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Nigeria has become the first country to receive the new MenFive meningitis vaccine from the Vaccine Alliance-funded global stockpile, with a shipment delivered by the United Nations Children’s Fund. Gavi announced this in a statement…
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The African Development Bank Group (AFDB) has launched detailed Country Focus Reports designed to guide African policymakers. This is in anticipation of the 28th United Nations Conference on Climate Change, These reports, tailored to…
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The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government will do everything possible to discourage “physicians’ brain drain” from the country. Ehanire said this on Friday in Abuja after inspecting work on the new cancer…
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The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has warned that no UK based airline would be granted approval into the country for evacuation flight if a Nigerian carrier was refused landing rights for similar flight in UK. The…
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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it has set up a team to commence investigation of abandoned government projects across the country. Acting EFCC Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Magu, stated this in an interview with newsmen…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured that there is enough fuel in the country as there is no need for panic buying of petroleum products by motorists and the public. NNPC announced  this in a statement issued by…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again attacked the Federal Government, stating that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is incompetent and incapable of addressing the killings and poverty in the country. He argued that…
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Paraguay has become the first malaria-free country among a list of 21 countries aiming to eliminate the disease by 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on Monday. The Geneva-based WHO noted that over the past decades, the…
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Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has denied fleeing Nigeria over the political crisis in Kogi State and his trial by the Federal Government. Melaye made the denial in a statement he issued on…
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