The Federal Government has said it will establish six new cancer treatment centres in teaching hospitals across the geopolitical zones of the country. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, said this in Abuja on Tuesday during a ministerial press briefing organised by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare…
In a significant step towards safeguarding the rights and well-being of women in Ebonyi State, Chief Mrs Mary-Maudline Uzoamaka Nwifuru, through her foundation, Better Health for Rural Women, children, and Internally Displaced persons (BERWO), has announced a comprehensive approach to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in the state. During the commemoration of the 2024 International…
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday night, returned to Nigeria after a two-week private visit to Paris, France. The presidential jet touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 9 pm. The President was received by top government officials, including his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; Secretary to the…
Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, who served two terms has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 74. Three other people aboard the aircraft survived when it came down in a lake near the southern town of Lago Ranco. Piñera had flown his own helicopter but there was no official confirmation he had…
The Nigerian Senate says the security chiefs summoned last week over the rising insecurity in the country will be grilled between February 7 and 8 to find a way to curb the menace of criminals in the country. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (APC,…
Archaeologists in Morocco have unearthed more than 80 human footprints dating back around 100,000 years and believed to be the oldest in North Africa. The footprints, probably left by five homo sapiens, including children, were discovered on the coast of Larache, a city 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of Tangier, by archaeologists from Morocco, Spain,…
Following protests in Niger and Kano states over the high cost of living in the country, a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention is about now taking place in the State House Abuja. The meeting, which was convened by the Chief of staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has in attendance the…
A legal practitioner based in Rivers state has died after he collapsed and lost consciousness outside a courthouse in Port Harcourt the Rivers state capital. The lawyer who is a native of Ibaa in Emohua LGA of the state identified as Eze Agala slumped just as he stepped outside the Magistrate Court building on Moscow…
The former chairmen and women leaders forum of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) recently paid a solidarity visit to the MD/CEO of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA). Members, hailing from nine wards of Awka Constituency A, lauded Soludo’s developmental strides during his tenure, expressing unwavering support for him. Mr. Ikechukwu Anene, the forum…
The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has arrested a middle aged man for allegedly beheading his girlfriend. The incident took place in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Saturday. The man, identified as Tony, reportedly beheaded Ebibraaladei Maxwell, his girlfriend. The spokesman for the Command, Musa Mohammed, said…
