The Kwara Government has said it will target about 1.5 million children between zero and five years of age, for polio vaccination across the 16 Local Government Area of the State. The Kwara State Executive Secretary of the Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Nusirat Elelu stated this on Friday in Ilorin during a news conference on the commencement of the Second Round of Polio Vaccination. She stated that the second round of the poliomyelitis vaccination will commence on Saturday, 20th of April, 2024. Elelu pointed out that the vaccination is free for all children, zero to five years of age,…
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The Nigerian Army has released the traditional ruler of the Ewu kingdom, Clement Oghenerukvwe who surrendered himself in the course of investigations into the killings of 17 military officers in Okuoma, Delta State. At a brief ceremony at the Nigerian Army Headquarters in Abuja, the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, handed him over to the Senator representing Delta Central, Ede Dafinone. General Nwachukwu explained that the Army has painstakingly reviewed every available information on the incident, and has come to the preliminary observation, that while the culpability has not conclusively established anything against the traditional ruler,…
Gunmen have assassinated the Chief of Sansani, Abdulmutallib Nuhu, in Gassol local government area of Taraba state. This was confirmed by the Assistant Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Kwache Gambo, in a telephone interview. According to her, the gunmen in their numbers stormed the residence of the monarch and shot him dead without asking for anything. READ ALSO: Scores killed in fresh attack on Plateau community She stated that the assassins invaded the palace of Jankada of Sansani by 22:00hrs Thursday night. Gambo revealed that empty shells of ammunitions were found in the palace and no arrests have been…
Scores of persons, mainly women have been killed in a fresh attack on Tilengpat village of Pushit District, Mangu local government area of Plateau state.
At least 23 people have been reportedly killed by bandits, who attacked the Anguwar Danko community near Dogon Dawa district in the Eastern part of Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state.
The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has withdrawn all police officers attached to the embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. This is even as the Nigerian Immigration Service had placed the former governor on its watchlist, after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), declared him wanted in connection to an alleged case of money laundering to the tune of N80.2bn.
The global oil prices briefly surged and stock markets slid Friday on reports Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran, boosting investments deemed safer such as gold.
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Otuocha Branch in Anambra, has said that the profession must be attuned to the impending Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven technological revolution.
An expert in Medicine and Gastroenterology, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo has called for urgent action to address what he termed the “escalating threat posed by Hepatitis B (HBV) and liver cancer.”
The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) says it is targeting over 2.8 million children for the second round of polio outbreak response immunisation in the state.