The world’s first malaria vaccine got a green light on Friday from European drugs regulators who recommended it should be licensed for use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease. The shot, called RTS,S or Mosquirix and … read more
Bomb blasts at two bustling bus stations killed 29 people and wounded 105, officials said Thursday after Nigeria’s new president warned that the U.S. refusal to sell his country strategic weapons is “aiding and abetting” Boko Haram. Nigeria’s National Emergency … read more
According to the final report on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) released earlier this month, more than a third of the world population (2.4 billion) is still without improved sanitation. The target to halve the global population without adequate toilets by … read more
(CNN)According to UNICEF, 30 million women worldwide are likely to endure female genital mutilation (FGM) within the next eight years. And a new report suggests that the problem is widespread in the UK. FGM, or cutting, which is illegal in … read more
Parts of northern Nigeria ravaged by six years of conflict caused by Boko Haram Islamists could be revitalised with around $2.1bn in World Bank funding, according to a government spokesperson. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson Femi Adesina said in a … read more
A pipeline supplying Nigeria’s populous southwest, including Lagos, with oil products was shut down on Wednesday following an explosion around midnight, the country’s emergency response agency said. The blast occurred near the town of Arepo on the edge of Lagos … read more
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday rejected the gay marriage suggestion made by the United States, maintaining that it was against the law in Nigeria. The President who was in the US on a four day State Visit, had continuously been admonished … read more
At least 37 people have been killed in a series of bomb blasts at bus stations in north-eastern Nigeria’s Gombe city, sources told Al Jazeera. The first blast on Wednesday night struck near the Dadin Kowa terminal, prior to a … read more
The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has relaxed travel restriction to four Nigerian states that are among the least-affected by Boko Haram terror. This was disclosed in a travel advice made available to CAJ News in Abuja on … read more
13 Nigerians from the Niger Delta region undergoing commercial point training at the Lufthansa Flight Training School in Frankfurt, have been dismissed for non-payment of fees, Vanguard reports. The Nigerian pilots who would have graduated from the prestigious aviation training … read more