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MRA tasks govt on use of radio for national peace Former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has urged journalists to reiterate the epic struggles they faced in birthing and sustaining Nigeria’s democracy. Osoba, who was special guest of ...

Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Dr. Gambo Aliyu has said having multiple sexual partners and low HIV testing rates are increasing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus  (HIV) vulnerability among youths in the country. Aliyu lamented ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 472 cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed, while 70 deaths have been recorded in 92 council areas of 26 states between January and February 9, 2020. It also said ...

Cross River State Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu, has advocated an end to abuse and violence against women in the country. He stated this when members of the Spotlight Initiative Team to eliminate violence against women and the girl child ...

The Cross River State House of Assembly has again expressed reservations, as the state government shops for N35b loan from three commercial banks in the state for the second time in three weeks. Request for the loans is coming in ...

HURIWA condemns media outfits for abandoning journalist A Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State has granted bail to publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo after 175 days in detention. Justice Sule Shuaibu, who took over his trial after ...

Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has decried lack of hostel accommodation in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. He said the problem was one of the factors making the country not to attract foreign students and teachers into its tertiary institutions. ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for a concerted effort by stakeholders for the conservation of wildlife, insisting that their existence is very important to the survival of nature. Obasanjo who spoke yesterday while addressing members of the Pangolin Conservation ...

The Nigerian Army has released 136 repentant Boko Haram terrorists under its Operation Safe Corridor (OSC) skills acquisition training for integration into the society. Over 1,400 ex-insurgents were handed over to the Borno State government after the 52-week training in ...

The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy at Ibaka in Mbo Local Council of Akwa Ibom State has arrested eight suspects and confiscated 608 bags of 50kg rice. Parading the culprits and the goods at Ibaka, the naval ...