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NAFDAC shuts spa clinic, bakery in Rivers

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has shut down a spa clinic and a bakery in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. NAFDAC said the premises were shut for allegedly contravening various agency regulations and standard practices. The NAFDAC Director, South-South, Francis Ononiwu, disclosed this...

PunchNews - 10 December 2022

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UN urges FG to probe alleged forced abortions

Despite the denial by the Nigerian security authorities, the United Nations has urged the Federal Government to investigate the report by Reuters of alleged abortions on pregnant women associated with the Boko Haram insurgents by Nigerian soldiers. Reuters had on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, in a publication, alleged that...

PunchNews - 10 December 2022

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UN urges FG to investigate allegation of abortion

PunchNews - 10 December 2022

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2023: INEC warns Katsina politicians

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina has cautioned politicians and political parties to avoid using provocative and abusive words during campaigns in the state. Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim-Umar, the Head of the Commission’s Election and Party Monitoring (EPM), gave the caution at a stakeholders forum on Friday in...

PmNews - 10 December 2022

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INEC laments stakeholders’ poor understanding of Electoral Act

Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has lamented the poor understanding of the Electoral Act by key political actors and stakeholders in the country. The Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Festus Okoye, stated this at the weekend during a media/civil society organisations’ parley with INEC...

PunchNews - 10 December 2022

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Owerri residents defy sit-at-home order despite attacks

Owerri, the Imo State capital, was witnessed a beehive of commercial and social activities on Saturday despite the attacks and killing of some persons across parts of the state by gunmen suspected to be enforcing the sit-at-home order given by Simon Ekpa, a known pro-Biafra agitator. Our correspondent who...

PunchNews - 10 December 2022

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Owerri residents defy sit-at-home order despite gunmen’s attacks

PunchNews - 10 December 2022

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Wole Soyinka centre rewards journalists on investigative journalism

The Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Friday rewarded journalists who have distinguished themselves in investigative journalism in Nigeria. The centre urged the awardees and other media practitioners in the country to be more investigative in their practice in order to hold the government accountable and tackle...

PmNews - 10 December 2022

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How paternity test helped me recover ‘stolen’ daughter...

Mrs Gloria Okwudili, an indigene of Anambra State, who claims to be the biological mother of a 20-year-old lady, Juliet Agulanna, who was allegedly stolen from her at birth, talks to RAPHAEL EDE about the series of events You claimed that an alleged human trafficking victim, Juliet Agulanna, is your...

PunchNews - 10 December 2022

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Exam malpractice lowers education standard – NECO

The National Examination Council has decried the increasing rate of examination malpractice in the country. The Chief Registrar of the examination body, Professor Ibrahim Wushishi, made this known in Abuja during a workshop tagged, ‘The Role of Education Stakeholders in Tackling Examination Malpractices in Nigeria.’ In a statement made...

PunchNews - 10 December 2022

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Edo family seeks help for 12-year-old daughter battling...

The family of 12-year-old lady Precious Temitope has been thrown into anguish over their inability to fund the medical expenses of her surgery to remove the tumour that has been causing her unbearable pain for three years. Temitope’s father, Joseph, who spoke with our correspondent on Monday, said he...

15 August 2023

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Lagos unfolds strategic plan for Climate Change mitigation

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has restated his administration’s commitment to working closely with experts, organizations, and the global community to ensure that the State remains at the forefront of climate change action in the country. Sanwo-Olu stated this at the 10th Summit of the Association of...

15 August 2023

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Beyond Time Zones: The Timeless Allure of the...

The English Premier League (EPL) has solidified its status as a global phenomenon, transcending geographical boundaries and cultural differences. Nowhere is this more evident than in Nigeria, where the EPL has woven itself into the fabric of daily life and ignited an unquenchable passion for football. Beyond the constraints...

15 August 2023

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Why I haven’t delivered Mubarak Bala’s open letter...

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has given reason why he has not yet delivered Mubarak Bala’s open letter to President Bola Tinubu. Bala has been in prison in Abuja for more than three years while serving a 24-year prison sentence for dumping Islam for atheism. At the...

15 August 2023

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30 years after son’s murder: Murtala Muhammed’s family...

In remembrance of their son and brother, Zackari Muhammed, the family of the late former Nigerian head of state, General Murtala Muhammed, has expressed profound discontent with the prosecution of murder trials in Nigeria 27-year-old Zackari Muhammed, a finance graduate of the University of Canterbury in Kent, met a...

15 August 2023

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