Prof Usman Aliyu
17 Oct
The Nigeria Institute of Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) has trained biomedical engineers and medical physicists across the six geo-political zones on the effective maintenance of radiotherapy equipment and cancer treatment planning techniques.
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa State, over the passing of his son, Abdulwahab, who died in a car crash barely 24 hours after the passing of his mother Hajiya Maryam Namadi. Jonathan, in a condolence message he issued on Friday in Abuja, expressed sadness over the tragic loss,…
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Saudi Arabia will give war-riven Yemen's internationally recognised government $500 million to pay salaries and other expenses, a Saudi official said Friday. The sum is part of the $1.2 billion approved last year to prop up Yemen's government, which was forced out of the capital Sanaa by Iran-backed Huthi rebels in 2014. The money was…
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A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced to death on Friday, state media reported. On November 11, 62-year-old Fan Weiqiu deliberately drove through people exercising outside a sports complex in his small SUV, the worst attack in China since 2014. He…
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Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has signed the state’s 2025 budget of N467 billion into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mohammed had, on November 21, presented the N465 billion 2025 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the estimate tagged: “Budget of Consolidation and Sustainable Development,”…
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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday presented cars to six outstanding civil servants in the state in recognition of their contributions to the state public service. Sanwo-Olu, who presented the cars during the Governor’s Lunch With Outstanding Officers at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Ikeja, applauded the civil servants for their dedication and doggedness. The…
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In spite of the widespread outcry over economic hardship, some business owners in Bwari Area Council of the FCT said they made huge profits from their businesses during the Christmas celebrations. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday the business owners attributed they success to high patronage and impressive turnout…
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The Police Command in Oyo State says it arrested 153 suspected armed robbers and recovered 12 vehicles between July and December. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayodele Sonubi, disclosed this at a news briefing in Ibadan on Friday. Sonubi said that 12 motorcycles/tricycles were recovered while 48 firearms and 1,396 rounds of various…
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The acting Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Chris Najomo, has revealed that domestic airlines cancelled 190 flights and delayed 5,225 flights between September and October. Within that time frame, a total of 10,804 flights were operated. Of the 5,291 domestic flights operated in September, 2,434 delays and 79 cancellations were recorded. In…
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The Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, has raised concerns over the continued retention of state assets in the hands of former political office holders. Ajulo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, in a statement on Friday in Akure, said “one year after the untimely passing of former Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, a…
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AFP__20241227__36RK9NX__v1__MalaysiaManFloggedInMosqueForCrimeOfGenderMixing A man was flogged inside a Malaysia mosque on Friday after being convicted of an Islamic offence for spending time alone with a woman who was neither his wife or relative, state news said. The 42-year-old construction worker was given six lashes in Malaysia's conservative state of Terengganu after being convicted by a Sharia…