Gunmen Kill 22 In Plateau, Target Hospital Patients

Gunmen who stormed Kawel village in Mushere District of Bokkos Local Government Area have left at least 22 people dead, including health workers and patients shot inside a primary healthcare centre, deepening fears over the collapse of rural security in Plateau State. The Plateau State Police Command confirmed 20 deaths, while community leaders put the…

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Lassa Fever Claims APIN Doctor in Benue

  A senior medical doctor with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria has died of Lassa fever in Benue State, forcing health authorities to restart a fresh round of disease surveillance just as the state prepared to declare itself free of the viral haemorrhagic illness. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul…

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Trial Of Ex-Skye Bank Boss Ayeni To Begin July 6

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, now Polaris Bank Limited, Tunde Ayeni, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, over an alleged N15.6 billion fraud. A statement by the EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said Ayeni…

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Presidency Rejects Obi’s Tinubu Resignation Call, Points To Polls

  The Presidency has dismissed as “childish, hollow and an unworthy distraction” the call by Nigerian Democratic Congress presidential candidate Peter Obi for President Bola Tinubu’s resignation, framing the demand as a misreading of Nigeria’s constitutional order and a reaction to the All Progressives Congress’s recent electoral gains. In a statement signed on Monday by…

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