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NCDC says it has identified two Ebola cases, comprising one confirmed infection and another suspected case in Rivers State
The confirmed case involves a 42-year-old woman who returned from Uganda to Nigeria
Health officials have identified 53 primary contacts
Nigeria’s health authorities are...
Nigeria’s pastoralist coalition wants 30% of the agriculture budget for the livestock ministry, pilot ranches in all six zones and gazetted grazing reserves.
Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu has urged Nigeria's defence industry to deepen local arms production and charged the financial sector to block criminal and terrorist financing flows.
The Federal Government says Nigeria is steadily emerging from economic fragility, defending President Tinubu's reforms with GDP growth, over one million student loan beneficiaries and anti-graft gains.
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele says the National Assembly will pass the constitutional amendment bill establishing state police this week, calling the reform long overdue amid worsening insecurity.
Nigeria says it is weighing sanctions against South Africa over renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, warning that a review of bilateral privileges is not off the table.
Presidential adviser Daniel Bwala says Nigeria's large population and infrastructure deficit are slowing the impact of President Tinubu's economic reforms on ordinary citizens.
Nigeria’s pastoralist coalition wants 30% of the agriculture budget for the livestock ministry, pilot ranches in all six zones and gazetted grazing reserves.
Police have arrested seven suspected kidnappers in Abuja and Kaduna and recovered the body of Oluwadamilola Adedayo, abducted in Kuje in August, from the gang’s forest camp.