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…...

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…...

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,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (578+ words) The Nigeria Police Force has paraded four suspects allegedly involved in an organ harvesting and human trafficking syndicate operating in Nasarawa State. The suspects are Emmanuel Ode, 23; Dr Benjamin Oyime, 48, a nephrologist and consultant to Wellington Hospital, Life Camp, Abuja;…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (692+ words) Seasoned psychiatrists have said decriminalising suicide alone would not be enough to prevent suicidal behaviour among Nigerians. To curb the burden of suicide, the psychiatrists urged the Federal Government to address poverty, unemployment, insecurity and other socioeconomic challenges that contribute…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (464+ words) More than 70 per cent of medical doctors and other health workers in Niger State have rejected their posting to rural areas after getting their employment letters. The state Commissioner of Health, Dr Murtala Bagana, made this known at a one-day…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1062+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Monday, ordered manufacturers of banned alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate bottles below 200 millilitres to immediately recall the products nationwide or risk closure of their facilities. NAFDAC…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (550+ words) By Oreoluwa Odusanya and Folashade Obisanya Residents and traders at Lotto community in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State have lamented the mounting heaps of refuse littering the area. The residents also decried the lack of waste…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1317+ words) According to the agency, Orji was arrested in June 2026 at Saint Silas Secondary School, Old Umuahia. During the operation, NDLEA operatives also recovered 4.64kg of opioids, including tramadol and diazepam, from Obiora’s patent medicine shop. Investigators said one of the students,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1074+ words) Medical experts have said it will be practically impossible to reduce Nigeria’s high maternal mortality rate unless pregnant women across the country, including those in hard-to-reach areas, have access to regular antenatal care and hospital delivery. The experts advised pregnant…...