A number of militants have been arrested who were allegedly plotting to bomb praying grounds and recreation centers as Muslims prepare to celebrate the end of Ramadan, secret police said Friday. The spokesman Tony Opuiyo told a news conference in … read more
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday that malnutrition, thirst and disease threatened lives of millions of children in Northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Mr Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director for Emergency Programmes, said in a statement issued … read more
Forcing a smile, Seyi Shay, a music star in Nigeria, stood for hours under the hot lights of a film studio to record a video. Three changes of clothes, two wigs and multiple touch-ups later, she was still at it, … read more
Members of two rival gangs clashed in southern Nigeria in violence that left at least 14 people dead, a community leader said. The fight between the Icelanders and Greenlanders took place in Sime, a community in the Tai district of … read more
Fulani herdsmen in the mid-belt region of Nigeria face arrest for declaring they would disregard laws enacted to curb fatal clashes between the cattle breeders and villagers. The Benue State Government gave the warning after the nomadic herders, under the … read more
Suspected Boko Haram militants have attacked villages near Chibok in Borno State, leaving at least 21 people dead. A Chibok resident, Chibok Hassan told The Cable, that the attacks happened on Sunday and Wednesday. He said the insurgents first struck … read more
The Nigeria Police says it has arrested three persons suspected to be the masterminds of the kidnap of six students at a secondary school in Lagos state The incident, which occurred last Thursday morning, happened at Igbonla Model College at … read more
Nigeria has so far recorded a total of 1,114 deaths in the 22 weeks of the Cerebrospinal Meningitis outbreak which hit the country in November 2016. A statement by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stated that the outbreak which has … read more
As the world marks World Tobacco Day, the Federal Government has announced plans to begin the immediate enforcement of key sections of the 2015 National Tobacco Control Act (NTC). The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole disclosed this yesterday in … read more
Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since an independent republic of Biafra was declared, sparking a brutal civil war. In Onitsha, the economic hub of Anambra state on the banks … read more