•NPHCDC boss, Dr. Faisal Shuaib  The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said a total of 8,439 mild adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) had been repor... Read more

The Chief Imam of Enagi town, Alhaji Attahiru Alhassan, has been stabbed to death for allegedly having a sexual relationship with the second wife of one Umaru Jubrin. Jubrin, 35, was said to... Read more

Seven years after hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram jihadists in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, more than 100 are still missing, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Several m... Read more

A 13 year-old-boy, Gbolahan Ajibola who was abducted by gunmen in Ogun state has regained his freedom. Ajibola was kidnapped on April 11 at his residence in Destiny Estate, Obada-Oko in the... Read more

By Alexis Akwagyiram ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria hopes to receive up to 70 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this year through the African Union (AU), its prima... Read more

Two students of Government Girls College Sokoto have so far lost their lives following the outbreak of Gastroenteritis at the school. Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea and g... Read more

Two North Carolina men visiting South Beach have been arrested and accused of drugging and raping a woman who later died in her hotel room, police say. The men, Evoire Collier, 21, and Doria... Read more

Police have arrested a 70-year-old man accused of raping a seven-year-old girl in Jigawa State. The suspect, Ibrahim Nasaleh, is said to have committed the offence in Kiyawa Local Government... Read more

A dozen teenagers have drowned in central Ghana after defying Covid-19 restrictions on beach gatherings, police said Monday. The group of young people aged 14 to 17 were playing football and... Read more