The Federal Government has urged hospitals and other healthcare facilities to ensure that cancer patients who still require medical attention are not sent home without arrangements for continued care. The National Coordinator of the National Cancer Control Plan, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Uchechukwu Nwokwu, made the call in Abuja, stressing that the inability of a hospital to provide further curative treatment should not mean the end […]

Gunmen have killed the All Progressives Congress Chairman in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Ishaq Yunusa, and abducted another occupant of his vehicle. The incident occurred on Thursday along the Itobe-Ochadamu Expressway, around Ojuwo Olijo in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Afusat Saliu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday. According to the police, the gunmen emerged […]

Several members of the National Youth Service Corps have been abducted along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The corps members were travelling from the NYSC orientation camp in Bayelsa State towards Abuja when armed hoodlums reportedly attacked two buses around Ogene Zaria, near the Ogene Zaria/Onicha-Igo Junction. The Kogi State Police Command said security operatives immediately launched a rescue operation after receiving a distress […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has warned of a possible fresh surge in cholera cases as the country records more than 65,000 suspected cases across 35 states and about 195 Local Government Areas in 2026. The agency said the decline in weekly cases should not create a false sense of security, noting that the ongoing rainy season, flooding, unsafe water and poor sanitation could trigger another […]