•Prostate cancer Survivors of prostate cancer transformed a clinic’s anniversary into a national health warning, as The Prostate Clinic (TPC) marked its first year of operations in Lagos. Their testimonies, filled with re‑ lief and gratitude, underscored the urgent need for awareness and early detection among Nigerian men. The gathering, atten...
•Terrorists Residents of Minna, Niger state capital and environs are in fear over the influx of persons suspected to be terrorists/armed bandits into the state as strategies on how to end their control over some farming communities in Niger and some neighbouring states intensifies. The influx of suspected criminal elements into the state capit...
•Terrorists Attacks by suspected terrorists may not be abating anytime soon as the hoodlums have started circulating warning letters to several communities in Kwara State. It was gathered that in the last six days, they had sent letters to four different communities, threatening to strike at any time, reports Saturday PUNCH. Our correspondents...
•Youth Corps members Thousands of prospective corps members and their families are apprehensive as the 2026 Batch A (Stream 1) orientation exercise of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) commences across the country, particularly in states plagued by bandit attacks, kidnappings, and bomb scares. From Zamfara to Kaduna, Borno, Yobe, Plateau...
•Pastor Ben Eragbai The General Overseer of Divine Appointment Ministry International, Pastor Ben Eragbai, has said insecurity remains a pervasive and critical challenge across Nigeria, posing a direct and imminent danger to citizens. Eragbai, who spoke during this year’s Praise Service at the church’s headquarters in Ajah, Lagos, noted ...
•Terrorists In just two weeks, Nigeria has been gripped by a wave of coordinated kidnappings stretching from the Federal Capital Territory to the far edges of the North-West, an unsettling synchrony of attacks that has plunged communities into fear and pushed the government into an emergency stance not seen in years. It always begins quietly. ...
Confusion may have gripped the South-East region over today’s proposed national protest for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. To this end, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has declared all correctional centres red zones, reports The Guardian. Meanwhile, the Federal Capital Territ...
•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and a child drinking from public water pump Residents of Wuse Zone Six in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have raised alarm over alleged contaminated water running from their taps, sparking growing health concerns in the community. Mr. Jimoh Olatunji, one of the [...
•Armed Fulani herdsman Tension has gripped Amakohia-Ubi community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State following a deadly attack by suspected armed Fulani herders, which left one vigilante leader dead while others remain missing or wounded. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday evening around 6:30 pm, sparked panic and a mass ...
•Prof Jesse Otegbayo The Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Professor Jesse Otegbayo, has stated that maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality remain significant public health challenges in Nigeria, and it is imperative that every pregnancy is a journey of hope rather than one of fear. Speaking at ...

