Several women and children, who were fleeing a terrorist attack in Birnin-Waje, a community under Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, drowned when the canoe they were fleeing upon, capsized.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Friday said that the state had exited the fifth COVID-19 wave, noting that severe complications from the disease had ended.

A former member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Usman Bugaje, has said Nigerians need to take a holistic look at the democracy being practiced and see if it has met the expectations for which it was adopted as a form of government.

Lagos State Government has reclaimed encroached portions of Ikorodu GRA Scheme III, located at Odonla, Lucky Fibre axis of Ikorodu.

Former Plateau governor Joshua Dariye has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for granting him state pardon.

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), has tasked the government to do more in order to provide a secure environment for agriculture to thrive in Nigeria.

Mrs .Salamatu Yahaya, president Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association has called for the recognition and appreciation of leaders who have contributed to the development of the nation as a way of ensuring a greater future and the nation's unity, she said sustaining and expanding the legacies of past leaders and the body is her focus across the country.

Nsikak Etim has emerged winner of the Master's category of the second edition of Governor Douye Diri National Scrabble Championship which ended on Saturday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa.