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Nigerians have been advised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, to take preventive measures to protect themselves against the outbreak of dengue fever. Dengue fever is a viral infection caused by the dengue virus in a mosquito and is transmitted to humans through bite. A Human-to-human transmission of the virus […]
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 […]
Matthew Kukah, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has asked Nigerians not to fight over politicians who are after pecuniary gains. Kukah, who spoke on Tuesday when he appeared on a television programme, said Nigerians should consider politicians as friends who should not be regarded seriously. The bishop’s advice comes a few days […]
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 […]
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says 137 out of about 261 borders in the north-east and north-west regions of the country are unguarded. He said this on Thursday while delivering a lecture on “security, defence & development in Nigeria” at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos. Irabor said the […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria says it will go ahead with its nationwide protests against the lynching of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was stoned to death and burnt for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. This is despite a ban on religious protests by Kaduna […]
The death toll from the violent attacks on Sunday and Monday in Illela and Goronyo Local Government Areas of Sokoto State has risen to 45, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has said. On Wednesday, Mr Tambuwal said he was briefed about the gravity of the attacks during a visit to the affected areas. On Thursday morning, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with family of the late former President Shehu Shagari over the transition of his widow, Hajiya Hadiza Shagari, at 80. This is contained in a statement by the President’s spokesman , Mr Femi Adesina in Abuja. The president described the departed as a pillar of strength and support, holding […]
Attempt to make Benue ungovernable unacceptable, says NGF David Mark warns against pushing citizens to self-help Attack is an invitation to anarchy, PDP govs warn I thank God for saving me from herdsmen, says Ortom IGP orders investigation, deploys officials to Benue Governors and other Nigerians, yesterday, denounced an assassination attempt on the […]
The abduction of hundreds of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara’s students, has been described as a slap on President Muhammadu Buhari’s face. Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III’s led Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), says the boldness of the bandits to carry out the abduction on the day Mr. President arrived Katsina State […]
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