The National Emergency Management Agency has issued an urgent appeal to Nigerians in flood-prone communities to take immediate precautionary measures — including evacuation where necessary — as persistent rainfall intensifies across the country and 14 states face medium flood risk between July 14 and July 20.
The US Department of State has placed 23 countries, including 11 African nations, under its highest Level 4 “Do Not Travel” advisory, while Nigeria remains on Level 3 with some states still flagged as Level 4.
From cultural beliefs and bride price entitlement to fears of diminished masculinity and reduced sexual pleasure, many Nigerian husbands reject condoms and vasectomy, leaving their wives to bear the burden of family planning alone. JANET OGUNDEPO reports
Sixty-four days after terrorists abducted between 40 and 42 pupils from Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Borno State, affected families say they remain trapped in trauma amid what they describe as continued silence from the Tinubu administration.
Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have rescued nine kidnap victims who escaped while their abductors slept, recovered 56 rustled livestock, and arrested a suspected terrorist during separate intelligence-led operations across Katsina State.
The Federal Government has filed a 10-count charge against three men accused of terrorism, kidnapping and other offences linked to
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has allocated N140 million for the construction and rehabilitation of emir palaces and mosques in Kaduna State in its 2026 budget — one of several constituency projects bearing no discernible connection to livestock development, according to the 2026 Appropriation Act seen by TheCable.
Detained activist and AAC presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has alleged that President Tinubu’s Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila stole $25,000 from a client while practising law in Atlanta and fled to Nigeria after the story was published on SaharaReporters — with NiDCOM chair Abike Dabiri-Erewa allegedly calling Sowore personally to intervene.
President Tinubu has approved the full reconstruction of the 135-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan Expressway using reinforced concrete pavement, alongside a 400-kilometre extension of the Fourth Legacy Highway and approval for two new bridges in Taraba State, Works Minister David Umahi announced Thursday.
The death of 26-year-old physiotherapist Mary Habila at Minister David Umahi’s Ebonyi residence has exploded into a full-blown national controversy, with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar demanding Umahi step aside, lawyers insisting the family cannot legally block an autopsy, and pressure mounting on the Inspector-General of Police to transfer the investigation to Force Headquarters.
