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Gombe launches app to aid universal health coverage
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya has launched a mobile application to encourage Universal Health Coverage across all strata. Yahaya launched the application during a stakeholders engagement meeting on Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, organised by GoHealth in collaboration with the German International Cooperation GIZ, Legislative Initiative for Sustainable Development, and Saif Advocacy Foundation. According to him,…
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UPDATED Yoruba actor, Dejo Tunfulu, dies
A popular Yoruba comic actor, Kunle Adetokunbo, popularly called Dejo Tunfulu has died. Fellow thespian, Kunle Afod, shared the news on his Instagram page on Friday. The president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, known as Mr Latin, also confirmed his death. “Yes, it is confirmed. He died…
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Abuja-Kaduna train attack was premeditated, says Femi Adesina
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said the Monday attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train and subsequent killing of passengers on board was premeditated. The PUNCH had reported how terrorists on Monday night bombed the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks and attacked a train filled with passengers. The train attack was…
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JUST IN: Gunmen attack fifth Imo police station in one month
Gunmen on Friday morning attacked the Mbieri Divisional headquarters situated in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. This is the fifth Divisional Police headquarters gunmen had burnt since they renewed their hostilities in the state in the past one month. Gunmen burnt Okwelle, Omuma, Isu and Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters, killing two policemen,…
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Ovation as Buni returns to Yobe
The former caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress and the governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, was on Thursday welcomed with a resounding ovation by a mass of people as he returned to the state. Buni returned to his state a day after officially handing over office to the newly elected Chairman of…
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LASTMA identifies officer who assaulted motorist in viral video
The General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, has faulted an officer of the agency who assaulted a motorist. In a statement obtained on Friday, Oreagba affirmed that officers of the agency “must at all times ensure decorum and civility while discharging their duties on the road and in the public…
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Algeria seek replay of World Cup playoff against Cameroon
The Algeria Football Federation has called for a replay of their World Cup playoff clash against Cameroon and lodged a complaint with FIFA over the match’s refereeing. The Federation claimed the officiating “distorted the result”. Karl Toko Ekambi delivered the decisive strike in the fourth added minute of extra time in Blida on Tuesday to…
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Niger President thanks Nigeria over $1.96bn Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project
President Mohammed Bazoum of Niger Republic has expressed appreciation to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for approving the $1.96 billion Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project. The Nigerien leader, who was on State Visit to Nigeria, made the commendation after a closed-door bilateral talks with Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. Buhari had, in…
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Tennis: Djokovic remains number one after Medvedev loses in Miami
Daniil Medvedev missed the chance to return to the top of the rankings as he was beaten by Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open on Thursday. Medvedev would have become world number one once again if he had defeated Hurkacz, but the defending champion won 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 on Hard Rock Stadium….
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Tearful Osaka rallies past Bencic to reach Miami Open final
Naomi Osaka cried tears of joy after reaching the Miami Open final for the first time before her mind turned towards something else. The Japanese star has ridden an emotional rollercoaster recently and after a heckler deeply upset her in Indian Wells, on Thursday night in south Florida Osaka couldn’t keep the smile off her…
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