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Cancer: A death sentence for Nigerians
Prof. Sunday Adewuyi of Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, says cancer is a death…
EFCC arraigns consultant over alleged N8m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a man, Innocent Lazarus before an FCT High Court, Kubwa,…
Polio: Akeredolu solicits synergy for healthy future
Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday called for collective support for immunisation to ensure a healthy, fruitful and…
Police parade 20 kidnap, robbery suspects in Kogi
The Police in Lokoja on Thursday paraded 20 persons suspected to be kidnappers and armed robbers.
Naira sells at N400 to dollar
The Naira on Thursday was sold at N400 to a dollar at the parallel Market.
Police in Sierra Leone kills student during protest
The police in Sierra Leone’s southern city of Bo Thursday shot and killed a student during a protest over government…
Jigawa governor launches Universal Health Coverage
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has launched the state’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to boost healthcare delivery service to the…
NNPC warns against fraudulent recruitment
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has warned members of the public that the corporation was not undertaking any recruitment,…
Reps to probe activities at Kaduna Airport
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Aviation to investigate activities at the Kaduna International Airport to…
FG suspends work at Ekiti National Housing Programme site
The Federal Government on Thursday ordered the suspension of work on the National Housing Scheme, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Adamawa pensioners decry non payment of gratuities
The Adamawa branch of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has expressed concern over the delay in payment of accumulated gratuity…
‘No bomb planted at American Embassy in Lagos’ – CP
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, on Thursday, said there was no bomb planted at the…
No vacancies at PDP National Secretariat – Makarfi
Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that there is…
Polio: Kaduna to immunise 3m children
The Kaduna State Government says it will immunise three million children under the age of five years against Polio within…
Wike tells UNIPORT to pay up taxes
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has called on the University of Port Harcourt to pay up the taxes due to…
Reps want early volunteers absorbed into NSCDC
The House of Representatives says it is taking necessary measures to ensure that early volunteers of the Nigeria Security and…
Couple, landlady jailed over disturbance
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced a man, his wife and their landlady to one…
Politicians can be stupid sometimes- German diplomat
Germany’s foreign minister says politicians can be stupid sometimes, in response to comments by a senior EU politician quipping that…
Katsina investigates alleged misconduct by Hajj officials
The Katsina State Government has inaugurated a committee to investigate alleged misconduct by some officials of the state’s Pilgrims Welfare…
Be safety conscious, lawmaker tells health workers
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health Services, Mr Segun Olulade, on Wednesday advised health workers to…
Kwara Assembly wants sports resuscitated in schools
The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday called for the resuscitation of sporting activities in all primary and secondary schools…
FG deploys 1,473 graduate midwives to PHCs
The Federal Government has deployed more than 1,473 newly graduated basic midwives to Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) across the…
DSS arrest kidnappers of German Archeologists in Kaduna
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two suspected kidnappers of the two German Archaeologists, Dr Peter Breuning and…
Burundi joins Afreximbank
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says Burundi has acceded to the Agreement establishing the bank, making the country a participating…
British wrestler banned 4 years for doping
British wrestler Chinu Sandhu, who won Commonwealth Games bronze medal in 2014, has been banned for four years after failing…
Taraba releases N1.8b to pay teachers’ salaries
The Taraba State Commissioner for Education, Mr Johannes Jigem, said on Wednesday that government had released N1.8 billion to the…
Police have subdued kidnappers in Imo – CP
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Taiwo Lakanu, said on Wednesday that the police had subdued kidnappers in the…
Abstain from unprotected sex to prevent hepatitis – Expert
The Guild of Medical Directors on Wednesday advised Nigerians, especially the young ones against unprotected sexual intercourse and use of…
NDLEA arrests drug barons, IDPs in Borno
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 10 drug barons and 60 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) for…
Lalong calls off official engagements to mourn commissioner
Plateau Governor Simon Lalong, has called off official engagements following the sudden demise of Mr Samuel Galadima, the Commissioner of…