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Turnaround expert and accomplished technocrat Dr Dakuku Peterside has said consistent innovations in the healthcare sector and capacity building will continue to drive quality, accessibility, affordability, and efficiency in healthcare systems. Dr Peterside stated this as the…
Former presidential candidate and frontline politician, Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has raised the alarm over a deepening security crisis in Nigeria, warning that a coalition of terror groups with global links is actively plotting to establish a parallel state within the…
American philanthropist, business mogul, and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates; the national security adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; and the minister of communications and digital economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, are set to speak and lead other experts to the FIN-Web Conference…
Borno State governor Babagana Zulum said the state government has removed one million children from the streets in an effort to give them a better life. Zulum stated this at the News Central Town Hall meeting, where major stakeholders, security personnel, and affected…
The Senator for Zamfara West, Alhaji Abdul-Aziz Abubakar Yari, has told the people of Benue State and Nigeria in general that President Bola Tinubu was not the type of leader given to empty threats and therefore expressed confidence that he would go after those behind the…
The recent disclosure that over 100 applications for new political party registrations are currently before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is as intriguing as it is troubling. While the constitutional and legal provisions empowering Nigerians to form…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Wuse, Abuja, ordered a businessman, Ikenna Ezeudu, to pay N89,000 to Mr John Ani for the alcoholic beverages he bought from him. The Magistrates’ Ekpenyong Inyang also ordered Ezeudu to provide a surety to sign an undertaking to pay back the…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said rich people, commonly referred to as ‘Big Men’, residing in Abuja remain the nation’s Capital city’s biggest problem in voluntary tax compliance for development. Wike stated this during President Bola…
The federal government’s fifth prosecution witness (PW-5) on Thursday alleged that 233 security agents were killed during the #EndSARS protest as a result of incitement by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The witness, a Department of…
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (Rtd) has jerked up the State’s proposed 2025 budget by N360billion. While in the communication forwarded to both the Senate and the House of Representatives by President Bola Tinubu on May 27, N1.481trillion…
The Federal High Court in Lagos Justice Alexander Owoeye of has convicted and sentenced one Olukeye Olalekan to a total of 76 years imprisonment for defrauding foreigners by obtaining their nude photographs to blackmail them. Justice Owoeye jailed Olalekan after founding the…
A police officer received instant ‘healing’ during a live service at Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, led by popular televangelist Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, after suffering an unusual medical affliction that left his tongue unnaturally protruding from his mouth.…
At least 24 persons, including 20 farmers, three other residents, and a member of the Community Watch Corps have been killed by armed bandits in separate attacks on communities in Kankara local government area of Katsina State. Residents said the attacks occurred across…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday commissioned a 300-bed Specialist Hospital, 100 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses and other projects completed by the Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani. The commissioned 300-bed Specialist Hospital was initiated by a former governor of…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command, has arrested 19 suspects in a raid at some hotspots in the state. Spokesperson of the Command, Sadiq Maigatari said the suspects were arrested during an operations in the notorious Dorayi, Gwammanja, Zango,…
A suspected ritualist identified as Bobby was apprehended on Wednesday evening for allegedly killing a six-year-old boy in the Aritalin area of Ovom community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State. The suspect, who hails from the same Ovom community was reportedly…
Super Eagles striker and Galatasaray forward, Victor Osimhen, has opened up about the reason behind his signature protective face mask, revealing that an iron plate was inserted into his face following a serious injury. Osimhen made the revelation during an interview with…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters during a sting operation carried out in the Life Camp and Kubwa areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The arrest, which took place on Thursday,…
