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… Claims 1.3 million new cases will be recorded in 2024 as global response fails …Calls for urgent political commitment ahead of the HIV Summit in June 2026 The United Nations (UN) has warned that declining external funding for health programs is undermining hard-won gains in the global fight against HIV, with Africa and other regions increasingly exposed to rising …

Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma have killed suspected bandits and dismantled their hideout in the highlands in Sokoto State..The plateau is located in a community bordering Zamfara, around the villages of Dangulbi and Kurawa in Tureta Local Government Area of ​​Sokoto State. Security sources revealed the news to journalists on Saturday in Sokoto. The source, who asked not to be …

A bishop was murdered in his own home. Bishop Osório Cîtora Afonso of Quelimane died on Saturday morning after gunmen shot him in the heart inside his residence, the Catholic Church confirmed. He was 54 years old. Catholic World News reported the killing on June 6, 2026. The attackers, armed with an AKM-type rifle, climbed the walls of the bishop’s …

The Nigerian Police have announced the successful rescue of Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, who were kidnapped on June 3, 2026, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Police revealed that the hostages were rescued in a coordinated operation by the Force Intelligence Department Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) in Ibadan at around 7.30pm on Saturday, …

Police have rescued Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, sister of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul. According to available information, the police rescued the three on Saturday around 7.30 pm, after a heavy gun duel with their captors. Sources say at least two of the kidnappers died due to the superior force of …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) has approved former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. Duke’s approval follows a review of the primary election recently held by the Primary Appeals Committee and subsequent approval of the committee’s report by the NWC. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, …

Lagos State Government Logo Lagos doesn’t wait for Ebola to come knocking. The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has issued a precautionary notice to all hospitals, clinics and medical waste handlers across the state following fresh outbreaks of Ebola virus disease reported in parts of East Africa. Chief Executive Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin said the directive was not due to any …

A member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State, Innocent Ojike has sued the party over the results of the Oyi State Constituency primary election. The party has declared Kosisochukwu Ibemesi the winner of the election. Ojike, in the suit filed by his lawyer, Reuben Atabo (SAN), also joined Ibemesi and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) …

The US government has approved more than $240 million in humanitarian assistance to support vulnerable populations in Nigeria and several other crisis-hit countries, in a move aimed at strengthening emergency response and life-saving interventions. The funding, awarded to Catholic Relief Services, will be distributed across Nigeria, Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti and Sudan, targeting critical sectors including …

National Welfare Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr. Nkemakolam Ukandu, has once again asked Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to withdraw from the lawsuit against the party leadership. Ukandu, in a motion based on a notice dated and filed on June 5 against Nafiu-Bala Gombe’s suit recently submitted to Judge Lifu, urged him to …