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Nasarawa State confirms 2 cases of Lassa fever

By Ismail Auwal The Nasarawa State Government has confirmed two cases of Lassa fever since the beginning of the dry season in the state. Dr Janet...

Kano records 67% decrease in gender based violence within 3 months- CITAD

By Ismail Auwal From September to December, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) reported a 67 percent decrease in reported cases of Gender-Based...

Buhari dispaches DSS, NSA to Sokoto, Katsina to tackle insecurity

By Sahelian Times     President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, and Yusuf Bichi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) to...

Insecurity: Northern youths take to the streets of Kano, Bauchi, others

By Sahelian Times Angry youths have taken to the major streets of Kano, Bauchi, Zamfara and Sokoto states, protesting the widespread killings in the North-Western...

JUST IN: DSS invites activist, Zainab Naseer Ahmad

By Sahelian Times   The Department of State Service (DSS) have invited a popular Kano activist, Zainab Naseer Ahmad, for leading a protest.   The popular activist led...

New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations

By Sahelian Times   Anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime in New Zealand.   New Zealand will...

JUST IN: Katsina’s Commissioner for Science and Tech gunned down

By Sahelian Times Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, was assassinated on Thursday.   The commissioner was killed in his residence in Daura...

Saudi Arabia to France – You’ve arrested the wrong man over Khashoggi’s murder

You've arrested the wrong man over Khashoggi's murder - Saudi Arabia to Franc French police have arrested a Saudi national suspected of involvement in the...

Buhari sacks management of Abuja Electric

By Sahelian Times   President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).   Ofem Uket, spokesman of Goddy Agba,...

Bauchi Assembly reject Dr Tilde as commissioner for being ‘disrespectful’

By Sahelian Times The Bauchi State House of Assembly on Monday accused the state Commissioner for Education, Dr. Aliyu Tilde, of disrespect.   Subsequently, the lawmakers passed...

900,000 children to be vaccinated against polio in Cross River

By Sahelian Times The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency is to vaccinate 900,000 children from age 15 and below against polio.   Wife of...

Rising food prices fuelling inflation in Nigeria, Africa – IMF

By Sahelian Times The International Monetary Fund says rising food prices is the major factor fuelling inflation in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries.   According to...

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