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97% of PHCs in 16 states fail national staffing standards – Report

97% of PHCs in 16 states fail national staffing st...

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Nigerian senator receives Health Champion 2026 award, calls for stronger health financing

Nigerian senator receives Health Champion 2026 awa...

2 days ago 28

2027 NASS Poll: Women comprise 12% of candidates in Edo

2027 NASS Poll: Women comprise 12% of candidates i...

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Tinubu orders release of funds to regional development commissions

Tinubu orders release of funds to regional develop...

2 days ago 23

Nigeria’s oil output rises 0.4% in August

Nigeria’s oil output rises 0.4% in August

2 days ago 25

Nigerian govt launches incentives to increase use of maternal, newborn healthcare

Nigerian govt launches incentives to increase use ...

2 days ago 26

Why the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, By Eric Teniola

Why the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, By Eric Ten...

2 days ago 25

Strike: Resumption halted in federal unity colleges in Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu

Strike: Resumption halted in federal unity college...

2 days ago 23

Tax reforms, economic growth critical to Nigeria’s health financing – Official

Tax reforms, economic growth critical to Nigeria’s...

2 days ago 22

EFCC warns lawyers against charging clients in dollars

EFCC warns lawyers against charging clients in dol...

2 days ago 27

New TB vaccines could save 7.3m lives by 2050 – Gavi

New TB vaccines could save 7.3m lives by 2050 – Ga...

2 days ago 27

Killings, rape, other abuses persist as NHRC logs nearly 300,000 rights complaints in August

Killings, rape, other abuses persist as NHRC logs ...

2 days ago 25

IPI Nigeria condems police invasion of TV station in Kaduna, calls for sanction

IPI Nigeria condems police invasion of TV station ...

2 days ago 29

Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland sign MOU demanding UK break-up

Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland sign MOU demandi...

2 days ago 28

Dangote Refinery’s 1.4m-bpd expansion dependent on crude supply concerns

Dangote Refinery’s 1.4m-bpd expansion dependent on...

2 days ago 25

Nigerian government raises ₦729 billion bond to tackle power sector debt

Nigerian government raises ₦729 billion bond to ta...

2 days ago 25

How President Tinubu solved more than half of Nigeria’s economic problems in three years, By ‘Tope Fasua

How President Tinubu solved more than half of Nige...

2 days ago 24

Nigeria rejoins J.P. Morgan Global Bond Index after 11 years

Nigeria rejoins J.P. Morgan Global Bond Index afte...

2 days ago 25

Gunmen abducted 16-year-old boy in Enugu, abandoned him in Anambra

Gunmen abducted 16-year-old boy in Enugu, abandone...

2 days ago 23

Stakeholders seek stronger investment to reduce maternal, newborn deaths

Stakeholders seek stronger investment to reduce ma...

2 days ago 24

Group tasks media, CSOs to intensify checks on illicit financial flows

Group tasks media, CSOs to intensify checks on ill...

2 days ago 24

Another woman arrested for brutalising 7-year-old daughter with hot knife

Another woman arrested for brutalising 7-year-old ...

2 days ago 25

Ekiti Poll: Like PDP, SDP candidate withdraws petition against Gov Oyebanji’s re-election, party kicks

Ekiti Poll: Like PDP, SDP candidate withdraws peti...

2 days ago 25

When the pulpit becomes political currency, By David Nzekwu

When the pulpit becomes political currency, By Dav...

2 days ago 23

Bamboo, Cowrywise down due to Dangote Refinery IPO subscription traffic

Bamboo, Cowrywise down due to Dangote Refinery IPO...

2 days ago 28

NNPC activates multiple pathways to transform Nigeria into global gas hub —Official

NNPC activates multiple pathways to transform Nige...

2 days ago 27

Police raise alarm over planned attacks on worship centres, schools, NYSC camps

Police raise alarm over planned attacks on worship...

2 days ago 24

LP disowns ex-spokeperson who sued UNN over Peter Obi’s credentials

LP disowns ex-spokeperson who sued UNN over Peter ...

2 days ago 25

‘Use 18 hours to fear women’ — Poco Lee breaks silence after UK detention

‘Use 18 hours to fear women’ — Poco Lee breaks sil...

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2027: Nwuche backs Wike’s Rainbow Coalition in Rivers, urges support for Tinubu

2027: Nwuche backs Wike’s Rainbow Coalition in Riv...

2 days ago 25

We’re still repaying loans incurred by Peter Obi, others – Anambra govt

We’re still repaying loans incurred by Peter Obi, ...

2 days ago 22

TRENDING: Real Warri Pikin apologises to husband, fans, over viral Timaya stage stunt

TRENDING: Real Warri Pikin apologises to husband, ...

2 days ago 22

Dream Big 5.0: Amani Health challenges children to dream beyond limitations

Dream Big 5.0: Amani Health challenges children to...

2 days ago 27

Dangote Refinery to give retail investors 1 extra share for every 10 held annually in first two years of listing

Dangote Refinery to give retail investors 1 extra ...

2 days ago 28

GOC visits Plateau communities where 10 people died with 22 arrested in one week

GOC visits Plateau communities where 10 people die...

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Nigerian Players’ Watch: Orban, Iheanacho keep scoring as Eagles shine in Europe

Nigerian Players’ Watch: Orban, Iheanacho keep sco...

2 days ago 23

TRIBUTE: So long Peter Onwubuariri; So long presidential writer

TRIBUTE: So long Peter Onwubuariri; So long presid...

2 days ago 24

Police secure N300,000 hospital debt waiver for woman who lost baby after C-section

Police secure N300,000 hospital debt waiver for wo...

2 days ago 23

I was wrong to call Tinubu a ‘drug lord’ – Reno Omokri

I was wrong to call Tinubu a ‘drug lord’ – Reno Om...

2 days ago 25

Dangote Refinery plans US listing in three to four years

Dangote Refinery plans US listing in three to four...

2 days ago 29

When managers of social clubs continue to run our economy, By Uddin Ifeanyi

When managers of social clubs continue to run our ...

2 days ago 26

BREAKING: Billions of naira subscribed by investors within minutes of Dangote Refinery’s IPO opening – Official

BREAKING: Billions of naira subscribed by investor...

3 days ago 29

How attacks on NDC, PDP in Enugu may affect Tinubu in 2027 – Chieftain

How attacks on NDC, PDP in Enugu may affect Tinubu...

3 days ago 29

Adeleke bans NURTW activities in Osun after ally shot dead, orders probe

Adeleke bans NURTW activities in Osun after ally s...

3 days ago 27

AFRIMMA honours Tompolo, DJ Tunez, Real Warri Pikin, others

AFRIMMA honours Tompolo, DJ Tunez, Real Warri Piki...

3 days ago 23

15 houses at risk of collapse as flood ravages Lafia neighbourhood

15 houses at risk of collapse as flood ravages Laf...

3 days ago 24

Groups demand probe of 80-year-old Benue man’s killing over alleged witchcraft

Groups demand probe of 80-year-old Benue man’s kil...

3 days ago 22

TRENDING: Nigerian husbands become wives’ makeup models in viral transformations

TRENDING: Nigerian husbands become wives’ makeup m...

3 days ago 4

Four killed in fresh Plateau attacks

Four killed in fresh Plateau attacks

3 days ago 2

APC Primary: ‘I’m sorry, Daddy’ — Desmond Elliot kneels, apologises to Gbajabiamila

APC Primary: ‘I’m sorry, Daddy’ — Desmond Elliot k...

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