NHIS wades into HCPs, HMOs rift President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, launched a N62.1 billion trust fund to end Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as a public health threat and place more people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on treatment yearly. At the launch of the HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN) in Abuja, the Nigerian […]
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The suspension of the removal of government subsidy on fuel did not come as a great surprise to many. The issue has remained contentious over the years as President Muhammadu Buhari even before he came into power in 2015 had said fuel subsidy is a fraud. At the time, he viewed the proponents of the […]
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Commissioner of Police (CP), Kano State Command, Sama’ila Dikko No fewer than 113 teenagers, yesterday, regained freedom from an illegal rehabilitation centre in Kano State, following a rescue operation carried out by Kano State police command. Sadly, the operators of the facility had reportedly tortured one of the victims, Aminu Ado, to death before the […]
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Release of four more Chibok girls excites UNICEF N’East governors donate N20m to banditry victims Gunmen have killed a former Sole Administrator of Dogon Dawa Development Area in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, Alhaji Idris Damari, and abducted several people in the community. Another set also abducted over 50 persons in Faskari Local Council of Katsina […]
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• PDP caucus decries excessive loans, says APC has sold Nigeria to China • CSOs hail NASS over re-transmission of Electoral Bill to Buhari • Enforce Freedom of Information Act to address democracy deficits, EU urges FG Opposition federal lawmakers have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 […]
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• ‘Nine persons kidnapped daily in 2021’ • Northwest needs a military theatre command to tackle banditry, says governor • CAN calls for el-Rufai’s resignation, says report self-indicting It was a sombre-looking Governor Nasir el-Rufai who, yesterday, reeled out gloomy details of the spate of insecurity that has held Kaduna State by the jugular. Receiving […]
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• EFCC working against Igbo interests, OYC, HURIWA allege • Okorocha blames ordeal with anti-graft agency on Uzodinma • Ex-governor should face criminal charges, Imo govt insists Anambra State President of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prince Emeka Udodeme, has declared that the emergence of Igbo president will help to curb agitations and secessionist movements in the […]
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Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has expressed sadness over the fire that razed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s orchard farm at Howe in Gwer Local Government area of the state. He ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident. A statement yesterday in Makurdi, the state capital, by his media aide, Nathaniel Ikyur, said the governor ordered […]
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• Clark warns Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal of threatening nation’s survival • Region will not be underestimated, to make bold statement soon, Wike vows Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, faulted the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, arguing that the development constitutes a threat to survival of the country. In a statement, Clark […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will hold its primary election on Thursday, 3rd February, to pick candidate to fly its flag at the forthcoming bye-election to fill the vacant seat of Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. The bye-election which is scheduled to hold on February 26 is to fill the […]
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