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The Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire on Monday lamented increasing rate of malaria-related deaths across the country, saying nine persons die of the disease every hour in Nigeria. Ehanire disclosed this on Monday in Abeokuta, when a delegation from the ministry and the Society for Family Health (SFH) visited Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. […]

A businessman, Ali Numan, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly insulting Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State. Magistrate Japhet Ibrahim Basani of the Chief Magistrate Court 2, on Monday ordered the remand of Numan, who was arraigned for insulting Fintiri on social media. Punch learnt that Numan had on the11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 20th […]

A total 816 people have died in a cholera outbreak since the start of the year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says. Some 31,425 people are suspected infected across 22 states and the federal capital territory and 311 have been confirmed, according to a situation report NCDC released on Monday. “Between the 1st of […]

A State High Court in Owerri has ordered the final and absolute forfeiture of Royal Palm Springs Hotel and other properties said to belong to Senator Rochas Okorocha and other members of his family. The forfeited properties are contained in pages 226 to 272 of the Imo state Government white paper report by a Judicial […]

Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300 level Mass Communication Department student of the University of Lagos accused of killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has been remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services. A Lagos State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Yaba area gave the order on Monday when she […]

An Ekiti State High Court on Monday sentenced a 19-year-old man, Oluwaseun Ademola, to life imprisonment for attempted robbery. The police prosecutor, Dolapo Oyewole, told the court that the offence was committed on May, 6, 2017 at the Idolofin area of Ado Ekiti, where Ademola robbed a rider, Arowolo Suleiman, of his Bajaj motorcycle. Oyewole […]

A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has promised to build an Islamic University in Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown. Mr Okorocha, a senator and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said the Rochas Okorocha Foundation would build the university. The former governor was recently conferred with the traditional title of Maga […]

A 25-year old woman, Maimuna Wadaji, has set herself ablaze in Dutse Local Government of Jigawa State in anger over her husband’s plan to remarry his former wife. The police spokesperson in Jigawa, Lawan Adam, disclosed this to Premium Times on Sunday. He said Mrs Wadaji of Rungumau village in the state capital had doused […]

Kanunta Kanu, younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has suspended the sit-at-home order in the south-east region. This is coming a few hours after the secessionist group insisted that it would not go back on its decision to begin the lockdown on Monday. In a statement, Kanunta stated that the […]

The agitation for the creation of more states in the country is about to enter a new phase. This follows the recommendation by the   Senate Committee on Constitution Review that  referendum be conducted for 20 new states by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Nation gathered yesterday that the committee’s decision was reached after […]

Harder times await Nigerians who need medical attention at the nation’s public tertiary health facilities as striking doctors – members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) – and the labour minister, Chris Ngige, have held on to their stance. The minister on Friday while appearing on a Channels Television’s programme – Politics Today – said […]

No fewer than 50 police officers were gruesomely murdered by bandits and other criminal elements in the last 38 days while about 211 other Nigerians were killed during the same period. Sunday Vanguard review of security situation in Nigeria during the period showed that about N1.415billion was demanded as ransom for 321 kidnapped victims across […]

The Federal Government on Saturday said it will begin to administer the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines it received this month on Tuesday. The latest tranche, over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was donated by the US government. According to a statement signed by spokesperson to the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, […]

The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Saturday in Maiduguri, received Ruth Pogu, one of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents seven years ago at the Government Secondary School Chibok. The Chibok girl returned with two children, which she gave birth to while in the captivity of the insurgents. Ruth, alongside […]