21+ hour, 1+ min ago   (640+ words) Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Colorado, weighing 44.45kg in consolidated cargoes from the United Kingdom. The NDLEA also recovered two consignments of the substance concealed in music speakers…...

15+ hour, 27+ min ago   (535+ words) A medical doctor and a cancer survivor who are co-founders of the BRICON Foundation, Dr Niyi Adekeye and Abigail Simon-Hart, have said that stigma and negative perceptions surrounding cancer are discouraging patients and survivors from seeking the needed support. They…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (627+ words) Residents and business owners along the Idimu-Ejigbo Road in Lagos State have raised the alarm over a six-month-old refuse heap on the road median, saying the decomposing waste has subjected them to offensive odours and environmental hazards. The refuse, located…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (512+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has linked Chinese counterfeiters now living in Nigeria to the proliferation of fake goods, worsening the production, distribution and sale of adulterated, harmful and unwholesome products. NAFDAC Director of Investigation…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (329+ words) The Anambra State AIDS Control Agency has launched a new campus-based HIV response initiative across 27 tertiary institutions in the state, targeting adolescent young people with the aim of intensifying prevention, awareness and support services. The initiative, known as the ‘Campus…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (554+ words) The First Lady of Bauchi State, Aishatu Mohammed, on Saturday commissioned a newly constructed National Health Insurance Scheme complex at the Bauchi State Specialist Hospital, describing the facility as a significant addition to the state’s healthcare infrastructure. The facility includes…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) The Assembly of Health Care Professionals in Katsina State says its members will begin a seven-day warning strike from midnight on September 8 over unresolved demands. The assembly announced this in a notice jointly signed on Tuesday in Katsina by the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1572+ words) For residents of Gombe metropolis, the water crisis is not a matter of accounting terminology. It is measured in the early morning queues at boreholes, the cost of buying water from commercial vendors, the search for functioning public taps and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (509+ words) The United Nations Children’s Fund has called on religious leaders in Katsina State to leverage their influence and religious platforms to promote child health, vaccination, nutrition, education and protection among their followers. UNICEF made the call at a Faith for…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (652+ words) At least 185,502 more children were treated for acute malnutrition across seven northern states in 2025 than in the previous two years. The latest data from Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), obtained by Sunday PUNCH, identified the affected states as Zamfara,…...