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93 percent of women in Jigawa State neglected to use any contraceptive method in 2021, says the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. In its Demographics Statistics report for 2022, released on Monday, the NBS said: “According to the Multiple Indicator […]

A six-month-old baby, her two siblings and their mother were kidnapped when bandits attacked the Zone 5 segment of the Kubwa Extension 2 Relocation Estate along Arab Road in the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday night. According to a report […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said media reports listing banks as failing the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) stress test for international authorisation are false and should be disregarded. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali, said […]

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa has said Nigerian security forces are performing wonderfully in tackling the security challenges confronting the country, given the resources available to them. “Most times, I look at them as magicians. This […]

Breast cancer is a disease in which abnormal breast cells grow out of control and form tumours. If left unchecked, the tumours can spread throughout the body and become fatal. Breast cancer cells begin inside the milk ducts and/or the […]

Seven students of the Federal University of Lafia who were abducted from their off-campus accommodation in Gandu village last Wednesday have regained their freedom. The students, made up of four males and three females were released on Sunday evening through […]

The United Nations General Assembly will meet on Tuesday to discuss the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, administrators and diplomats said on Sunday after the United States rejected a Security Council resolution for a ceasefire. According to a spokesperson for the Assembly […]

Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State is in a festive mood as residents await the arrival of President Bola Tinubu on a one-day official visit to Borno. The Monday visit is the first presidential outing in the state since Tinubu […]

The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board and its partners, UNFPA and Project Aisha, have inaugurated a state sub-committee for Community- based Maternal Perinatal and Child Death Surveillance and Response (C-MPCDSR). The inauguration of the Committee took place on Friday […]

Majority of the lawmakers in the Rivers House of Assembly switched political allegiance this morning, dumping the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress. Twenty seven members announced their defection, introducing a new dimension to the political crisis between […]