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Nigerians have been enjoined to use the power of their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to vote in good leaders other than praying. this advice is coming on the heels of the forthcoming general elections in February, next year. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lead Pastor, Glorious Destiny Family…

Cancer scientists led by principal investigator Dr. Daniel De Carvalho at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have combined “liquid biopsy,” epigenetic alterations and machine learning to develop a blood test to detect and classify cancer at its earliest stages, The Guardian has said. The findings, published online Thursday in Nature, describe…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called on politicians to avoid any act capable of setting the nation ablaze. The president who made the call at the inauguration of his Manual/Next Level Document to flag off his re-election campaign ahead 2019, said the call had become imperative in view of the…

Nigeria has been ranked third, with an estimated 800,000 preterm births recorded annually, the National Association of Paediatric Nurses (NAPN), has said. National President of NAPN, Mrs Olubunmi Lawal, who made the statement on Saturday said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja as…

The United Nation has come hard on the killing of children, in the war turn Syria. UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement that the killings demonstrate that “the war on children is far from over in Syria.” Mr. Cappelaere added that the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed not to bow to the threat by governors to sack workers over the proposed N30,000 minimum wage. Reacting to the latest position of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) that states would either go bankrupt or sack workers if forced to pay N30,000 minimum…

According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report, an estimated 420 million adults are diabetes. It also states that the number has been increasing steadily over the last three decades. According to its Global Report on Diabetes, the international organisation  noted that the prevalence of adult diabetes has nearly quadrupled…

Nigerians have been assured of a credible poll in next year’s general election. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who gave the assurance Thursday, said INEC will conduct credible elections come 2019. According to The Nation, Yakubu made the promise while speaking at the 6th…

An alleged cannibal who says he is tired of killing, walked into a police station holding a human leg. Nino Mbatha, 33, told cops he was “tired of eating human flesh”, and handed in part of a human leg and a hand to police at the station, a court heard…

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has called on the Katsina State Government to include HIV/AIDS in its health insurance scheme. NACA Director-General Dr Sani Aliyu made the call when he led a delegation to Governor Aminu Masari in Katsina on an advocacy visit for HIV/AIDS services and…