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By Chioma Obinna The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Thursday placed Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, Rivers and several other states on high Ebola preparedness alert following the classification of Nigeria’s risk of importing the deadly Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease as “HIGH.” In a national public health advisory addressed […]

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The father of seven-year-old Happiness Ekere, who survived the March 20 gas explosion at Fonex Filling Station in Edibe-Edibe, Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, has appealed for urgent assistance over mounting medical bills.

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By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Former presidential candidate and chieftain of the Accord Party, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has accused powerful figures within President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s camp of working to cripple opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections, warning that Nigeria was sliding back into the ‘dark days’ of the late General Sani Abacha era. The […]

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Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, under the umbrella of the APC Alimosho Federal Constituency Synergy Group, AFCSG, on Thursday, rejected the candidates’ list released by the leadership of the party, insisting that the incumbent lawmaker, Mr Ganiyu Ayuba, won the House of Representatives primary election held on May 16, 2026.

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Concerned stakeholders from across the seven local government areas of Kogi West Senatorial District have called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, to intervene in the lingering crisis over the party’s senatorial primary election in the district.

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By Femi Bolaji JALINGO — The management of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Jalingo, has dismissed claims that funds belonging to subscribers in the hospital’s electronic wallet payment system were trapped following the suspension of the platform. The hospital, in a statement issued on Wednesday, assured the public that no patient’s money had been deliberately […]

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