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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yakubu Yackson Sanda, as winner of the Pengana constituency by-election held in Plateau State. He polled 9, 222 votes to beat his closest rival and ...

Medical experts have said that until Nigeria has a functional National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), it will not attain the Sustainable Development Goals target of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. They lamented that the UHC, as stated by ...

To support the treatment of cancer patients nationwide, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) have donated additional Linear Accelerator Radiotherapy Machine to the National Hospital, Abuja. Speaking in federal capital at ...

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has hailed the efforts of Benin City-based radiation oncologist, Dr. Oludare Adeyemi, for recording a major breakthrough in the treatment of the deadly prostate cancer common with men. Speaking on behalf of the NMA president, ...

The Environmental Rights Action (ERA) has urged the Federal Government to discard oil and gas dependence for renewable energy sources as a sustainable solution to Nigeria’s power supply challenge. Its executive director, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, noted that government had ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sought a fresh incentive into the fight against oil theft and pipeline vandalism nationwide. Consequently, he challenged security agencies to deal decisively with the economic crimes and their perpetrators. He said it was in line with ...

An Enugu-based lawyer, Arinze Onyia, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release the N1m it recovered during investigating of a suspect, Abel Ani, over a failed land deal. Onyia said he paid N3m to Ani for ...

A university teacher with the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Dr. Ahmad Jibrin Suleiman, has urged Northern states government to transform the Almajiri system in order to avoid the looming danger it poses to society. In a lecture titled: “Transforming ...

Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Professor Ibrahim Garba, has said that the university has migrated to a postgraduate institution for training of academic manpower for universities in the North. Highlighting the status of ABU on its admission policy, ...

The Board of Trustees of To Builds A Nation (TBAN) has appointed Jude Feranmi Adejuwon as executive director of the political movement to lead its strategic planning and operations. Convened by a former presidential candidate, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, the movement ...