Fears over Nigeria’s preparedness for Ebola have intensified, with concerns over a reported N10 billion response fund, delayed diagnosis and inconsistent contact figures threatening public confidence as health experts warn that early detection is critical to containing the outbreak. Co-Chair, G7 Read more…
By Chukwudi Ebele Executives of Onitsha Sports Club, Anambra State, have alleged that property worth over N500 million was looted and destroyed during an invasion of their premises. The secretary of the club, Tochukwu Chidobelu, and its president, Titus Adirika Read more…
Further details have emerged regarding US-Israeli plans for a joint military campaign against Iran after the midterm elections. Following sightings of Israeli Air Force jets flying up to the Iranian border on Monday, plans for a three-day military blitz on Read more…
Nigeria’s response to an imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has raised concerns over delays in diagnosis, the adequacy of contact tracing and the preparedness of healthcare facilities to detect rare but deadly Read more…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has no moral right to stop him from using the Presidential Villa for his campaign. Sowore, who spoke on Arise Television’s Read more…
The Imo State High Court has scheduled four consecutive days for the trial of five men accused of kidnapping prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, urging lawyers on both sides to work towards concluding the cases before Read more…
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has cautioned political parties against denying experienced lawmakers the opportunity to return to the National Assembly, warning that such decisions deprive Nigeria of valuable contributions to lawmaking and national development. Akpabio, who spoke during Read more…
Every republic eventually confronts the question of what it owes the citizens it wounded and then asked to serve. Ambassador Lawrence Agubuzu’s autobiography, Zero Hour Graduate: A Nigerian Diplomat’s Journey Through War and Service to Triumph, poses that question with Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze The Anambra State Police Command has recorded another operational breakthrough with the arrest of a 19-year-old suspect, Mustapha Sani, and the recovery of an Infinix Android phone allegedly stolen in Adamawa State. According to a press release Read more…
EBOLA: FG ASSURES NIGERIANS OF CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES The Presidential Task Force on Ebola Preparedness, Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats has assured Nigerians it can handle Ebola in the country. The Chairman of the Task Force and Chief Read more…
The United States has ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday, as the kingdom comes under sustained deadly attacks by Yemen’s Houthis. “Iranian-supported Houthis have increasingly engaged in hostilities Read more…
No fewer than 10 persons are feared dead following the capsize of a community boat during a confrontation over the blockade of an offshore crude oil storage vessel in Kula Kingdom, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. The tragedy Read more…