NIGERIA Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who is also the Chairman of the National Assembly, has directed a review of all security arrangements in the federal parliament in order to keep the institution abreast of the current challenges in the country. The Special Adviser to the Senate President on Security, Major General Saleh Maina (retd.), who stated […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate former service chiefs and other people connected to the arms purchases scandal in the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and several others have been fingered in the scam. A statement issued by the […]
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Lassa fever is one of the types of haemorrhagic fevers that affects human beings and could lead to sudden death. Other haemorrhagic fevers are Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Dengue and Yellow fever. Some of the symptoms of haemorrhagic fever are high fever, serious headache and bleeding from the pores of the body parts which are […]
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FOUR months after seven Department of State Security (DSS) agents went killed at the Ikorodu area of Lagos, their family members have decried the agency’s silence on the issue. The families have therefore appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to open a thorough investigation into the operatives’ murder. They also want the President to compel the […]
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MEDICAL doctor with Rivers State-owned Braithwait Memorial Specialist Hospital, BMH, Dr. Livy Ijamala, has died from Lassa Fever, bringing to three the number of people killed by the disease in the state. Chairman of the state branch of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Furo Green, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt, saying the late doctor, […]
Read More THE Federal Government has started tracing 35 people, who are believed to have had contact with the Lassa fever patient that died at the National Hospital, Abuja on Wednesday with 15 other people already under surveillance. The death of the 33-year-old brought the total number of Lass fever deaths in the country to 43 and […]
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LAGOS State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday said the cohesion of Nigeria was paramount, urging Nigerians to embrace peace. He stated this at this Year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration held at the National Arcade, Lagos. Aside remembering all fallen heroes, the Governor said it was important for Nigerians to dedicate their lives in project […]
Read More A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the prison remand of a gang of 12 oil thieves at the Ikoyi Prison. Punch The accused are Christopher Okorie, John Mbah, Tammy Bami, Osi Prince, Chukwuji Festus, Kabiru Adeyemo and Ayannubi Moses. Others are Sopuruchukwu Chukwudi, Obinna Ebu, Abdullahi Oyelade, Charles Ubey and Achia Vincent. […]
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OGBENI Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of Osun, has today Friday described the diversion of money meant for procuring arms for Nigeria soldiers to fight insurgency as a monumental scandal. The Governor stated this at the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day and laying of wreath in honour of fallen Soldiers held at the State House of Assembly in Osogbo. […]
Read More LEADERSHIP of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) said it has directed its members to resume massive protests from Monday 18 January. The directive came after rising from a one-day meeting of national executive officers at MASSOB headquarters, Okwe Onuimo Local council of Imo state. A statement signed […]
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THE Peoples Democratic Party has called on the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari for what it described as various constitutional breaches, especially the submission of two versions of the 2016 budget proposal. Punch reporter The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party made the call on Thursday in a statement by its […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday challenged the nation’s military on the requisite intelligence to find and rescue the missing girls of Government Secondary, School, Chibok. The President said that the nation was relying on the military on the intelligence and the right strategy from the ground forces to rescue the abducted girls from the captivity […]
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