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FG alerts on impending overflow of Rivers Niger, Benue

As Nigeria continues to grapple with the aftermath of devastating floods in Maiduguri, Borno State, and other parts of the country, the Federal Government has issued an urgent warning about impending flooding along the Niger and Benue rivers. The Minister of …

2024-09-14 00:27

FG warns of impending flooding on Rivers Niger, Benue

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev, has warned of potential river flooding on the Niger and Benue rivers, stating that a large volume of water is flowing through these rivers towards the Niger Delta region. The minister, speaking in …

2024-09-13 14:38

UNICEF wants govt to priortise child sensitive sector in N/East

The United Nations Children’s Fund Chief of Field Bauchi, Mohammed Kamfut, has observed that the lack of adequate planning for children has brought the age bracket untold hardship, thus urging governments of the North-East to prioritise child-sensitive sector…

2024-09-13 00:09

Nigeria records 4,915 suspected meningitis cases, 361 deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said the country has recorded a total of 4,915 suspected cases of cerebrospinal meningitis from 24 states in the 2023 and 2024 seasons. The Director General of the NCDC, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this …

2024-09-11 12:38

NCDC records 67 confirmed cases of mpox in 23 states

Nigeria has recorded 67 confirmed cases of Mpox from 1,031 suspected cases in 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. This was disclosed at a presented briefing held in Abuja on Wednesday. T…

2024-09-11 11:35

NiMet predicts heavy rains, thunderstorms across Nigeria

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja envisaged thunderstorms over parts of Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, Katsina, Sokoto and …

2024-09-11 08:52

Northern govs decry devastating floods in Borno, others

The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Yahaya, has lamented the damaging floods in Borno. This is as he extended his sympathy to the government and people of Borno State over the devastating flooding that h…

2024-09-10 16:09

NNPP unveils caretaker committee in Gombe

The New Nigeria Peoples Party on Monday inaugurated a five-member caretaker committee to take over the affairs of the party for six months in Gombe State. Our correspondent reports that the inauguration is a sequel to the dissolution by the National Working C…

2024-09-10 11:26

JUST IN: NNPP inaugurates Oyo caretaker committee

The New Nigeria People’s Party on Monday swore in five members of the newly constituted caretaker committee saddled with the task of running the affairs of the Oyo State chapter. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the NNPP National Publicity…

2024-09-09 16:25

Treason charges against protesters reckless, lawyers, CSOs knock FG

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been accused of exhibiting “executive lawlessness” after levelling treasonable felony charges against some of the #EndBadGovernance protesters. Senior legal practitioners and civil society organisations said the governmen…

2024-09-08 00:30