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Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File) The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come. The U.S. Centers …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed allegations by former Ogun governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, that he deceived Alliance for Democracy (AD) leaders during the 2003 political realignments. Obasanjo, in a letter on Thursday , addressed to Osoba, described Osoba’s article, “How Obasanjo Deceived Us in 2003,” as inaccurate, insisting he never deceived anyone in his political career. He said several …

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced an investigation into a runway excursion involving an Enugu Air Embraer E170 aircraft at Benin Airport (BNI). ‎ ‎This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Funke Adebayo-Arowojobe, the ‎NSIB Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance on Thursday in Abuja. ‎ ‎According to the statement, the aircraft, operating as Flight …

The Chairman, Interim National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki (SAN) says that the main opposition party remains resilient and cannot be erased from the Nigeria’s political landscape. Turaki made the assertion at a crucial PDP stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Thursday. The chairmen said that in spite of current leadership and legal hurdles, the …

The U.S. has strongly condemned what it termed “the horrific killing” of members of Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo’s family in Plateau. This in contained in a statement by the U.S Department of State through the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, on Friday night. The U.S. said perpetrators of the killings “must be held accountable”, addng …

The U.S. has imposed new tariffs of 10 and 12.5 per cent on goods from more than 80 countries, including Nigeria over alleged forced labour. The new tariffs, which take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, replace a global 10 per cent duty imposed earlier by President Donald Trump and expires at midnight on Friday. The new duties follow a …

Nigeria’s Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 5, AIG Salman Dogo-Garba, has retired from active service, attributing the successes recorded in the fight against crime in Edo and Delta states to the interventions and support of the two state governments. Dogo-Garba stated this on Wednesday during his pull-out parade held at the Police Training School, Ogida, Benin City, …

It was a scene of panic and at the same time, thanksgiving at the Benin Airport, Edo State, on Thursday, as 68 passengers narrowly escaped death after an Enugu Air aircraft overshot the runway while landing. The aircraft, which was reportedly flying from Lagos to Benin, was said to have been cleared to land when it skidded off the runway …

Public affairs analyst and founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has called on the National Assembly to investigate the ₦22.15 billion allocation for the construction and renovation of palaces and places of worship in the 2026 budget. Okorie made the call on Thursday in Abuja while reacting to the controversy surrounding the budget …

  Amnesty International Nigeria’s Executive Director, Isa Sanusi, said Sowore had become the target of repeated human rights violations because of his activism. Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Nigerian government to immediately withdraw all charges against activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, describing his ongoing prosecution as politically motivated persecution aimed at …