New reports have shown that the global number of maternal deaths fell from around 446, 000 in 2000 to around 287,000 in 2020, which represents a 36 percent decrease. However, in Nigeria, it is estimated that eight million children are born every year with seven million pregnant women at any moment, with the country’s poor […]
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BVAS A major development in the just concluded 2023 elections was the incorporation of a new voter accreditation system that utilises digital technology tools such as the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to prevent manual manipulation of figures. Chijioke Iremeka writes on the improvement of BVAS and other technologies brought to the country’s electoral processes […]
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Reuters/Tife Owolabi – RC1DD24CB8C0 • I Was Rescued By PDP Chieftains, Not Kidnapped, APC Lawyer Clarifies • No Petition Received Yet On Governorship Election –Tribunal • The mission has been accomplished, Says PDP The crisis rocking the political space in Rivers State is deepening as aggrieved parties continued to find it difficult to access the […]
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“I join Christians in Nigeria and around the world to celebrate Easter, which commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, signposting His victory over death. At the heart of Easter, is the triumph of light over darkness. It is a season that reminds us that the Almighty can turn an unpleasant situation around for […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, said that the Federal Government was proud of late Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya’s legacy. He said Diya served his country with integrity and forthrightness. Osinbajo made the remark during a condolence visit to the late Diya’s family at the deceased’s residence at 31 Adekunle Fajuyi Way, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. “We […]
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By Zuhumnan Dapel Nigeria churns out roughly 2 million barrels of crude oil a day, making it Africa’s top producer and the world’s thirteenth. But still, because of its feeble domestic refineries, Nigeria imports about 80 percent of the gasoline it consumes at home, selling it at a government-fixed rate (US$0.43) that is below the […]
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Gunshots and apprehension have become a daily feature of Rivers State ever since the March 18 governorship election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has dictated the pace of politics in the state, is all bent to resist attempts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to relieve it of power in the oil-rich state. This […]
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When the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, was commissioned by General Yakubu Gowon’s regime in 1972, sports journalists and administrators across the globe called it ‘the new Mecca of sports’. And true to type, the colourful arena hosted the 1973 African Games, where Nigeria emerged as the champion for the first time. It hosted the […]
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Friday, rued his failed senatorial bid, saying the ‘market was not good’ during his outing to claim a seat at the Red Chambers of the National Assembly. He said with his failed senatorial bid, he would likely return to his farm or find something else to do after his […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It was Palm Sunday last week, commemorating the triumphal entry of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. It also signaled the coming to the end of Lent which ended yesterday. Millions of Christians had embarked on self-elected deprivation of food and water, and distancing of themselves from earthly pleasures, in memory of […]
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