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Obesity linked to lower breast cancer risk in young women – Study
Young women with high body fat have a decreased chance of developing breast cancer before menopause, according to a study…
Plateau killings: Protest turns violent as angry residents chase govt…
Violent protest rocked Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on Wednesday, as residents protesting the killings in three local…
FG dismisses global report on Nigeria’s poverty level
The Federal Government, on Wednesday dismissed the Brookings Report on Nigeria as the new global headquarters of poverty as it…
Again, FAAC meeting ends abruptly over distorted figures from NNPC
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting ended midway in Abuja on Wednesday night without sharing allocations…
Lassa fever kills nurse in Edo
An outbreak of Lassa fever has allegedly claimed the life of Mr Henry Ehimati, a male nurse working with Okomu Oil Palm Company…
Governors meet to discuss minimum wage, security, others
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night met in Abuja to discuss issues of minimum wage, insecurity and other matters…
Court orders temporary forfeiture of Diezani Alison-Madueke’s N325m land to…
Justice Babs Kuewumi of the Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of a landed property linked to a former…
Soyinka to Buhari: Nigeria is dying, stop mass killings by herdsmen
Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to rise to the occasion, match words with action and…
Looters can no longer re-loot recovered funds — FG assures Nigerians
The Federal Government says it is now impossible for recovered looted funds to be re-looted, as mechanisms have been put in place…
Court rejects bail application of convicted ex-Taraba Gov Jolly Nyame
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed a bail application filed by the convicted…