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Lara Adejoro The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 717 confirmed Lassa fever cases out of 4,881 suspected cases from January to May 4, 2025, in 18 states, across 93 local government areas. This was disclosed in the latest situation report by the NCDC on its website on Wednesday. So far, the country has recorded 138 deaths with a Case Fatality Rate of 19.3 per cent. The states with reported death cases are Ondo (27); Bauchi (15); Edo (19); Taraba (34); Ebonyi (11); Kogi (four); Gombe (seven), Plateau (five), Benue (five), Nasarawa (four), Kaduna (two), Enugu (one),…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southeast has formally nominated Sunday Ude-Okoye as its consensus candidate for the position of National Secretary, marking an end to the long-running controversy surrounding the office. At a zonal meeting held Tuesday in Enugu, the PDP South East Zonal Executive Committee, led by National Vice Chairman Chief Ali Odefa, along with key stakeholders—including Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu, members of the National Assembly, State Assemblies, former governors, and Board of Trustees members—unanimously reaffirmed Ude-Okoye’s nomination to replace former National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu. “This decision offers a sure pathway to peace, unity, stability,…

Spokesperson of the Opposition Lawmakers Coalition and member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has applauded the management and staff of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for standing firmly with the PDP Governors’ Forum and the National Working Committee (NWC) in affirming Arch. Setonji Koshoedo as the Acting National Secretary and disowning the embattled former Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu. At a press briefing held Wednesday in Abuja, Director of Administration at the PDP National Secretariat, Gurama Bawa, speaking on behalf of 83 staff members, declared their full support for the recognition of Koshoedo, aligning with the decision…

To ensure internal security, it is crucial to enhance police capacity. This was the position of the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, Mr. Mohammed Sheidu. Speaking on Wednesday at the commissioning of the newly built modern Divisional Police Headquarters in Katampe, Mpape area of Abuja, Sheidu further pledged the Nigerian government’s commitment to strengthening the capacity of the Nigerian Police Force as one of the ways of prioritizing internal security across the country. The structure, constructed by the Nigeria Police Trust Fund under the leadership of Sheidu, was a departure from a conventional police station in size,…

Several Super Eagles stars have taken to social media to show support for Taiwo Awoniyi after news broke that he was in induced coma after undergoing the first phase of a surgery on Monday, Soccernet.ng reports. Awoniyi has drawn a lot of attention in the past three days, following Nottingham Forest’s 2-2 draw against Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday. Awoniyi did not start, but he was introduced as a late substitute, when the Tricky Trees were desperately in need of a winner. Unfortunately for Awoniyi, he had a bad collision with the upright while trying to connect…

The candidate of the Youth Party in the upcoming Eti-Osa Local Government Area Chairmanship election, Ayodele Adio, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) carried out a political MMM with its local government primary elections in Lagos State. MMM was a Ponzi scheme in Nigeria that rose and crashed in 2016, dashing the hopes of many who had invested their hard-earned money in it. According to Adio, who spoke during an interview with News Central TV, the APC carried out a similar scheme when the party dashed the hopes of many who had bought forms to contest in the…

Uthman Salami Following the death of a 19-year-old girl in Lagos who reportedly took her life after receiving her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results on Monday, mental health professionals are calling for a more comprehensive approach to supporting students under examination pressure. Identified by neighbours as Timilehin, the late teenager was described as quiet, humble, and full of potential. Timilehin, who was reported to have hailed from Abeokuta, Ogun State, was living with her elder sibling in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos State, when she took her life after she was said to have scored 190 in the just-released 2025 UTME results,…

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has informed all financial system stakeholders and the general public that it did not authorise nor author the document recently posted by BNBEX on its website, which allegedly claims that the NFIU is conducting a compliance review of all transactions related to Nigerian users on its platform pursuant to Nigerian Financial Surveillance Regulation. NFIU Head, Strategic Communications Department, Sani Tukur, who made this observation on Wednesday in Abuja, stated that the NFIU did not issue the circular and bears no connection whatsoever to any of the Unit’s current regulatory or compliance initiatives. “Secondly, the…

In SummaryMobile data remains the major way of reaching the Internet for Africans. Most users rely on smartphones with data bundles, shaping how people consume news, entertainment, and services.Countries with the most internet users are also ranked in terms of technical e-commerce activity and youth-operated social media engagement. These nations are becoming the major digital markets of Africa.Nigeria has 107 million users, followed by Egypt (96.3 million) and South Africa (50.8 million). Jointly, the Top 10 countries are responsible for the majority of Africa’s 550+ million internet users this year.Deep Dive!More than half a billion Africans are now online, and…

Senator Adams Oshiomhole has accused Arise TV anchor and former presidential spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati, of using his media platform to express unresolved political frustrations, including a failed bid to become deputy governor of Ogun State. The former Edo State governor accused Abati of harbouring political resentment against since his failed attempt to become deputy governor when he ran as deputy to the late Senator Buruji Kashamu in the 2019 Ogun State governorship race under the Peoples Democratice Party (PDP) but lost to Dapo Abiodun of the e All Progressives Congress (APC). “If you are angry because you wanted to…