The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) for the procurement of cancer equipment worth N38 billion for six federal tertiary hospitals.The selected hospitals for the project in the six geo-political zones
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In two years, a total of 149 persons have died of tuberculosis and 7,000 others infected with the virus in Cross River State.The state commissioner for health, Dr Henry Ayuk, gave the statistics yesterday in Calabar during the flag-off of the campaign to mark this year’s World Tuberculosis Day at
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National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has alerted Nigerians on new tricks by some suspected human traffickers who are exploiting coordinated global brand trademarks and offering unrealistic oil and gas job offers to traffic unsuspecting youths and other classes of people to neighbouring West African countries
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The Federal Government on Friday, arraigned the detained President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Mr Bello Bodejo, before a Federal High Court in Abuja.Bodejo was arraigned on a three-count criminal charge bordering on alleged establishment of an ethnic militia in Tudun Wada, Kau Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.He pleaded
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Former spokesman for the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council during the 2023 presidential election, Daniel Bwala, has claimed that presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, have concluded moves to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in readiness for the 2027 general
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has called on the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, to keep closer watch on banks across the country to avoid failure and its attendant unsavory effects on the economy.A statement by EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said Olukoyede made
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The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested two students for allegedly faking their own kidnap.The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, in Lagos.Hundeyin further told NAN that the suspects also demanded $100,000 (about N150
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Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has suspended mining activities in the state.The governor made the announcement on Friday during the launch of the initial 60 Mining Marshalls saddled with the responsibility of curbing the illegal mining of solid minerals across the state.Represented by his deputy, Sam Ode, the governor said
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Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has reached an agreement to settle the breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by the Amaju Pinnick-led Brownhill Investment Company Limited out of court.In October 2023, Pinnick, a former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, called out Davido for not fulfilling
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Four children have been killed following an outbreak of Diphtheria disease in villages in Minjibir local government area of Kano State.This was made known by the information officer of the council, Tasiu Yahaya Dadin-Duniya, in a statement, made available to newsmen in Kano yesterday.He said another 28 suspected cases are
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