Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican announced on Easter Monday.
He passed away peacefully at 7:35 a.m. in his Vatican residence, Casa Santa Marta.
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, he made history as the first...
Former Super Eagles captain and coach, Christian Chukwu, has died at the age of 74.
The football legend passed away on Saturday, though details surrounding his death are still unclear.
His longtime friend and ex-teammate, Segun Odegbami, confirmed the news in...
The death toll from Wednesday’s attacks on five villages in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State has climbed to 52.
Chairman of the Bokkos Cultural Development Council, Farmasum Fuddang, said the number increased as more bodies were recovered following...
The Kebbi State Government has confirmed that the death toll from the meningitis outbreak in the state has climbed to 55, with Gwandu recording 25 deaths, Jega 16, and Aliero 14.
Speaking to journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 1,319 deaths from the ongoing diphtheria outbreak, with Kano State accounting for 75% of confirmed cases.
According to the NCDC’s latest situation report, over 42,000 suspected cases have been...
At least 26 people have died from suspected meningitis cases in Kebbi State, officials said.
The Commissioner for Health, Yanusa Ismail, said 248 suspected cases had been recorded in Gwandu, Aleiro, and Jega LGAs. He confirmed that isolation camps had...
A devastating fire at an Islamiya school in Kaura-Namoda LGA, Zamfara State, has claimed the lives of 17 Almajiri students. The blaze broke out late Tuesday night and raged for nearly three hours, injuring 16 others. Local resident Abdulrasaq...
The Acting Chairman of the Katsina State Chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Surajo Amadu Rufa’i, was killed by suspected bandits in a brutal attack on his residence at Mairana village in Kusada...
A military airstrike targeting Lakurawa terrorists struck the villages of Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa in Sokoto’s Silame Local Government Area at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, killing 10 civilians and injuring several others, residents and community leaders reported. The operation...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has refuted circulating rumours of his death, asserting that he remains hale and hearty. Addressing the public in Osogbo during the inauguration of the reconstructed Old-Garage/Oke-Fia Road by Governor Ademola Adeleke, Obasanjo said, “I heard...
