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Lara Adejoro The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says it has recorded 645 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 3,465 suspected cases leading to 118 deaths. According to the health agency, these cases and fatalities were recorded in 33 states across 91 local government areas from January to March 2025. This was as the Director General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris activated the Lassa Fever National Emergency Operations Centre at Response Level Two in an effort to respond and strengthen outbreak control. The Head of Corporate Communication at the NCDC, Sani Datti, disclosed this in a…

The Police Force Gombe State Command has confirmed the death of two children following a stampede at the Gombe main Eid Ground. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Gombe. According to Abdullahi, the incident occurred at about 10:45 a.m. at the exit gate of the Eid Ground, immediately after the conclusion of Eid prayers. “The stampede was caused by inadequate exit access, as a large crowd, primarily women and children, rushed to leave the venue. “The situation, worsened by intense heat, led to the unfortunate incident,” he said. He said that…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking networks with a series of major arrests across multiple states and international routes. Among those apprehended are a Lekki-based businessman and an Italy-bound logistics agent, both caught in separate drug smuggling operations. In Lagos, operatives of the NDLEA arrested Arokodare Damil Ebenezer, the proprietor of Damillionz Takeout, in connection with a shipment of 60 parcels of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, from the United States to Nigeria. A statement by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi on Sunday confirmed that the 43-year-old suspect was apprehended at…

Super Eagles and Rangers striker, Cyriel Kolawole Dessers, was delighted to have broken his seasonal goalscoring record with the club after his goal against Dundee yesterday evening, Soccernet.ng reports. The 30-year-old joined the Gers from Cremonese in the summer of 2023, and for all of the stick that he gets, Dessers has scored 45 goals and provided 16 assists in 100 games across all competition for the record Scottish Champions. Dessers scored 22 goals in his debut season, after initially aiming for 20 goal-scoring contributions. This season, with about six weeks of football left to play, the Super Eagles star…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo, says he is willing to step down his 2027 presidential ambition if a better candidate emerges to fly the party’s flag. Adebayo, a lawyer, made this known on Sunday during Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television. He said, “Everybody knows that I have an aspiration. I’m working on it, but God is the author of tomorrow; we don’t even know who is going to be around in 2027. “It is my prayer to God that if there is a person who God thinks…

Super Eagles and Genk centre-forward, Toluwalase Emmanuel Arokodare, scored his 20th goal of the season in his side’s Genk-Gent derby win, Soccernet.ng reports. The 24-year-old lanky striker is enjoying his most prolific career season with the Belgian side, crowning it with a call-up to the Nigerian National team, even making his debut during the March International break. On return to action in club football, the former Koln striker fired Thorsten Fink’s side to a 4-0 win over their rivals in the Belgian Pro League play-offs. GOAL: Tolu ArokodareGenk 2-0 KAA Gentpic.twitter.com/rHRnAPbSms — Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) March 30, 2025 Get Our…

Healthwise President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe as the Chairman of the National Health Insurance Authority to strengthen health insurance coverage. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday. Oloriegbe, a former senator who represented Kwara Central in the 9th National Assembly, previously served as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and led the Joint National Assembly Committee on Health. The appointment of the former lawmaker will be for an initial term of four years. The statement also stated that Oloriegbe’s appointment took…

A deaf pedestrian on Sunday met a tragic and untimely demise while innocently awaiting a commercial bus at a designated stop along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, inward Maryland, adjacent to Temac Filling Station. The fatal collision involved two Suzuki mini commercial buses (Korope) bearing registration numbers EPE 279 YJ and BDG 558 YG. Preliminary inquiries indicate that one of the vehicles, owing to reckless over-speeding, veered out of control and violently rammed into a stationary mini bus before mercilessly mowing down the unsuspecting pedestrian. Demonstrating swift crisis intervention in alignment with the United Nations Response Time (UNRT), operatives of…

A pedestrian with hearing impairment was killed on Sunday in an accident involving two commercial minibuses along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, inward Maryland, Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, stating that one of the minibuses, while speeding, lost control and rammed into a stationary vehicle before hitting the pedestrian, who was waiting at a designated bus stop near Temac Filling Station. The spokesperson for LASEMA, Taofiq Adebayo, said that officers from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and the Area F Police Division responded to the accident. The statement read,…

Super Eagles striker Cyriel Dessers marked his 100th appearance for Rangers in style in their 4-3 victory against Dundee FC at Dens Park on Saturday, Soccernet.ng reports. The former US Cremonese forward completed the Rangers’ comeback by netting a dramatic 93rd-minute winner to help the Scottish giants seal a 4-3 victory over Dundee FC. The Scottish giants were trailing 2-1 at halftime but mounted a stunning comeback in the second half, with goals from James Tavernier, Tom Lawrence, and Dessers. Cyriel Dessers of Rangers challenges for the ball with Aaron Donelly of Dundee [Photo credit/Imago]The Nigeria international pounced on a…