Nine people accused of carrying out a deadly attack in north-central Nigeria were arraigned before a federal court on Monday, ...

Ifunanya Nwangene died in hospital after being bitten in her Abuja home, raising questions about the availability of effective antivenoms ...

Ifunanya Nwangene, a Nigerian singer who rose to fame while competing on the African country's version of "The Voice," has died. She was 26.

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by rodents and is endemic in West African countries. The six new cases were recorded in Ondo (3), Gombe (2), and Taraba (1), according to the ...

Pharmacists urge local production of antivenoms after singer Ifunanya Nwangene's tragic death, highlighting Nigeria's ...

FACTSHEET: Road safety in Nigeria in wake of high-profile crashOn 29 December 2025, former two-time unified heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was in a fatal road crash on the Lagos-Ibadan ...

Nigeria’s Senate called for urgent nationwide action in public and private hospitals, following concerns about the death of ...

While some countries have abandoned the death penalty as punishment for certain offences, Nigeria has remained undecided on the issue, with governors increasingly reluctant to sign death warrants – a ...

Snakebite can turn a quiet night or routine farm visit into a brutal race against time. From rural Gombe to Abuja, victims ...

No executions of death sentences in Nigeria were carried out in 2020. The human rights watchdog said in its 2020 Death Sentences and Executions report, published on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, that ...