FRSC raises alarm as 79 die on Okene- Lokoja -Gegu road corridor

The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC), on Tuesday raised an alarm over the high accident rate on the Okene- Lokoja- Koton Karfe- Gegu road corridor which claimed 79 lives in the past five months.

Naira maintains N350 to dollar at parallel market

The Naira on Tuesday traded at N350 to the dollar, maintaining its value since Friday.

772,224 displaced children live in IDPs camps - UNICEF

No fewer than 772,224 children registered by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) are living at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the northeast.

East, South Africa. record large reduction in new adult iHIV/AIDS - UNAIDS report

The Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) says there has been a large reduction in new adult infections of HIV and AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa.

FIDA seeks death penalty for rapists

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Niger chapter, on Tuesday in Minna advocated death penalty for rapists.

Royal funeral rites of passage for Oba Erediauwa begin

The royal funeral rites of passage for the late Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, began on Wednesday evening in Benin.

Kano govt to settle hospital bills of brutalised 20-month-old baby

The Kano State Government has pledged to settle all hospital expenses incurred on the 20-month-old Musa Murtala allegedly brutalized by his stepmothers in Kano.