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Cholera cases in Nigeria rise 128% with Lagos as epicentre, NCDC says

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that Nigeria witnessed a significant 128 percent increase in cholera cases. The NCDC said Lagos State accounted for 60 per cent of all cases, with Lagos Island being the...

GTCO reports highest profit for a listed Nigerian company in six months

Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) posted a net profit of N905.6 billion in the first half of the year as a combination of favourable factors helped boost its bottom line to the highest level ever achieved by any listed...

How health workers steal and resell medicines and consumables from government facilities in Kano

The Kano State Government says it has put in place measures to stop the diversion of drugs and medical consumables in state-run medical facilities across its 44 local government areas (LGAs). Gali Sule, Director General of Kano State Drugs and...

NMA criticises LASUCOM chancellor's ban, calls for Governor Sanwo-Olu's intervention

The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to intervene in the ongoing crisis between the management of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, and that of the Lagos State University College...

ASUU imposes new sanctions on Nigerian university

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), an umbrella body for university lecturers in Nigeria, has imposed fresh sanctions on Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, over what it described as the authorities' failure to remove its "unjustly" sacked leaders...

Why did we go to the SERAP office?

The State Security Service (SSS) said that although two of its officials visited the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) office in Abuja on Monday, they did not invade the office. He explained that two of his unarmed officers only...

Nigerian government and ASUU to meet on Wednesday

A committee set up by Nigeria's Education Minister Tahir Mamman will meet representatives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday to address issues fuelling the union's threat of another strike. The planned meeting is part of the...

LP crisis deepens as Abure hits back at Peter Obi and Alex Otti

The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) appears to have worsened after the PL leadership announced that the party's presidential bid for the 2027 general elections is now open to participation by all qualified Nigerians. Julius Abure, former National Chairman...

SSS personnel break into SERAP office

Security agents believed to be officials of the State Security Service (SSS) stormed the office of a prominent civil society group, SERAP, on Monday morning; The officers were “illegally occupying the SERAP office in Abuja, demanding to see our directors,”...

Notore appoints new company secretary

Notore Chemical Industries Limited has appointed a new company secretary to replace Otivbo Saleh who recently resigned from his position, the fertilizer manufacturer disclosed in a notification to the Nigerian Exchange Limited. Ms. Saleh, who also served as the company's...

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Banks await CBN clearance as audit delays leave investors without key earnings data

Investors in some of Nigeria's largest listed banks are facing a growing information gap as delays in the completion...