and Sanni Garba, 26. The defendants with…
Nigerian musicians Rema and Shallipopi have released a new song titled ‘Benin Boys‘. This was shared by Rema on his ‘X’ page, scheduled for midnight. Rema, who recently participated in Paris Fashion Week, teamed up with fellow Benin indigene Shallipopi…
Nigeria, a leading oil producing nation has struggled to attract the right investments to scale its oil and gas industry, despite having the largest gas reserve base in Africa. This is a major economic challenge, especially as the petroleum sector…
Stab The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested one Tijani Uzairu in connection with the murder of a mechanic known as Chukwu Chukwudi at the Kugbo mechanic village in Abuja. The arrest of the suspect was confirmed in…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested one suspect, Tijani Uzairu, in the killing of Chukwu Chukwudi, a mechanic in the Kugbo area of Abuja. The Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The…