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Anxiety Mounts In Ogun Community As 10 Feared Dead From Cholera Outbreak

Anxiety is mounting in Magboro Community of Ogun over a suspected cholera outbreak, from which about 10 people are feared dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspected Cholera outbreak was first reported on Friday, when a resident of the community living in an uncompleted building died. Two people living with her were said to have died …

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Synergize For Nigeria’s Economic Prosperity, Tech Advancement; Obaseki, Onu Task Universities, Research Institutions

Nigerian universities and research institutions have been tasked to work in synergy in pursuit of the country’s economic prosperity and technological advancement. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu made the call when the minister paid the governor a courtesy visit at the Government House in Benin City, the Edo …

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Breaking: COVID-19 3rd Wave Death Toll Hits 26 In Edo As 4 More Unvaccinated Persons Die

…Govt urges full vaccination to get complete protection against virus Edo State has recorded four more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities recorded in the third wave of the pandemic in the state to 26. Head of the state’s COVID-19 Case Management, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing at the Government House in …

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Nigeria, A Failing State, Says CBN Ex-deputy Governor, Mailafia

Warns, Abuja may be taken over by terrorists Former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadaih Mailafia, has described Nigeria as a failing state already heading for the precipice if nothing urgent is done to rescue the ugly trend. According to him, for a new Nigeria to emerge, the country must be anchored on social justice and …

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Looming Hospitals’ Shutdown: Strike Threat Ridiculous, Says FG, NARD, Union Flay Minister

The Federal Government, on Sunday, described as ridiculous a threat by the Joint Health Sector Union to embark on a strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said the Federal Government would on Tuesday meet with leadership of JOHESU. The union, through its President, Josiah …

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Buhari To Visit Imo Thursday — Uzodinma

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo, says all is set for President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to  the state on Thursday, Sept. 9. The governor disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, on Saturday. Uzodinma, who spoke upon his return from an official trip to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, said that the President would commission …

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Adamawa Closes 30 Boarding Schools Over Insecurity

Adamawa State Government has closed 30 out of 34 junior boarding secondary schools in the state over insecurity. A statement by the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs. Wilbina Jackson, said the closure took effect from today (September 6, 2021) till further notice. According to the statement, the action was a proactive measure to ensure the safety of …

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Perils of school abductions

For the families of the kids picked off from their school by bandits in Tegina, Niger State, and finally released after eighty-nine days in captivity, the terror was   real, raw and rasping. They were all over the place for months trying to scale the mountain put before them by ruthless criminals. It was heart wrenching to note that some of …

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FG Gives Striking Doctors Terms For Reconciliation

The Federal Government has said it will only withdraw the case it filed against the striking resident doctors if they resumed work. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, gave the terms yesterday while briefing reporters after a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. He said: “They should come back to work and if they come back …

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Let’s Restructure, Not Break Up

SIR: Currently there are growing plethora of voices promoting  the partitioning  of the entity called Nigeria. There is no doubt that our polity is heated up as a result of many  challenges that confront her, and this has heightened the crescendo of separatist calls recently. But even given all the perceived wrongs inherent in Nigeria’s imperfect federalism, the vicious eruption …

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