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100,000 new cancer cases recorded in Nigeria annually
No fewer than 100,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed yearly in Nigeria, Dr Bodeno Ehis, Consultant, Public Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital has said. In a speech entitled: “Cancer Awareness and Prevention’’ at a lecture in honour of the late Mrs Omawunmi Udoh, a lawmaker in Delta State…
Read More »400 Nigerians in South Africa prison
More than 400 Nigerians are saving jail terms for various offences in South Africa, Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau has said. Dambazau made the disclosure at a joint news conference in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the visit of Nigerian delegation to South Africa. Dambazau and his Foreign Affairs…
Read More »Okorocha tags Imo the fastest growing state
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has described the state as the `fastest developing state’ in Nigeria, following the conservative lifestyle of his economic team and the unconventional style of administration he adopted. Okorocha made the disclosure in a statement signed and issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Read More »Prison authorities plan self-sufficiency to cater for increase in inmates
The Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) has said that it has activated efforts to revive the farm centres in prisons to make the agency self-sufficient and carter for the increase in the number of inmates. According to the NPS, the total number of inmates in prison formations nationwide is over 68,000,…
Read More »EFCC: Senate rejects Magu again
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been rejected by the Nigerian Senate for the second time. The Senate on Wednesday declined to confirm Magu as the substantive chairman of the commission. Magu’s rejection followed the first one on December 15, 2016. His nomination…
Read More »Applications for party registration now 86
The number of political associations seeking to be registered as political parties ahead of the 2019 general elections has risen to 86, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. Chairman of INEC Professor Mahmood Yakubu who made the disclosure during the quarterly consultative meeting with leaders of political parties,…
Read More »Court says consuming Fanta, Sprite with Vitamin C is poisonous
A Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, on Monday ordered the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to compel Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC) Plc, manufacturers of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks, to include a written warning that the drinks should not be taken with Vitamin C. Justice Adedayo…
Read More »Vehicle duties: Customs makes u-turn, says it won’t force car owners to pay
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has backtracked on its decision to compel all car owners to pay duties on uncustomised cars, as a result of the widespread condemnation that trailed the decision. NCS had early in the month directed all car owners in the country who could not ascertain whether their…
Read More »Amosun signs bill upgrading MAPOLY to university
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state on Monday signed the bill to upgrade the state-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta to Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, (MAUST). Also signed into law was the bill to establish the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia in Yewa area of the state.…
Read More »Anambra 2017: NCP calls for voters’ revalidation exercise
The National Conscious Party (NCP), has called for a voters revalidation exercise ahead of the forthcoming Anambra State gubernatorial election in November. The Party said that if the exercise is not carried out, no fewer than two million people would be disenfranchised in the election. NCP raised the alarm at…
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