Tag: red cross
Sierra Leone mudslides: 300 confirmed dead as saerch for survivors continues
Desperate search for survivors resumed at first light in Sierra Leone's capital on Tuesday, after mudslides and floods claimed the lives of more than...
50 confirmed killed as military jet bombs civilians in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force killed at least 50 civilians by accident in an air strike against Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, on Tuesday.
Aid workers...
In pictures: Buhari meets freed Chibok girls
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met the 21 Chibok girls who were released by Boko Haram last week, pledging to "redouble" his efforts to...
Presidency confirms release of 21 Chibok girls
Aso Rock on Thursday confirmed the release of 21 of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.
Senior Special Adviser to the President...
NYSC to deploy doctors, pharmacists, others to IDPs camps
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is to deploy medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals to Internally Displaced Persons camps nationwide.
The Director...
Papa Wemba: Lagbaja’s fellow anti-war campaigner who was convicted of human...
Congolese music icon, Papa Wemba, who died, aged 66, on Sunday after collapsing on stage was an anti-war campaigner who was later convicted for...
Building collapse: Lagos halts construction of Lekki Gardens as death toll...
The Lagos State Government has expressed its condolences over the death of construction site workers who lost their lives on Tuesday as a result...
Lassa fever: Oyo govt advises residents to kill rats with caution
Oyo State Ministry of Health has clarified that no single case of Lassa fever has been established in the state since last year when...