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NCDC records 846 Lassa fever cases, 148 deaths NCDC Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 846 Lassa fever cases across 99 Local Government Areas in 25 states. The predominant age group affected is 21-30 years and the male-to-female ratio for the confirmed cases is 10:9. Lassa fever is an acute viral […]
‘PAINFUL knockout’: Spanish press pile in on Barcelona’s heartbreak as the Catalan side wave a ‘hard goodbye’ to their treble hopes – after Real Madrid THRASH their bitter rivals 4-0 in the Copa del Rey semi-final Spanish media piled on the criticism after Barcelona’s 4-0 loss on Wednesday Xavi’s Catalan side were thrashed by bitter rivals Real […]
National Assembly Complex The House of Representatives members-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party and other opposition parties have formed an alliance ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, with the aim of determining the leadership of the parliament. Against the background of the moves by the ruling All Progressives Party […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written to the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London pleading for leniency for the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice, who were convicted of organ trafficking. The Ekweremadus were on March 28 convicted by the UK court after their trial on the allegation that they […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has raised the alarm about the proliferation of “dangerous” and “unregulated” bleaching creams in the market. The agency warned about the danger on Wednesday in a one-day workshop organised for media stakeholders in Enugu State titled, “The dangers of bleaching creams and regulatory controls.” Delivering […]
Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Segun Adewole, Solomon Odeniyi, Dirisu Yakubu and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The presidential campaign councils of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have challenged the Department of State Services to get tough with plotters of the interim national government. The councils, in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Wednesday in Abuja, said […]
Oral sex during menstruation unsafe, Gynaecologists warn Sex By Lara Adejoro Experts in Obstetrics and Gynaecology have warned against engaging in oral sex during the menstrual period, describing it as unsafe and could lead to multifaceted infections. According to them, such practice could lead to upper respiratory tract infections, hepatitis B and C, Sexually Transmitted Infections, […]
Atiku Abubakar, Nyesom Wike and Iyorchia Ayu Dirisu Yakubu, Segun Adewole, El-ameen Ibrahim, Dennis Naku and John Charles The post-election crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party took a new turn on Monday as a Benue State High Court, Makurdi, restrained Senator Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the national chairman of the party. The restraining […]
Supporters of Ogun Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate protesting at office of the Independent National Electoral Commission over the poll result. Photo: Daud Olatunji James Abraham, Ted Odogwu, Daud Olatunji, Godwin Isenyo, Patrick Odey and Collins Sunday Candidates who lost Saturday’s governorship election and their supporters on Tuesday protested the outcome of the poll and […]
