Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres “to urgently invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter and bring Nigeria’s escalating insecurity—marked by mass abductions, killings, attacks on civilians, mass displacement, and other grave human rights violations—to the attention of the UN Security Council.”
.Intercepts cache of military-grade ammunition in Kaduna Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered consignments of high potency illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped to Lagos from Netherlands. The illicit drug consignments, mainly: ketamine weighing 3kilograms and 199 grams of MDMA (Ecstasy) pills which
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday said the removal of fuel subsidy by his administration saved the country from imminent bankruptcy and laid the foundation for the gradual recovery of the nation’s economy. He spoke when he hosted state governors who came to celebrate with him the Sallah and the
Members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra have called on Gov. Chukwuma Soludo to restore the nomination of Mr Innocent Ojike (OJICAM) in the May 23 primary election for Oyi State Constituency. The APGA members, who were no fewer than 1,000 in number marched from the Anambra
The Lagos State Government says it has paid N4.5 billion insurance claims to families of deceased Local Government, LCDA and SUBEB workers since 2019. Special Adviser on Rural Development, Dr Nurudeen Agbaje, disclosed this during the 2026 ministerial briefing held on Friday at Alausa, Ikeja. Agbaje said 338 insurance claims
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Sector Command, says four persons lost their lives in a road accident along the Ilesa–Akure Expressway. The command’s Public Enlightenment Officer, Agnes Ogungbemi, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Osogbo. Ogungbemi said the accident occurred at about 10:00 p.m. on
The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja unveiled 145 tricycle ambulances, six boat ambulances and other equipment to strengthen the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System (NEMSAS) and improve emergency healthcare delivery nationwide. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziak-Adekunle Salako, who spoke virtually at
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says new Lassa fever cases declined in epidemiological week 19, falling from 22 in the previous week to 17 confirmed cases. The agency said this in its Lassa Fever Situation Report for Week 19 (May 4–10), noting that cases were recorded
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the hospital’s management over unresolved welfare concerns affecting doctors across departments and cadres. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the association’s virtual emergency general meeting
The Defence Headquarters says troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) have neutralised several terrorists and rescued no fewer than 179 kidnapped victims between May 25 and 28. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, highlighted sustained military