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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria is currently facing a second wave of the diphtheria outbreak. The health organization disclosed this in a statement on Thursday stating that there has been an increase in Nigeria’s affected population with a rise in the number of confirmed cases and related deaths. Diphtheria is a bacterial […]
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC, says it has recorded 789 cases of diphtheria in Nigeria as of June 30th. In a statement on Thursday, the agency said cases were recorded in 33 LGAs across eight states — Kano, Lagos, Yobe, Katsina, Cross River, Kaduna, Osun and the federal capital territory FCT. […]
A warning and directive have been directed to residents living around flood plains and erosion spots to leave those areas before it becomes too late. The advisory is coming after the Federal Government gave a warning to citizens living near waterways and flood plains that there will be heavy downpours in July. In […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the presidential election petitions tribunal that President-elect Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the February 25 election and was validly returned as the winner without needing to get 25 percent of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). INEC stated this in […]
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned a hearing in the suit banning the use of the old naira to Wednesday, 22nd February 2023. The three states filed the suit against the Federal Government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank […]
The Australian government, on Wednesday, warned its citizens to desist from travelling to Nigeria over the recent flooding that has ravaged some parts of the country. This was contained in a travel advisory issued to Australians on the consulate’s website and obtained by The PUNCH, it read, “There have been significant casualties and […]
The national assembly says only 11 states have considered and voted on the constitutional amendment bills. Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy senate president of the senate, said this on Tuesday during a press conference in Abuja. The deputy senate president said the states include Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Delta, Edo, Kaduna, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Ogun […]
Legal luminary, Femi Falana (SAN), on Wednesday said the general elections in 2023 may be postponed if the current climate of insecurity persists. Falana was speaking on Channels Tv Sunrise Daily programme, monitored by our correspondents. “2015, the Goodluck Jonathan administration was compelled to postpone the election because the terrorists were occupying some […]
The zoning committee of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, has recommended an open race for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket, contrary to the expectation of its southern members. The party’s 37-person zoning committee, took the decision at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Tuesday, and cited ‘exigency of time’ for its recommendation. According […]
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a closed door meeting on Sunday night in Abuja. Meeting under the aegis of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) were the host governor and chairman of the group, Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, his counterparts from Kwara, Imo, Borno, Ebonyi, Lagos and Zamfara. […]
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