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A bill for the establishment of the Dr Umaru Sandah Ahmadu College of Health Technology, Lokoja, 2024 has passed a second reading on the floor of the Kogi State House of Assembly. The bill, which was put on notice and laid before the House on October 3, 2024, and subsequently read for the first time…
5 Mar 2024
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a medical school in the Bronx, New York, has announced that it will offer free tuition to all its students, thanks to a historic $1 billion donation from Ruth L. Gottesman, Ed.D., the chair of the Einstein Board of Trustees and a Montefiore Health System board member. The donation, which…
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The Police Command in Katsina State has decorated 181 newly promoted officers with their new ranks. The ceremony took place at the command’s headquarters in Katsina on Monday. Commissioner of Police, Katsina State, Aliyu Abubakar-Musa, congratulated the officers and charged them to ensure professionalism, integrity, and dedication in discharging their duties. He urged them to…
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The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) has started replacing the vandalised manhole covers on Independence Avenue in the Central Business District of Abuja. The acting Executive Secretary, Mr. Richard Dauda, stated this in Abuja on Monday, when he visited the area to assess the replacement exercise. Dauda said that about 13 manhole covers in the…
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Says Nigeria at moderate risk Directs all hospitals to enhance infection prevention and control practices The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has clarified that rumours about the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) are false and should be disregarded. According to…
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A powerful earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 53 people and collapsed "many buildings" on Tuesday, state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal's capital Kathmandu. "Fifty-three people have been confirmed dead and 62 others injured as of Tuesday noon after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in the city…
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The decline in the country’s real sector performance as reported in the 2024 third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) publication of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) did not come as a surprise to many Nigerians
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Fifty seven years ago almost to the month, celebrated Kenya political scientist, Ali Mazrui, observed that “for some reason a disproportionate number of the historic acts of violence in Africa since independence have tended to happen in the months
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Media practitioners, analysts and observers have described 2024 as year of attack on free speech and impunity against journalists. Globally, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
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Nigeria’s plan to increase oil production to three million barrels per day (bpd) this year rests on its capacity to further check crude oil theft, with incidents hovering around 1,528 in less than two months, divestments and high cost of oil production.
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The Wenchi West District of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Ghana ’s Bono Region has honoured 20 teenage girls, aged 13 to 16, for preserving their virginity and recognising their moral discipline. During the church’s first Sabbath service of the year, the girls received monetary rewards and public commendations. Nana Amponsah Poku, the District…
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Start-ups in Africa raised $2.2 billion in 2024 through equity, debt and grants. While the amount looks good in absolute terms, it represented a 25 per cent drop compared to the $2.9 billion raised in 2023.