31+ min ago   (1058+ words) The NCDC’s mandate includes disease surveillance, outbreak preparedness and response, laboratory development, public health research and support to states in managing outbreaks and public health emergencies. These functions are the product of decades of experience with infectious diseases and other…...

48+ min ago   (269+ words) By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo OSOGBO — Tension has gripped Osogbo, Osun State capital, following the reported killing of an aide and associate of Governor Ademola Adeleke, Dauda Oyeyemi, popularly known as “Emir”. Oyeyemi was reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen on…...

49+ min ago   (720+ words) LAGOS — The Lagos State Government has intensified efforts to tackle flooding, regulate sand dredging and improve the management of its waterfronts and waterways to protect lives, infrastructure and the environment. Bush-Alebiosu said the administration was moving away from reacting to…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (427+ words) The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old suspected drug dealer, identified as Rilwan, in the Apata area of Ibadan as part of its intensified intelligence-led operations against illicit drugs and other activities fuelling crime in the state. The…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (628+ words) ABUJA — Civil society organisations have said that the June 2026 acquittal of former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke by a jury at Southwark Crown Court does not automatically determine or terminate separate asset-recovery litigation pending before Nigerian courts. The organisations…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (297+ words) ABUJA: Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s handling of proceeds from the removal of fuel subsidy, accusing the administration of failing to account for the funds even as the Academic Staff…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (642+ words) OWERRI– A Civil Society Organization, Stand For Humanity Foundation in partnership with the Imo State Police Command has said drug abusers will have no hiding place in the state. The organisation, police officers and other stakeholders, staged a walk on…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (80+ words) Vanguard News Africa Re-backed Journalism Workshop to equip media practitioners on reporting climate change, others LAGOS — The Africa Reinsurance Corporation-backed two-day journalism workshop will train journalists on how to apply insurance and risk concepts to effective reporting on climate change,…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (213+ words) By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, is coordinating rescue operations following the collapse of a four-storey uncompleted building at Independence Layout, Enugu State. The incident occurred at about 6 a.m. on Sunday, September 13, 2026, prompting the Director-General of NEMA,…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (506+ words) By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto The Minister of State for Defence and immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has renewed the Federal Government’s resolve to defeat banditry and other forms of criminality threatening communities across Zamfara State…...