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  He stated that 12 local government areas in the state were affected by the disease outbreak, adding that plans were at an advanced stage to carry out vaccinations against the disease in these areas. Yobe State has documented 511 cases of diphtheria and 13 deaths from January to 8 September, according to health authorities. The Commissioner for Health and …

  A UK High Court has ruled that allegations that witnesses who testified for Shell during earlier proceedings gave false or misleading evidence can be examined ahead of the full trial of a long-running oil pollution case brought by two Niger Delta communities. The UK High Court has ruled that allegations that witnesses who testified for Shell over oil spills …

The Federal Government has announced that Nigerian students will begin receiving 100 megabytes of free daily data from October 1, 2026, to access approved educational websites and digital learning platforms. The initiative, being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission in partnership with telecommunications operators and the Federal Ministry of Education, will initially cover learners in public senior secondary schools and …

  The equipment is part of a foreign military sales agreement that furthers the US-Nigerian partnership…” The United States has delivered some military equipment it sold to Nigeria as part of the two countries’ bilateral counterterrorism collaboration. The delivery, made over the weekend using the United States Air Force C-17 aircraft, was disclosed in an X post by US Africa …

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has approved 32 banks, fintechs, mobile operators and other platforms through which investors can subscribe for its shares when the public offer opens. The company published the list on its official IPO website, warning investors to subscribe only through channels listed on the platform. The approved channels comprise 19 banks, 10 fintech companies, two …

  The increase occurred under the administration of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, with financial records showing that the Territory’s debt stock more than tripled between March 2025 and March 2026. The domestic debt portfolio of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) rose sharply by about ₦328 billion within one year, reaching ₦389 billion in March 2026 from ₦61 billion in March …

Hafsat Abubakar, the woman arrested over the alleged creation and circulation of a forged document falsely suggesting that fintech company OPay was shutting down its operations, has said she deleted the post and publicly apologised after the company issued a notice describing it as fake. Abubakar disclosed this while speaking to journalists while being paraded at the Force Headquarters in …

A heated confrontation between officers of the Edo State Police Command and the Edo State Traffic Management Agency (EDSTMA) has triggered a discreet investigation, with sanctions awaiting personnel found culpable. The incident, captured in a viral video circulating on social media, took a dramatic turn when an officer of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) was seen firing his rifle into …

US President Donald Trump has said he does not think the Iran war will end until after November’s midterm elections, adding that oil prices will not come down until then. “I think the war’s going to end immediately after the election because they can’t hold out any longer,” Trump said of Tehran on Wednesday. He made the comments as he …

The Director-General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Dr John Asein, said the commission has intensified its online enforcement operations, resulting in significant disruption of piracy activities across digital platforms. He disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Asein said as part of efforts to protect the rights of creators, the …