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Extreme Heat Threatens Health, Farming Across Northern Nigeria – Expert Warns Extreme heat warning for northern Nigeria as temperatures may reach 43°C.

Extreme heat warning for northern Nigeria as temperatures may reach 43°C.

Extreme Heat Threatens Health, Farming Across Northern Nigeria – Expert Warns

Koko Maxwella March 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Rising temperatures across Nigeria could pose serious threats to public health, agriculture and vulnerable...

Passengers Injured After Abuja–Kaduna Train Derails Passengers injured after train derails on Abuja Kaduna railway line.

Passengers Injured After Abuja–Kaduna Train Derails

Koko Maxwella March 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Several passengers were injured after a train travelling along the Abuja–Kaduna Railway derailed on...

Six Nigerian Health Workers Contract Lassa Fever Within One Week Health workers respond as Lassa fever kills 162 Nigerians in 2025

Six Nigerian Health Workers Contract Lassa Fever Within One Week

Chukwu Obinna March 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Six frontline health workers in Nigeria contract Lassa fever within a single week as...

Families protest in Abuja over five engineers kidnapped in Ebonyi State.

Families Protest in Abuja Over Five Kidnapped Ebonyi Engineers

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius March 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Families of five engineers abducted nearly four years ago in Ebonyi State stage a...

Nigeria Strengthens Cybersecurity Policies to Protect Citizens’ Digital Privacy Rights NITDA DG Kashifu Inuwa announcing cybersecurity training with Cisco

NITDA DG Kashifu Inuwa announcing cybersecurity training with Cisco

Nigeria Strengthens Cybersecurity Policies to Protect Citizens’ Digital Privacy Rights

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius March 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Federal Government is intensifying efforts to strengthen cybersecurity policies and safeguard citizens’ privacy...

Suspected Terrorists Attack Maiduguri Communities Overnight, Residents Flee in Panic Residents flee homes after a suspected terrorist attack in Maiduguri.

Residents flee homes after a suspected terrorist attack in Maiduguri.

Suspected Terrorists Attack Maiduguri Communities Overnight, Residents Flee in Panic

Hussaini Ibrahim March 16, 2026

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Residents of Maiduguri flee their homes early Monday after suspected terrorists launch an overnight...

Driver Killed During Customs Anti-Smuggling Operation in Osogbo – Police Investigate Police investigate alleged arson attack on Isale Koko residence in Ilorin.

Police investigate alleged arson attack on Isale Koko residence in Ilorin.

Driver Killed During Customs Anti-Smuggling Operation in Osogbo – Police Investigate

Chukwu Obinna March 16, 2026

OSOGBO, Nigeria – Police in south-west Nigeria are investigating the fatal shooting of a driver during an...

AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 09 – 15 March 2026 AHR’s Top 10 health stories the week

AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 09 – 15 March 2026

Mirian Gom March 16, 2026

✍️ Editor’s Note This week’s stories highlight how environmental risks, regulatory failures, and nutrition challenges increasingly intersect...

Nigerian Navy Destroys Illegal Refinery, Arrests 37 in Niger Delta Operations Destroyed illegal oil refining site in Niger Delta

Nigerian Navy Destroys Illegal Refinery, Arrests 37 in Niger Delta Operations

Oluwatobi Adu March 15, 2026

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – The Nigerian Navy has dismantled a major illegal crude oil refining site and...

Rights Group Warns Against Interference in Probe of Federal High Court Chief Judge

Mirian Gom March 15, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has raised concerns over...

Year: 2026

Extreme Heat Threatens Health, Farming Across Northern Nigeria – Expert Warns

Passengers Injured After Abuja–Kaduna Train Derails

Six Nigerian Health Workers Contract Lassa Fever Within One Week

Families Protest in Abuja Over Five Kidnapped Ebonyi Engineers

Nigeria Strengthens Cybersecurity Policies to Protect Citizens’ Digital Privacy Rights

Suspected Terrorists Attack Maiduguri Communities Overnight, Residents Flee in Panic

Driver Killed During Customs Anti-Smuggling Operation in Osogbo – Police Investigate

AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 09 – 15 March 2026

Nigerian Navy Destroys Illegal Refinery, Arrests 37 in Niger Delta Operations

Rights Group Warns Against Interference in Probe of Federal High Court Chief Judge

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