The World Health Organisation has revealed that Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world. The WHO said this on Thursday, urging at-risk populations to keep …
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Ogun students plan protest over colleague killed by hit-and-run driver
A coalition of student bodies in Ogun State on Thursday threatened to protest over a 24-year-old student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, Aiyepe Annexe, Pelumi David, said to have been …
Read More »Fire guts filling station in Abuja
Fire, on Thursday, engulfed the Mainland Oil and Gas filling station located in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The fire was said to have started at …
Read More »LG autonomy: Supreme Court ruling step in right direction, says Atiku
Former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, has praised the Supreme Court over its ruling affirming fiscal autonomy to local government councils in Nigeria. Atiku in a statement on Thursday said the …
Read More »LG autonomy: Supreme Court has restored hope in democracy – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress has welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment affirming fiscal autonomy for local government councils across the country. In a statement on Thursday, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, …
Read More »Sokoto gov signs law stripping Sultan power to appoint district, village heads
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has assented to six new laws, including the amended Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law, which generated controversy across the country. The new law stripped …
Read More »NIPR sets up committee to study Samoa Agreement
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations has inaugurated a technical team to examine and analyse the Samoa agreement and its impact on the nation following its recent signing by the …
Read More »WHO prequalifies first self-test kit for hepatitis C virus
The World Health Organisation has prequalified the first hepatitis C virus self-test which can provide critical support in expanding access to testing and diagnosis, accelerating global efforts to eliminate hepatitis …
Read More »Ajaka rejects Appeal Court’s verdict on Kogi gov poll
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka, has alleged that the Appeal Court judgment in the governorship …
Read More »140,000 children under 14 living with HIV – FG
The Federal Government on Thursday, inaugurated a Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission and Paediatric AIDS Acceleration Plan Committee to reduce mother-to-child transmission, eliminate HIV/AIDs and scale up the implementation of early …
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