The Cross River State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Morrison Ogbonna, was in early hours of yesterday found dead in his hotel room in Calabar. Vanguard gathered that the commander was found dead by his officers, Read more…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has plunged into mourning following the death of four of its senior staff members in the fire incident that gutted Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos, on Tuesday. The deceased staff were trapped while Read more…
MTN Foundation has revealed it plans to educate 86,400 public secondary school students and 1,440 teachers in 12 states on the impact of substance abuse. In his speech during the stakeholders‘ workshop on the implementation of the Anti-Substance Abuse Programme Read more…
In the backstreets of markets and the shadowy corners of social media, a deadly trade is quietly booming. Nigerian men, desperate for fleeting moments of pleasure, are swallowing poison disguised as passion; sex-enhancing stimulants popularly known as “Manpower.” What promises Read more…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the death of Emeka Ehekweme and his wife in the accident that occurred on Nnamdi Azikwe Way at Mabushi, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, on Wednesday afternoon. The Police also confirmed Read more…
After Kim Jong Un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, North Korean staffers carefully wiped off items touched by the country’s supreme leader, in what analysts say is part of a suite of security measures to counter foreign Read more…
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have confirmed a fresh outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has already killed 15 people since late August. The outbreak was declared in Central Kasai Province, Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor There is palpable tension in Anambra State as people are discussing a planned industrial action by health workers in the state. Sources claimed that the Anambra State and her Local Government Areas health sector would be involved Read more…
A tragic incident occurred yesterday afternoon at Mabushi Bridge, Abuja, when a family of four lost their lives in an accident allegedly caused by suspected touts, popularly known as Agberos. According to witnesses, the touts operating under the Abuja Municipal Area Council Read more…
•We’re losing doctors to burnout, brain drain—NARD President •Death heartbreaking, unacceptable—NMA Nigerian doctors are mourning yet another avoidable tragedy. This time, the death of Dr. Oluwafemi Rotifa, a young resident doctor at Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH, who reportedly Read more…
Russian scientists say a new shot that triggers an immune response could be ready in around two years A Russian vaccine against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) could be ready in about two years, according to the top epidemiologist from Read more…
The incident comes just two weeks after another six journalists perished in an Israeli attack Five journalists were among at least 20 people killed on Monday in an Israeli “double tap” airstrike on Nasser Hospital, the largest medical facility in the southern Read more…