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When Okon Emannuel, 56, fell ill in June 2021, he visited a local chemist (drug store) four blocks from his residence in Midim, Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. “I think it was malaria. But after taking the tablets the chemist mixed for me, I still felt fever(ish) again,” he said. As his situation got worse, he sought care at …

The governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has sanctioned his party, the All Progressives Congress, to pay a fine of N5 million for contravening the provisions of the state’s Executive Order 3 of 2022. The Executive Order 3 of the state prohibits political parties from using public places such as schools, parks, and markets for political activities without obtaining due …

President Muhammdu Buhari has revealed that he insisted his second wife must be an AA genotype after losing two of his children by his late wife, Safinatu, to sickle cell anemia. Buhari made this assertion while speaking at a private dinner organised by his family and very close associates on Friday, to celebrate his 80th birthday tagged “Celebrating A Patriot, …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, said that he came from a very poor background but God in his infinity mercy transformed his life. He disclosed that his parent was so poor to the extent that the day his father bought an umbrella, they were all rejoicing. Adeboye, who spoke during a sermon …

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A battering winter storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the United States on Saturday, left millions more to worry about the prospect of further outages and crippled police, fire departments and an airport in snow-blown New York state. Across the country, officials have attributed at least 17 deaths to exposure, …

“I think I’m being harassed. I believe I’m trying my best but still, my best is not good enough,” Mr Buhari says. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says he is being harassed despite trying his best to make Nigeria better. He, however, admitted that he believes his best has not been good enough for the country. “I think I’m being harassed. I …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has applauded the standard bearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, who he said was the first presidential candidate to lead a delegation to visit him. The courtesy visit to Jonathan’s home in Yenagoa took place before Obi’s rally in Bayelsa State on Friday. While commending Obi for his cultured public utterances, the ex-president urged him …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says he did not find it funny that many of his country’s citizens believed the rumour that he was dead and had been replaced with a lookalike named Jibrin who was from Sudan. The Nigerian leader spoke in a documentary shown Friday night at a private dinner in Abuja organised by his family and associates to celebrate …

The Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has reacted to the sealing of the campaign secretariat of its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in Rivers State. The spokesman for the PCC in Rivers State, Dr. Leloonu Nwibubassa, made the confirmation while speaking with The PUNCH, Saturday morning. Nwibubasa said the sealing of the secretariat located at No. 32, Onne Road, …

The naira on Friday exchanged at 456.50 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters Window. The figure represented a decrease of 0.05 per cent, compared with N456.25 it exchanged on Thursday. The open indicative rate closed at N451.38 to the dollar on Friday. An exchange rate of N452 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s …