By Jemilat Nasiru Nigeria has taken over from India as the world capital for under-five deaths, according to the 2020 mortality estimates released by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The…
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•EB-SEMA personnel at work By CHARLES IWUOHA Ebonyi State Emergency Management Agency (EB-SEMA) has flagged off the distribution of relief materials to 2019 flood victims across the state. The Executive…
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50 million Nigerians may develop mental illness, commit suicide ― Expert
• A worried man Contrary to what many people think, a mental health expert, Dr Jibril Abdulmalik has said that 50 million Nigerians stand a risk of developing mental health…
The Federal Government is no more going to be releasing guiding price bands for the sale of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at filling stations. It disclosed this in…
Fire Officers Wives Association (FOWA), on Tuesday donated food items to City of Refuge Orphanage, Durumi, Abuja. FOWA President, Mrs Amina Liman, in a brief remark at the ceremony, said…
Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan Students, workers, and civil society groups hit the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday, to express displeasure at the hike in the price of…
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Government on Monday said despite the recent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit to N162 per litre, the price of the commodity in…
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COVID-19: Millions of children at risk of measles, polio, due to vaccination disruptions
Millions of children in Nigeria are at the risk of measles, polio, diphtheria and other diseases due to disruptions of routine immunisation and other vaccination programmes as a result of…
One person was feared killed in Ogoja, few hours to the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the October 31 Cross River north by-election, even as Journalists…
Buhari The Nigerian Youth Congress (NYC) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the National Youth Day as show of commitment to empowering the Nigerian youths. Buhari had on September…
•Comrade Oshiomhole The Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm that an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner, Dr. Mustapha Leeky, is acting the script of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,…
•COVID-19 PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu The Federal Government says state governments and school administrators should start making preparations for the full reopening of schools in the country. Schools…
The Federal Government has adjusted the curfew from 12 midnight through 4am, as it continues the gradual easing of lockdown measures imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the…
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Kaduna sponsors 2 students with Disabilities for foreign scholarship, 27 others with N18.5M
Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board, has supported 27 law students with N18.5 million for their Law School programme, out of the 90 candidates that applied. In a press statement…
The University of Ibadan, Lagos State University, University of Lagos, and Covenant University have ranked among the top 1,000 universities in the world. This was contained in the 2021 Times…