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Christchurch attack: New Zealand votes for gun law changes
All but one member of New Zealand’s Parliament voted on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after…
Meningitis: Federal Govt. tasked on adequate provision of vaccines
Dr Uthman Mubashir, a public health physician, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to provide adequate vaccines for the prevention…
Boko Haram: Army repels attack on Damaturu
The Sector 2, Operation LAFIYA DOLE of Nigerian Army in Damaturu, on Wednesday, said it successfully repelled suspected Boko Haram…
Expert warns against excessive self-medication
A Consultant Medical Parasitologist, Prof. Wellington Oyibo, on Wednesday advised people to stop treating diseases, such as malaria, without carrying…
Specialist decries lack of Opthalmologists, Optometrists in rural areas
A Consultant Ophthalmologist, Prof. Adeola Onakoya, on Wednesday in Lagos called on government at all levels to establish Vision Care…
Banditry: Over 3,000 killed, 500 Zamfara villages affected – Gov. Yari
The Zamfara Government has said that a total of 3,526 persons were killed by armed bandits in the state in…
Indian Bishop charged with rape
Indian Police on Tuesday charged a Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal, with repeatedly raping a nun in a convent, officials…
Federal govt. appoints new medical directors for FMC Umuahia, UCTH
The Federal Government has approved the appointment of Prof. Ikpeme Ikpeme as the new Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of…
NSCDC to investigate killing of operative in Lagos
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has commenced an investigation into the alleged killing of one…
Service delivery: Nasarawa govt. to train local govt. staff
The Nasarawa State Government has restated its commitment to train and retrain its local government staff for effective service delivery…
Miners will comply with suspension of activities in Zamfara – Chairman
The Miners Association of Nigeria, says it will comply with the directive by the Federal Government, to suspend all mining…
Disease diagnosis: Nigeria, Japan sign $14.2m grant
Nigeria and Japan have signed an agreement on a project involving 14.2 million US dollar grant to strengthen the diagnostic…
Ugwuanyi lays foundation for Enugu State University of Education
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has laid the foundation for the administrative building of the proposed University of Education,…
Unpaid allowance: Protesting ad hoc staff may have banking problems – INEC
The Lagos office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that ad hoc staff protesting over unpaid allowances…
Zamfara: ALGON charges civilian JTF to fight bandits
The Zamfara chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), has urged the Nigeria Police Force to permit…
Highlights from the Lord’s Achievers Award
It was an evening of glitz and glamour with a blend of class and style on Sunday, the 24th of…
Plateau lawmaker pays SSCE fees for 107 students
Mr Jacob Kassam, a member of the Plateau House of Assembly, has paid the registration fees for 107 students writing…
We will rout out kidnappers from source — FOC
The new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Adm. Oladele Daji, has promised to rid riverine areas of…
Election reform: Nnamani calls for implementation of Uwais Report
Former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani, on Tuesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt the recommendations of the…
Food security: New partnership launched in Nigeria, 10 African countries
A new partnership to boost food security in Nigeria and 10 other African countries by using artificial intelligence (AI) and…
Buhari cuts short Dubai trip, returns to Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Tuesday night, a day ahead of schedule.
Forest protection project: Nigeria, 14 ECOWAS states to benefit
The FAO announced on Tuesday that Nigeria and 14 other ECOWAS members are to benefit from an eight-million-dollar five-year forest…
IGP deploys “Operation Puff Adder” squad to Kogi
The Acting Inspector -General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has approved the deployment of a squad of "Operation Puff Adder”…
Drought may hinder Kenya’s economic growth – World Bank
The World Bank said on Tuesday that dry weather across much of Kenya was likely to curb the country’s economic…
Police decry rising spate of car theft in Plateau
The police command in Plateau on Monday decried the rising spate of car theft in the state, calling on car…
Mining: Minister tasks mining investors to obey Federal govt’s order
Alhaji Abubakar Bwari, Nigeria’s Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development has urged mining investors in Zamfara to obey Federal…
Nigerian prisons congestion and matters arising
Prisons are public correctional institutions established by government where inmates — both suspects and convicts — are detained.
Blind Association calls for local production of computer screen readers
Mr Ishiyaku Adamu, National President, Nigeria Association for the Blind, on Monday urged the Federal Government to engage local software…
JAMB: CDHR tasks Ebonyi govt, police on security over communal clash
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has urged Ebonyi Government to beef up security ahead of the…
FHA to launch low class housing units in Zuba
The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has promised to ensure that common Nigerians yearning for housing allocations in the country benefited…