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• Nigeria, DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique account for over half of all malaria deaths worldwide• Country received N176bn worth of aids from development partners to fight malaria, says Adeyanju• No single tool available today will solve the problem of malaria, say WHO, experts• Why it is likely current vaccines would eliminate malaria, by Adegboro, Ashiru Today is World Malaria Day …

An estranged wife of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Olori Badirat Olaitan Adeyemi, has mourned the monarch, Oba Lamide Adeyemi, who died late Friday night, aged 83. In an Instagram post on Monday, Olori Badirat shared an emotional tribute to the late monarch, revealing that they shared a strong bond as she married him when she was 19. Badirat noted …

The billionaire drug baron behind the N3billion Tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. After months of surveillance and evading arrest, Ukatu who is Chairman of Mallinson Group of Companies has eventually …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the Federal Government’s handling of the negotiation on its demands and nonchalant attitude towards the ongoing strike. The ASUU rollover strike is in its 10th week today and will end in two weeks. Last week, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, while featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’, …

French President Emmanuel Macron was Monday to launch efforts to unite a deeply divided nation after winning re-election in a battle against rival Marine Le Pen that saw the far-right come its closest yet to taking power. Centrist Macron won around 58.54 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off compared with 41.46 for Le Pen, according to final results …

..enjoin Yoruba obas to emulate late Oba Adeyemi in the promotion of traditional religion By Adeola Badru Traditional Worshippers have condemned the open display of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi’s corpse during the Muslim prayer session, which they said was against the tenets of traditional respect for a dead king. The traditionalists, in an interview with Vanguard …

…offers treatment, surgeries for heart, kidney, eye, other ailments Edo State First Lady, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, on Sunday, flagged off a free medical outreach for over 4, 000 Edo residents. The medical outreach which will include surgeries and surgical interventions for kidney, heart, eyes and teeth, and other ailments, is being organized in partnership with the Association of Nigeria Physicians …

Bishop Mathew Kukah of the Diocese of Sokoto has been named by the Presidency among those described as “the opponents of the Nigerian government,” whose comments have caused delay in the delivery of twelve Super Tucano jet fighters for the Nigerian Air Force to fight insecurity across Nigeria. The Presidency, on Sunday revealed that the reasons given for the delay—poor …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has upgraded Police health facilities and charged all personnel of the Force to take full advantage of such facilities in their respective commands and formations. According to a statement signed by Police Force Headquarters, Abuja Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, this is in light of recent …

No fewer than 100 people died on Friday night after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Six vehicles were also razed during the incident which had thrown the community into panic. PUNCH Metro reports that at the scene of the incident on Saturday, a large number of people visited the …