Thirty-one-year-old male suspect (identified as Erasmus Emhenya) has died in police custody from severe torture meted out to him by officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).The FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the death of the suspect but denied any torture as alleged by the family.While reacting to
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Anambra State has the highest tuberculosis (TB) cases in Nigeria. Medical experts who spoke at USAID and Breakthrough Action-funded "Media Personnel Interactive Workshop on Tuberculosis" in Awka, the state capital yesterday, disclosed that of the recorded TB notifications, childhood cases topped that of the adults.The programme manager, TB, Leprosy and
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Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr Solomon Arase, said clashes between the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the PSC over recruitment of constable is unhealthy and unhelpful.Arase stated this yesterday when he constituted a special team of retired police officers, tasked with the responsibility of managing any conflict
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Federal Government has declared tomorrow and Monday, April 24, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration.A statement by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Shuiab Belgore, quoted the minister, Rauf Aregbesola, as making the declaration on behalf of government.While congratulating Muslims for the successful completion of
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The Federal government has approved an e-Customs modernization project at N142.24 billion.The approval is coming amid reports of an existing court order restraining the e-custom project from proceeding.Meanwhile, Clem Agba, the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning said he is unaware of any court order on the project.He disclosed
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Elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has succeeded the late Prof. George Obiozor as President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.A delegation from the Imo Elders Council, led by the chairman, HRM Eze (Dr.) Cletus Ilomuanya, presented Iwuanyanwu to the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma on Wednesday at the New Executive Council Chambers
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Tony Okeke, 20, winner of the 2018 edition of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, National Science Quiz Competition, presently studying Biomedical Engineering in Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, collaborated with five other international students (four Nigerians and one Indian) to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Medical Assistance App, which
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The latest epidemiology report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has shown that Nigeria recorded a total of 1,336 cholera cases with 79 deaths in the last three months.The agency’s Weekly Epidemiological Report revealed that the infection and deaths were reported in 12 states and 43
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The crisis rocking the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new dimension, as the North West vice chairman of the party and member National Working Committee (NWC), Salihu Moh Lukman, issued a one-week ultimatum to the National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to convene an emergency National Executive
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The National Population Commission has said that the mentally-deranged, homeless people and every living being in Nigeria would be counted in the upcoming 2023 housing and population counting.Prince Diran Iyantan, the NPC Federal Commissioner representing Ondo State, said this in Akure on Wednesday, at a one-day capacity-building workshop for the
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