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Tuberculosis: Kano treated 36,843 cases in 2022 - Official

Nigeria, March 23 -- Kano State treated 36,843 Tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2022, the state government has said. The state's Commissioner for Health, Abubakar Yusuf, stated this on Saturday at an event... Read More


Two weeks after abduction, Sokoto school children freed

Nigeria, March 23 -- Seventeen pupils abducted two weeks ago from a Tsangaya school in Gidan Baya in Gada Local Government Area of Sokoto State have been released PREMIUM TIMES reported how terrorist... Read More


How Jigawa is leading Nigeria's food security efforts - Governor

Nigeria, March 23 -- Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, says his state is leading the efforts towards food security in Nigeria through its investments in the agricultural sector. The governor stated... Read More


Southern senators condemn Kaduna abductions, task security forces

Nigeria, March 20 -- The Southern Senators Forum has condemned the abduction of 87 people from Tantatu, a community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The forum in a statement jointly s... Read More


Dangote begins distribution of N13 billion rice to vulnerable Nigerians

Nigeria, March 19 -- Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, through his Humanitarian Foundation, has launched the distribution of rice worth over N13 billion to vulnerable groups across Nigeria. The fo... Read More


JUST IN: Bandits release seven victims kidnapped in Kaduna

Nigeria, March 18 -- Suspected terrorists who on Sunday kidnapped over 100 people in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have released some of the abducted persons. Residents of the area tol... Read More


Kaduna community under siege as bandits kidnap over 100 residents

Nigeria, March 18 -- Suspected terrorists on Sunday returned to Kajuru and abducted over 100 people, residents of the area have said. The incident came two days after another at Dogon-Noma, a communi... Read More


Bandits demand N1 billion ransom for abducted Kaduna school children

Nigeria, March 14 -- The bandits who abducted 287 pupils last week at a public school in Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State are asking for N1 billion ransom for the release of the ... Read More


Banditry: Over 854 children died in MSF facilities in Nigeria's North-west in 2023

Nigeria, March 13 -- Medecins Sans Frontieres, also called Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on Monday, warned of "catastrophic levels of malnutrition" and an escalating humanitarian crisis in Nigeria's ... Read More


Many kidnapped in fresh mass abduction in Kaduna

Nigeria, March 13 -- At least 61 people were reportedly abducted as terrorists attacked Buda, a community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Monday. Residents of the area told PUNCH ... Read More