ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), has returned ₦5 million to its owner after the money was discovered during an enforcement operation at Aba’s Tenant Road drug market in Abia State. The cash, found during the raid, was counted before security personnel and confirmed to belong to…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The European Union (EU) has launched a new initiative with Nigeria to combat terrorism fuelled by emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and encrypted platforms. The partnership, unveiled during a high-level workshop in Abuja on Wednesday under the EU-funded CT TECH+ programme, was developed in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has dismissed an online report alleging that it is recruiting new staff, describing the claim as false and fraudulent. In a statement signed by Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, on Wednesday, the Council urged the public to disregard the publication, calling it the…
ABUJA, Nigeria – In the heart of Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, gleaming highways and rising estates often mask a darker reality—just a few kilometres away, communities are sinking under the weight of neglect. Karonmajiji, a settlement just 14.6 kilometres approximately 18 minutes away from the country’s seat of power located along the bustling Airport Road,…
OSUN, Nigeria – The Osun State Government begins enrolling 1,100 inmates from Ilesa and Ile-Ife Correctional Centres into its free health insurance programme. Executive Secretary of the Osun Health Insurance Agency (OHIS), Dr Razaq Akindele, on Tuesday, says the move follows appeals from the State Controller of Corrections, Rotimi Olalekan, to address inmates’ healthcare needs….
LAGOS, Nigeria – A landmark study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds vegetarians face a 12% lower overall cancer risk and 18% lower risk for medium-frequency cancers including lymphoma and gastrointestinal tumours. Drawing from nearly 80,000 participants, the research identifies vegans as benefiting most, with a 24% risk reduction across all cancers. Lacto-ovo…
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria records a decline in variant poliovirus type 2 (cVPV2) cases, dropping from 78% in 2024 to 46% in 2025, according to the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA). Announcing progress in Abuja on Tuesday, NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Muyi Aina confirmed cases in Kano and Katsina reduced by 85% and 84%…
LAGOS, Nigeria – An Ohio District Court sentences Oba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu, to 56 months in prison for orchestrating a $4.2 million COVID-19 loan fraud. The 62-year-old monarch, who holds dual U.S. citizenship, must also pay over $4.4 million restitution, forfeit his Ohio property, and surrender nearly $100,000 in illegal proceeds. Prosecutors…
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Tuesday confirmed that all passengers aboard a Kaduna-bound train were safe after it derailed between Kubwa and Asham stations on the Abuja–Kaduna corridor. In a statement issued in Abuja, NRC Managing Director, Mr Kayode Opeifa, said the train derailed at kilometre 49 around 11:09 a.m., damaging…
ABUJA, Nigeria – A new report by SBM Intelligence has exposed Nigeria’s deepening kidnapping crisis, revealing that criminals collected an estimated N2.56 billion (£1.4 million) in ransom payments between July 2024 and June 2025—a 144 per cent increase from the previous year. The findings, released on Tuesday, showed that 4,722 people were abducted in 997…
