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Sri Lanka: Viral flu kills 14 children

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Sri Lanka’s Health Officials on Thursday said 14 children had died from a viral fever which was spreading in Southern…

School feeding programme not a political gimmick – Dankwambo’s aide

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Federal Government’s National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) is not a political gimmick, Mrs Maryam Mele, Special Adviser…

Cholera: NCDC urges Nigerians to maintain high hygiene

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday charged Nigerians on the need to maintain high hygiene to prevent…

Resident doctors mull nationwide strike over sacked members

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Thursday, warned that it may proceed on strike if the Federal Government…

Prostitution: Returnee from Russia narrates ordeal

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A 25-year-old returnee from Russia, Miss Blessing Atale, has cautioned Nigerian girls on the dangers of travelling abroad to engage…

Nipah virus: India records 2 more deaths

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Two more people have died in the outbreak of Nipah virus in the southern Indian state of Kerala, taking the…

How toothpastes cause health problem

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

American and Chinese scientists have found that an antimicrobial ingredient commonly used in hand soaps and toothpastes could have adverse…

Libya holds Iftar feast for illegal immigrants

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Libyan immigration department on Wednesday held a Ramadan Iftar feast for nearly 1,300 illegal immigrants inside a reception centre…

Assad warns U.S. should leave Syria

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Bashar al-Assad said he would recover areas of Syria held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and that…

UK PM May’s Conservative Party urged to tackle Islamophobia

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Britain’s largest Muslim group on Thursday urged Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party to launch an independent inquiry into Islamophobia…

China exceeds U.S. in healthy life span – WHO

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

China exceeds U.S. in healthy life span for the first time since records began, , according to WHO data.

Russia, Saudi agree foreign troops should leave Syria

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Russia and Saudi Arabia have agreed that Syria should be freed of foreign troops and terrorist groups, Saudi Ambassador to…

Investigative journalism is dangerous – Osoba

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Wednesday in Lagos likened the risks in pursuing investigative journalism…

Yobe Govt ready for negotiation with doctors

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Yobe Government says it is ready for discussions with the state branch of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD)…

Court nullifies Rivers APC congresses

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Rivers High Court in Port Harcourt has nullified the ward, local government and state congresses of the All Progressives…

CBN resisted pressure to float Naira

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Isaac Okoroafor, the acting Director, Corporate Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the apex bank resisted suggestions to…

Stolen $99m: Kenya to investigate 10 banks

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Kenyan authorities will investigate 10 financial institutions suspected of handling funds that were stolen from the government’s National Youth Service…

Over 100 people freed from Taliban prison

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Afghan Special Forces have rescued over a hundred prisoners including policemen, women and children from a Taliban prison in southern…

$1bn Insurgency Fund: South-South Governors demand 13% derivation

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Forum of South-South Governors on Wednesday in Port Harcourt restated its demand for restructuring and 13 per cent derivation…

Minister provides succour for physically-challenged pastor

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Luck smiled on David Oni, a pastor living with disability, after a life-changing encounter on Wednesday with Mr Adebayo Shittu,…

Ebola: FAAN steps up surveillance in airports

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has stepped up surveillance and screening for Ebola Virus and other infectious diseases…

Nigerian Govt, JOHESU ordered back to negotiation table

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, says it has taken over the negotiations between the Federal Government and the Joint Health…

Navy hands over vessel, 9 suspects to EFCC

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA on Wednesday handed over a vessel with more than 386,000 litres of stolen crude…

No region will suffer neglect – SGF

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Government has assured that no part of the country will suffer neglect due to its geographical location or…

Underage imprisonment: Senate summons C-G of Prisons

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Senate on Wednesday summoned the Controller-General, Prisons, Mr Ahmed Ja’afaru, to appear before its Committee on Interior, to explain…

CAR approves war crimes court

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Central African Republic has approved a law creating a special criminal court to investigate allegations of war crimes and crimes…

Door to U.S. trade negotiations ‘always open’ – China

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

China on Thursday said the door to negotiations with the United States is “always open,” after the U.S. announced plans…

Hamburg bans diesel vehicles

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Hamburg on Thursday became the first German city to impose a partial ban on diesel vehicles as part of the…

UN envoy says Gaza ‘on the brink’

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Rocket fire this week across the border between Gaza and Israel shows how close the region is “to the brink…

1.1billion people are smokers globally – WHO

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

There are around 1.1 billion smokers in the world today, the same number as at the turn of the century,…

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