Rescue teams on Sunday resumed searching for at least 48 migrants who went messing the day before when their boat overturned just as it was being rescued off Spain's Canary Islands, killing at least nine people. Hopes of finding survivors were slim as sea rescue teams searched the waters off El Hierro, an island in…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to enforce the judgement ordering INEC to pursue cases of bribery against state governors, their deputies, and other electoral offences committed during the 2023 general elections. The judgement, delivered on 18 July 2024 by…

The Nigerian Cardiac Society (NCS) has disclosed that 20.5 million people worldwide die of heart-related diseases annually. The NCS stated that the number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths is expected to rise to over 23 million by 2030. Of the number released by the NCS, over 75 per cent were recorded in low- and middle-income…

  Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Operation Hadin Kai, Sector 3, have foiled an attempted attack by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists along Magumeri – Maiduguri axis, in Borno. READ ALSO:17 ISWAP fighters drown while crossing river in Yobe The troops also recovered catche of ammunitions from the…

Organisers of the October 1 nationwide protest tagged “#FearlessinOctober” have announced that all is now set. The protest is aimed at addressing issues such as the high cost of governance, the high cost of electricity, high interest rates, insecurity of lives and property, non-payment of pension obligations, debt slavery for higher education, starvation wages for…