How contaminated streams, open defecation, lack of health centres fuel Abuja...
As cholera spreads across the country, residents of some communities in the Abuja Municipal Council battling a raging cholera outbreak say that lack of access to potable water and inadequate health...
View ArticleEye problems in adulthood sometimes caused by untreated ocular infection in...
An eye care expert has warned that eye problems left untreated in children can worsen to become more serious health concerns when they grow up. The eye care specialist, who is also a public health...
View ArticleHushpuppi: Why police may not release Kyari to FBI
• Embattled DCP ordered to respond to allegations There are strong indications that the Police authorities may not hand over the Commander, IGP Intelligence Response and Monitoring Team, Abba Kyari, a...
View ArticleOlympics: Brown vows to remain D’Tigers coach
D’Tigers coach Mike Brown has vowed to remain as coach of Nigeria’s men’s basketball team after they were eliminated from the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Saturday. The former African champions...
View ArticleUgwuanyi inaugurates Henry Nwosu as new Enugu Sports Club Chairman
Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Saturday inaugurated the newly elected Chairman of the Enugu Sports Club, Mr Henry Nwosu. Speaking at the event in Enugu, Ugwuanyi, who is also the club’s...
View ArticleNeglected alive, dishonoured in death: Police deny grieving widows of...
•Widows tell tales of woe, losses and regrets •Pay for 21 gun salute, police regalia for burial For several months, targeted attacks were carried out by unidentified gunmen on police stations in...
View ArticleMy ex sent me wedding pictures after we broke up –Shade Shittu
Actress, Shade Shittu, says she has made a lot of sacrifices in the course of her acting career. She told Sunday Scoop, “I have made lots of sacrifices. The biggest one was that I met someone in 2012...
View ArticleOgun kickboxing head coach found dead in hotel room
The Head Coach of kickboxing in Ogun State, Olufunke Ogunsuyi, has been confirmed dead. She died in Ilorin on Saturday while participating in the Kwara Zonal and Invitational Kickboxing Championship....
View ArticleMexico holds referendum on prosecuting ex-presidents
Mexicans vote Sunday in a national referendum promoted by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on whether to investigate and prosecute his predecessors for alleged corruption. Lopez Obrador, a...
View ArticleWhat Rachel Oniga will be remembered for – Kosoko, Salawa Abeni, others
Veteran Nollywood Actors, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as ‘Oga Bello” and Jide Kosoko, on Saturday mourned Nollywood thespian, Rachel Oniga, who died on Friday in Lagos at 64. They said the late...
View ArticleBuhari: A president with Plan B
TOBI AWORINDE examines the reliance of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on foreign healthcare and education for himself and his family, while critical institutions at home continue...
View ArticleEFCC released Saraki after interrogation -Spokesperson
The Spokesman for former Senate President Bukola Saraki, says his boss visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to clarify certain issues, adding that the former governor of Kwara State had...
View ArticleFive memorable moments from Tokyo 2020 Olympics swimming
The Tokyo Olympics swimming ended Sunday with USA on top of the medals table. AFP Sport has compiled five memorable moments: – The Katie-Ariarne show – The Katie Ledecky-Ariarne Titmus rivalry lived up...
View ArticleCryptocurrency: Judge proposes regulations, condemns ban
A Judge of the High Court of Kogi State, Justice Alaba Omolaye-Ajileye, has decried the absence of a legislative framework to regulate electronic transactions in Nigeria. The justice said while the...
View Article[BREAKING] Hushpuppi: IGP recommends Abba Kyari for ‘immediate’ suspension
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has recommended the “immediate suspension” of the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, from the Nigeria Police Force. The...
View ArticleTwitter ban: Commonwealth monitoring Nigeria closely, says official
The Commonwealth has said that it is monitoring developments in Nigeria over concerns raised by the country’s citizens on the suspension of Twitter. This organisation made this known in a response to...
View ArticleHow foods containing monosodium glutamate cause fibroid cells to multiply...
A food scientist and a dietician have expressed different views on the safety of food seasonings containing monosodium glutamate, commonly known as MSG. Speaking with PUNCH Healthwise in separate...
View ArticleDespite N2.3tn health budgets, Buhari spends 201 days on foreign medical trips
• Aso Villa clinic gulps N6.2bn in six years, doctors knock FG Six years and two months since his regime began on May 29, 2015, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has spent a total...
View ArticleNDLEA recovered N90bn worth of drugs, cash in five months – Marwa
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Buba Marwa, on Saturday, said the agency recovered over N90bn worth of illicit drugs and cash from suspected drug traffickers from...
View ArticleNigeria receives four million COVID-19 vaccine doses from US
Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the United States on Sunday as the West African nation steps up efforts to battle a third wave of infections. The doses, which...
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