Twenty-two people have died and 20 others were severely injured in a lone fatal crash involving a trailer on the Lambata-Lapai road in Niger State on Monday. Aishat Sa’adu, Sector Commander of the Niger State Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, said 42 people were in the vehicle along with livestock when it crashed around 3am, killing 22 people on the spot. She said the trailer had taken off from Kano and was en route to Lagos when it crashed, 10km from Lambata and 30km to Lapai town, the headquarters of Lapai Local Government…
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Federal Government of Nigeria have enjoined African governments to enhance community health systems by ensuring they are neither fragmented nor underfunded, but rather integrated, adequately financed, and people-centered. Nigeria made the call through its Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing delegates from across the continent at the Continental Consultation on Community Health. The event focused on validating the 2024 Community Health Landscape Survey and shaping strategies for the Community Health Worker (CHW) framework, scorecard, and strategic action plan. Salako emphasised the pivotal role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in…
Deposed state chairmen of the African Democratic |congress, ADC, have condemned the coalition led by former Senate President, Senator David Mark, saying the takeover of the party I an hijack and has no constitutional backing. In a statement jointly signed by the leader of the state chairmen forum, Elias Adokwu and their spokesperson, Godwin Alaku, and titled “Rejecting the Political Junta by Defending ADC and Nigeria’s Democracy Against Subversion,” the chairmen described the development as a blatant and reckless subversion of both the party and Nigeria’s democratic norms. “The Concerned State Chairmen of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has issued…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, on Tuesday, said Nigeria has recorded 155 deaths from Lassa fever from January 1 to July 20, 2025. The Case Fatality Rate now stands at 18.9 per cent, higher than the 17.1 per cent recorded during the same period in 2024. As of epidemiological Week 29, Nigeria has reported a total of 6,640 suspected cases and 822 confirmed cases across 21 states and 105 Local Government Areas. According to the World Health Organisation, Lassa fever is an acute viral illness caused by the Lassa virus. It is known to be endemic in…
The plan by the Federal Government to spend N712 billion for renovation of the old terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos has come under further scrutiny, with industry analysts saying government should have opted for a concession arrangement, not direct investment. Expressing discontent with the plan, the Chief Executive Officer of Belujane Konzult and former spokesman of the defunct Nigeria Airways, Mr Chris Aligbe, insisted that concessioning would have been better for redeveloping the terminal. According to him, the N712 billion can be better invested in other areas, while the concessionaire rebuilds the terminal to world class…
MAKURDI Nine persons,includoing a police officer, have been killed in a renewed attack by suspected armed herdsmen on communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. Meanwhile, there is tension between the Igede-speaking people of Oju and Obi Local Government Areas of Benue State and their neighbouring Tiv communities in Gwer East and Konshisha Local Government Areas following the killing of two middle-aged men, Jonathan Ogah and Gabriel Ogodo, from Oju LGA by suspected Tiv youths at Ulam community in Gwer East council of the state. It was gathered that among the communities affected in the latest attacks were…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has criticised the federal government’s economic reforms under President Bola Tinubu, describing them as “harsh neo-liberal policies” that have worsened living conditions and wiped out Nigeria’s middle class. Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ yesterday, Falana said that despite Tinubu’s recent admission of economic hardship, the administration’s policies have further deepened poverty and inequality. “I have seen the President ask APC governors to ‘wet the ground’ more, but as far as the masses are concerned, things are getting tougher by the day because of the harsh economic crisis in…
Nigeria’s hope of meeting its 2.06 million barrels per day crude oil production benchmark in the 2025 budget received a boost in July, with the country exceeding 1.8 million bpd peak output for the first time this year, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) said yesterday. The 2025 national budget, pegged at about N55 trillion, was built on an assumed oil production of about 2.06 million bpd (including condensate) and a benchmark crude price of $75 per barrel. The government expects oil revenues to contribute roughly N19.6 trillion of revenue from the oil sector, an aspiration that has been hobbled by underproduction…
Former Oyo State governor, Rashidi Ladoja, on Monday, emerged as the Olubadan-designate, following a unanimous nomination by the Olubadan-in-Council. The endorsement, which was held at the Olubadan Palace in Oke-Aremo, in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State, marked a significant step in the traditional succession process. The formal confirmation of his ascension now rests with Governor Seyi Makinde, who is expected to ratify the council’s decision and set a date for the presentation of the staff of office. If assented, Ladoja will become the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. The Olubadan-designate was, however, not present at the meeting.…
Rivers State Police Command said its operatives have arrested seven cultists linked to the murder of a lawyer, Bright Owhor, along Market Road in Rumuomasi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. Owhor, a Port Harcourt-based lawyer, was gruesomely murdered on July 5, 2025, by persons the police described then as ‘unknown gunmen’. The spokesperson for the state Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday. Iringe-Koko said it took the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit 10 days of discreet intelligence and technical surveillance to track the culprits and have them apprehended. Iringe-Koko, a…