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The Nigerian Medical Association, Anambra State faction has dismissed reports that the individual, Joshua Chukwubueze Ikechukwu, accused of shooting dead an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Awka is a medical doctor. In a statement issued by the association’s…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has announced the 2025 Hajj fare. A statement by the commission on Monday said intending pilgrims from Southern states are expected to pay N8.7 million. Those from Borno and Adamawa zones will pay N8.3 million. The statement noted that…

Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari, as well as the former Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, are in Paris, France to testify in the ongoing arbitration case involving the $6 billion Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project, THISDAY has…

A Catholic priest in Nigeria has been suspended from his duties because he got married in the United States. Rev. Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe, who served in the Warri Diocese of Delta State, married Ms. Dora Chichah on December 29, 2024, at…

Polytechnic workers in the country have announced a three-day warning strike from Wednesday, January 22 to Friday, January 24, 2025. The workers, under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic (SSANIP), accused the authorities of marginalisation of non-teaching staff members…

Cholera has killed 15 persons in Lagos State with 350 suspected cases reported in the state. The Lagos Ministry of Health said there are 17 confirmed cases of cholera in the state. “Lagos State Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this while speaking…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted on N250,000 as minimum wage and faulted President Bola Tinubu’s comment over the matter. The committee on the new minimum wage had submitted its report to the Federal Government, pegging its offer at N62,000. President Tinubu during…

Veteran Nollywood actor, Dayo Adewunmi, popularly known as Sule Suebebe, is dead. The Yoruba top actor died in the early hours of Wednesday at an undisclosed hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The news of his demise was broken on Wednesday by a…