The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 in Bauchi and federal capital territory (FCT).The NCDC announced this in Lagos on Saturday night.According to the centre, three of the confirmed cases are from Bauchi, while two are from the FCT.It said “As of 10:15 pm on April 4, 2020,…
The Director of Health and Care at the Nigerian Red Cross on Mpox, Dr. Mannir Jega, has disclosed that 108 Mpox cases have been confirmed in 27 states across the country. Jega disclosed this on Wednesday in Kaduna at the training of health workers from 15 states. He said Bayelsa state has the highest number…
Twenty security operatives have been reportedly killed in an ambush by heavily armed terrorists in Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau state. The incident, according to a statement on Saturday by the Kanam Development Association (KADA), occurred during a joint patrol in Wanka and the surrounding communities of Garga area in Kanam LGA. The statement…
The Kaduna state chapter of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has rejected the Muslim-Muslim Presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it will further polarise the country along religious line. Bola Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the APC had on Sunday, unveiled, Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno state as his running mate…
The Nasarawa state government has ordered the immediate closure of public and private primary and secondary schools in the state following high level of insecurity. In a statement on Wednesday in Lafia, the commissioner for education, Fatu Sabo, said Governor Sule Abdullahi has directed the immediate closure of the schools. The statement directed all principals…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The swift decision to temporarily close schools across Northern Nigeria, although framed as an urgent response to worsening insecurity, carries a symbolic and psychological weight the nation cannot afford to ignore. What may appear as a straightforward safety measure risks being interpreted by citizens and adversaries alike as a concession to…
