Lagos State government recently put the number of its population living with mental illness at 2 million. The state’s commissioner of health, Dr Jide Idris, said at a media briefing to mark this year’s World Mental Health Day that an … read more
Nigeria has called for end to the importation of illicit, small and light weapons into West Africa by “corporate warlords” from developed nations, which fuel unrest. Lawrence Olefumi Obisakin, a senior director in Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told a … read more
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that thousands of residents of Eket metropolis thronged the police station to catch a glimpse of the remains of the suspects displayed in the premises. When a NAN correspondent visited the Police division, … read more
Residents cook in knee-deep flood water and children wade past carrying roosters above their shoulders in this city on the outskirts of Lagos, where the rising tide poses a health risk by overwhelming sewage-filled outdoor toilets. In Ikorodu in southwestern … read more
Heavily armed militants had attacked a fuel supply vessel at an offshore location within ExxonMobil’s oil bloc on September 30 and abducted a vessel captain and injured a crew member. A similar attack was carried out on October 17 leading … read more
The Abia chapter of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has expressed concern over the progressive prevalence rate of HIV and AIDS in the state. The group has as part of activities marking its 2011 Physicians’ Week, organised a pep talk in … read more
Africa’s natural resources and fast-growing population will help ensure the continent prospers even if the developed world suffers another economic meltdown, Nigeria’s president said. Goodluck Jonathan told a business forum in the Australian city of Perth he was confident that … read more
The National Population Commission (NPC) has said the country’s population has risen from the 140,431,790 it was five years ago when the last national headcount was taken, to 167,912,561 as at yesterday. This represents an annual population growth rate of … read more
A Nigerian Islamist sect said it killed a state television cameraman because it had evidence that he was an informant for the security services, and the group warned it would kill anyone else who “steps on our toes”. Alhaji Zakariya … read more
Seven Nigerians and two Ghanaians have each been sentenced to 90 years in prison for oil theft and illegal refining, an organised underground industry that costs Africa’s largest oil exporter hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Nigeria’s oil production … read more