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The Federal Government, along with 36 states’ governments and development partners, are to sign the Health Sector Renewal Compact, aimed at channelling resources to fund the primary system in order to improve the health and well-being of Nigerians. Under the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative, the government will overhaul and increase functional primary healthcare…

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu will account for revenue from oil. Edun said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation to defend the 2024 appropriation bill. He said the issue of accounting for oil revenue…

In a bid to ensure the well-being of the citizenry, the House of Representatives has pledged to put in place the enabling environment to ensure an affordable housing scheme for Nigerians. The Chairman of the Committee on Housing and Habitat, Mr Aminu Balele Kurfi, made this known while inaugurating the committee at the National Assembly…

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a patient had died in an emergency convoy en route to a Gaza City hospital, during repeated and lengthy Israeli checks. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the weekend that the UN health agency and its partners had managed to deliver essential trauma and surgical supplies to…

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday remanded a man, Wasiu Oriyomi, in Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old girl. Oriyomi, whose residential address was not given, is being charged with defilement. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justice Rahman Oshodi remanded him in the correctional…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed sadness over the recent tragic incident of mistaken target in the Tudun Biri community, Igabi Local Government of Kaduna State, which resulted in a significant number of casualties. To this end, CAN called on the Armed Forces to exercise restraint, particularly when intelligence reports are not definitive,…

No fewer than 300 private legal practitioners have offered to render pro bono services to the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Zamfara State, Bello Mattawale, at the Supreme Court. The legal practitioners, under the ages of concerned citizens across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, stated that their decision to mobilise 300 legal…

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has said that President Bola Tinubu has approved five per cent of all social intervention programmes for senior citizens to enable them to actively participate in social life. She stated this at the maiden equity and design fair organised by the National Senior Citizens Center,…

The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a Guineanian, Mamoduo Barete, to two years imprisonment for trafficking and trading in pangolin scales, a prohibited and endangered wildlife species.

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has commended the inter-religious harmony between Christians and Muslims in the state.  Radda stated this, yesterday, when he hosted Catholic bishops led by Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah....

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said President Bola Tinubu is distressed by the mistaken drone attack, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives in Tudun Birni, Kaduna State.

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, have commiserated with the family of the late 'Ewi' exponent, Olanrewaju Adepoju.