The Lagos State Government has boosted its emergency care by unveiling 10 new ambulance points. This expansion aims to improve response times and strengthen the Lagos State Ambulance Service network across the state after some reports published by PUNCH Online. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr. ...
Read More »Two die, 10 injured in Jigawa auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed two persons dead and 10 injured in an auto crash that occurred along Ringim-Kano Road, in the Ringim Local Government Area of the state. The FRSC Sector Commander, Mr. Umar Mas’ud, told newsmen in Dutse, the state capital, on Friday that ...
Read More »NACA to convene national council on AIDS amid global aid shifts
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has announced plans to convene the seventh National Council on AIDS, which will focus on Nigeria’s HIV response in the context of evolving global aid dynamics. The agency made this known in a statement signed by the Chairman, Planning Committee, ...
Read More »Ex-Army chief proposes mandatory military training for Nigerians
A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd.), has called for the introduction of mandatory military training for all Nigerians, beginning with the National Youth Service Corps. This, he said, is a way of promoting national unity, discipline, and resilience in the face of growing security ...
Read More »FG to spend N17bn on Lagos bridge damaged by fire 5th July 2025
The Federal Government has negotiated the cost of the Iddo Bridge rehabilitation from an initial N27bn to N17bn. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made this known to journalists during an inspection of the bridge on Friday in Lagos. He said, “Julius Berger quoted, I think, ...
Read More »Experts demand improved care for women with cancer
Cancer care specialists in Nigeria have issued an urgent call for coordinated efforts to improve access, training, and innovation in gynaecological brachytherapy. This appeal was made in a statement released on Monday by MEDSERVE-LUTH Cancer Centre during a stakeholders’ gathering in Lagos for the third Brachytherapy Summit hosted ...
Read More »Adeleke urges S’West to embrace renewable energy
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called for the adoption of renewable energy sources to provide electricity across the six states of Nigeria’s South-West region. Represented by his deputy, Mr Kola Adewusi, Adeleke made the remarks in Osogbo on Tuesday while officially opening the South-West Post-Conference Stakeholders’ Roundtable ...
Read More »Tinubu orders repair of Niger bridge damaged by floods
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry for Works to repair the damaged bridge linking the north and southern parts of the country washed away by recent flood in Mokwa, Niger State. The Minister of State for Works, Bello Goronyo, disclosed this on Tuesday when he led ...
Read More »Enugu orders disco to refund 20,000 customers for over-billing
The Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed MainPower Electricity Distribution Company to refund over 20,000 customers who were overbilled in April 2025. In a statement signed and released by EERC Chairman, Chijioke Okonkwo, and the Commissioner in charge of Market Operations, Reuben Okoye on Monday, the commission said ...
Read More »Peter Obi visits Niger flood victims, donates N20m 2nd
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has donated N20 million to victims of the flooding disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area in Niger State. Obi made the donation on Monday when he paid a visit to the state, and he promised to personally visit the families of ...
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