The number of people who have lost their lives to the recent cholera outbreak in Bauchi State has raised to 37 in 15 local government areas of the State. The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHDA) has said that the deadly disease has now spread to six more local government areas from the initial nine. In data made available to journalists in Bauchi by the Executive Chairman of the Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, the...

The federal government is planning a process of commuting the sentences of inmates who have been on death row for over 10 years to life imprisonment. Findings by LEADERSHIP showed that Nigeria now has 2,956 inmates on death row, a shift from the 2,742 recorded in 2019. The number of condemned male inmates is put at 2,903 while females make up the remaining 53. While the number which initially stood at 1,606 in 2017 rose...

Crusaders, under the aegis of the 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC), have condemned mischief makers for reportedly embarking on a smear campaign against Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The group, in a statement on Monday, signed by its Coordinator, Izon Ebi, said Tompolo and Akpabio deserved commendation and not lampoon for averting the planned hostilities renewed...