TAJBank unveils star actor Osita Iheme, Saratu Daso brand ambassadors

Osita Iheme( second from right) was unveiled as TAJBank brand ambassador. Photo: Tribune TAJBank Limited, a Nigerian non-interest bank, has announced Osita Iheme (Pawpaw) and Saratu Daso as brand ambassadors in furtherance of its marketing strategies to popularise its techno-powered innovative products and services in the grassroots and deepen financial inclusion. Speaking during the occasion […]

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Eight killed in Serbia’s second mass shooting in less than 48 hours

A man wearing a sweater with the representation of a gun on it, stands in front of an undertaker shop in the village of Dubona near the town of Mladenovac, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of Serbia’s capital Belgrade, on May 5, 2023, in the aftermath of a drive-by shooting. – Police arrested a […]

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WAEC may sanction private schools for non-adherence to registration deadline

• 1,621,853 candidates to sit for examination The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has accused private schools of non-adherence to registration deadline, thus, delaying commencement of the test. Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, at a pre-examination press briefing in Lagos, also announced that 2023 school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would hold […]

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World Asthma Day: Nigerian Thoracic Society advocates better asthma care in Nigeria

As part of efforts to celebrate World Asthma Day (WAD), May 2, 2023, and reduce the burden of asthma in Nigeria, the Nigerian Thoracic Society (NTS) has advocated education of asthma patients and carers as an integral part of asthma care to achieve optimal control of symptoms and exacerbation. According to NTS, asthma is a […]

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FG blames low demand for PHC services on poor care quality, lack of trust in nation’s health system

The Executive Director of, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, has said that the demand for Primary Healthcare services in the country has remained sub-optimal due to poor quality of care, low level of trust in the health system arising from misinformation and disinformation as well as social, cultural and geographical […]

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Apologise, compensate for colonisation, aborigines tell King Charles III

No coronation roles for Harry, Andrew UK deploys 11,000 policemen Leaders of the indigenous peoples of the Commonwealth yesterday signed a letter urging King Charles III of the United Kingdom to apologise for the “horrific impacts” of colonisation. They also urged the king to launch a compensation mechanism for the indigenous peoples of the Commonwealth. […]

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HURIWA asks Tinubu’s govt to probe controversial N23.72tr CBN overdrafts

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), on Thursday, urged the incoming administration of the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to conduct a forensic audit of the controversial N23.72 trillion Federal Government’s unappropriated expenditure funded by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through its ways and means (W&M) window. In a statement by its National Coordinator, […]

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