Breaking NewsSierra Leone defeated Ghana by six wickets in the NCF Quadrangular T20 Series in Lagos, chasing down a target of 85 runs with 11 balls to spare.nn
SportsRivers State has topped the medals table at the maiden MOB National Taekwondo and Team Championship held in Lagos, with three gold and one silver medals.nn
General News…20 countries to attend Lagos assembly on secure medicine supply chainsBy Chioma Obinna The Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors Association of Nigeria, PWDAN, and the African Pharmaceutical Distributors Association, APDA, on Tuesday called for stronger collaboration among African countrie...
General NewsBy Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Federal Government has begun moves to overhaul Nigeria’s road transport sector, targeting safer roads, modern vehicle fleets, digital systems and stronger regulation in an industry that carries more than 90 per cent of the country’s passengers and freight.The ref...
General News…Links hardship, social unrest to failure of productivity Former Cross River State governor and presidential candidate of Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Donald Duke, said yesterday Nigeria’s economy has effectively shrunk since the Second Republic because government spending and productive capaci...
Tech & InnovationBy Chioma Obinna MTN Group Foundation and the Gates Foundation on Tuesday launched an AI-enabled maternal health platform targeting 500,000 Nigerian women by 2030.The Nigeria Maternal Health Multiplier will also equip 5,000 frontline health workers with digital tools to detect pregnancy and child...
General NewsBy Chioma Obinna Nigeria recorded 18 new confirmed cases of Lassa fever in epidemiological week 35, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in 2026 to 1,074, with 258 deaths recorded across 24 states.The latest Lassa Fever Situation Report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Preven...
General NewsZamfara State Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is constructing a Safe Space Centre in Gusau to support survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and other traumatised persons. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Developme...
Tech & InnovationThe Zamfara State Government has approved a 95 per cent increase in the salaries of health workers across the state, with the new pay structure taking effect from September 7, 2026. It said that the revised remuneration is aligned with the Federal Government’s approved health-sector salary struct...
General NewsZamfara State Government will sustain its institutional capacity building initiative to achieve competency and professionalism in public service. Zamfara State Head of Service, Shehu Baraya, announced this at his office during a brief ceremony marking the end of the Pre-Examination Refresher Cour...
Business & EconomyThe wife of Zamfara State governor, Hajiya Huriyya Lawal, has won The Sun newspaper’s First Lady of the Year award for 2026. This was announced by the management of the newspaper yesterday. The Sun Publishing Limited is the publisher of Daily Sun, Saturday Sun, Sunday Sun, Sporting Sun, and thesu...
General NewsThe Zamfara State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), has conducted a sensitisation/ training for health workers on cholera, diphtheria, AFP and other vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in the state. The training, held at Darma Hotel, Gusau, was designe...
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