The  Federal Government has said that about 68 persons have lost their lives to  lassa fever between January and August, 2017.

The Minister of Health, who was represented by the Minister of State for health, Dr Ehanire  Osagie  said yhis while speaking at the Maiden Edition of the Lassa fever outbreak in Abuja.

No fewer than seven persons have been reportedly killed and many injured in renewed boundary dispute between Igbide and Enwhe communities in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The National Film and Video Censors Board has seized many copies of Nigerian movies and duplicating machines from pirates in Alaba market.

THERE was confusion in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Monday when members of the public learnt that Ifeanyi Dike, the man who allegedly raped, killed and removed vital organs of an eight-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso, had escaped from the police custody.

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, in conjunction with Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts of higher institutions in the country, may  this Wednesday  decide on the minimum cut-off mark for admission into the various higher institutions of learning.

The President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Mr Ademola Odunade on Monday dissolved a two -year-old  marriage between one Kabir Bakare and his wife Funmilola over adultery.

The two Pakistanis abducted in Calabar area have been rescued by the Nigerian Police, Mr Azim Khan, Head of Chancery, Pakistan High Commission has announced.