The World Health Organisation has said that 160 million Nigerians are at risk of yellow fever.The WHO said with Nigeria’s population of about 200 million, the figure makes up around 25 percent of all the people at risk in Africa. Yellow fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by …

The hike in diesel price has forced the Nigeria Railway Corporation to reduce the number of trips on the Lagos-Ibadan Train Service by about 66.67 per cent, it was gathered on Tuesday. It was also learnt that the corporation had sent recommendations to the Federal Ministry of Transportation for an …

Stakeholders in the nation’s electoral process have faulted the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission not to conduct bye-elections into three Senate seats which became vacant about four months ago following the resignation of the occupants. The Commission had yet to conduct by-elections into the Senate seats in Nasarawa, …

The Badagry Port Development Ltd (BPDL), promoters of the newly approved Badagry Deep Seaport project, says the project under a Private-Public Partnership will create 250,000 jobs. Mr Oludele James Clinton, the Project Manager, BPDL, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Clinton described the project as a strategic …

Governor Wike said such effective leadership, when identified, should place service above self and work to secure enduring development for the people and the country. Governor Wike made the observation at the inauguration of the dualised Ogbunuabali-Eastern Bypass Road that was performed by the former governor of Sokoto State, Senator …

The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has stated that the Federal Government threatened the state and Ondo State over the Akure-Ado Ekiti road project. Fayemi was reacting to the visit of the Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, to the Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde …

The Divisional Police Officer of Warewa Command in Ogun State, Abdulfathi Ogunsanya, has refuted claims that some persons were kidnapped along the Kara axis on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. A Facebook user, Obaleye Gbenga, on Tuesday claimed that a family in his church was saved from kidnappers. He wrote, “Please be careful …

The Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, has urged the Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to expedite action on the commencement of the Akure-Ado Ekiti Expressway dualization project. The project for the dualisation of the road was awarded by the Federal Government to Dantata and …

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that it has not replaced the currently detained Nnamdi Kanu as its leader. The Biafra group asked its followers to ignore the reports making the rounds that IPOB has replaced Kanu, describing it as “fabricated media propaganda”. These were made known in a …

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, on Monday, said security agents killed at least six of its members and injured about 40 other followers of its leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky. In a short statement, IMN stated that the incident occurred during the group’s Ashura mourning procession in Zaria, Kaduna. “Security forces …