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Man Stabbed To Death Amid Dispute Over His Girlfriend In Niger State
Sahara Reporters
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Usman Mohammed, a resident of Barikin-Sale area in Minna, Niger State, has been stabbed to death by a group of three men identified as Barafi, Ayya, and one other yet to be identified, following a confrontation over his girlfriend. The incident...
One dead, others injured as herdsmen clash with villagers in Niger
Daily Post
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June 11, 2025
Police authorities in Niger State have confirmed the death of a 25-year-old man, Chede Japo, who lost his life during a violent altercation at Kudu Village Market in Mokwa Local Government Area. The incident took place on Sunday, June 9, around...
First Lady Flags Off Final Phase of Free-to-Shine Campaign To Fight HIV/AIDS, Other Diseases
Arise News
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June 11, 2025
Wife of the president, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, says future generations of Nigerians need to be shielded and guided properly against preventable and treatable diseases. Speaking on Tuesday in Enugu at the final flag-off of the Free-to-Shine Triple...
Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Over 1,500 Environmental Health Workers Unpaid for 20 Months
Y Naija
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June 11, 2025
Over 1,500 environmental health workers unpaid for 20 months 13 arraigned for diverting ₦4bn worth of diesel belonging to Dangote Group First Lady Oluremi Tinubu receives Chieftaincy title in Enugu Obi criticises government for wasteful spending,...
First Lady to Nigerians: Let’s Unite, Fight Prevalence of HIV/AIDS, Other Preventable Diseases
This Day
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June 11, 2025
•Flags off free to shine campaign in Enugu •Says she loves Enugu State, bags Ugosinamba chieftaincy title DejiElumoyein Abuja Wife of the president, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, says future generations of Nigerians need to be shielded and guided...
Anglican Primate Lauds Bishop Nwokolo Of Diocese On The Niger For Recor
The Nigerian Voice
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Archbishop and Primate of the Church of Nigeria, His Grace, Most Rev. Dr Henry Ndukuba has lauded Bishop on the Niger, Rt. Rev. Dr. Owen Nwokolo on his numerous achievements which he said has taken his Episcopacy to new levels. Ndukuba made the...
Deadly flood: Niger communities battle stench from decaying corpses
Punch
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June 10, 2025
Nearly two weeks after devastating floods swept through Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, residents are complaining about the stench of decaying corpses believed to be those of flood victims still buried under sand and debris. They...
‘I Was Attacked First’ —Army Officer Accused Of Leading Assault Against Niger Community Breaks Silence
Sahara Reporters
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A Nigerian Army officer, Abdulkadir Musa, accused of leading soldiers to assault residents of Evuti community in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, has denied the allegations, saying he was first assaulted and followed due process in...
Nigerian Army Officer Allegedly Brings Soldiers To Brutalise Niger Community Residents For 'Assaulting His Fiancée'
Sahara Reporters
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SaharaReporters gathered that Musa had returned home from Lagos State for the Sallah break when his supposed wife informed him about the incident. A Nigerian Army officer, Abdulkadir Musa, has allegedly ordered soldiers from Duma military base in...
3 Nigerien Nationals in Court Over illegal sale of ‘RED’
Ghanaian Chronicle
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June 10, 2025
The Circuit Court in Accra, presided over by Her Honour Susana Eduful, on Friday heard a case involving three Nigerien nationals accused of illegally selling unregistered opioid drugs, commonly known on the streets as “RED,” at the Onion Market at...
Alleged Negligence: 8 Staff of Federal Medical Centre Abuja Face Panel
This Day
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June 10, 2025
OnyebuchiEzigbo in Abuja The management of the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi-Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory has said that eight of its staff are presenting facing investigation over alleged poor treatment meted out to an accident victim. It...
Bill Gates and Nigeria’s healthcare
The Sun Nigeria
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June 9, 2025
By Marcel Mbamalu Guest columnist Bill Gates recently described Nigeria’s health budget as far too small to address the country’s pressing healthcare challenges. Despite a 2025 allocation of N2.48 trillion, about 5.18% of the national budget, this...
Assessment of Awareness and Acceptability of Hospital Autopsy Among People Living with HIV and Their Caregivers in Northern Uganda
Dove Medical Press
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June 9, 2025
Introduction Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection remains a significant global health concern with unacceptably high prevalence rates in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, HIV-related mortality remains elevated, particularly among hospitalized...
‘It was a form of healing’: How traveling to every country helped this American cope with a mental health disorder
KVIA - Texas
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June 10, 2025
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — He’d struggled with obsessive compulsive disorder since childhood, but Cameron Mofid says that there was one thing that helped him cope — traveling the world. Mofid, who is originally from San Diego, found...
A quarter of the world’s population are adolescents: major report sets out health and wellbeing trends
The Conversation
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June 9, 2025
The Lancet has released its second global commission report on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Adolescents are defined as 10- to 24-year-olds. The report builds on the first one, done in 2016. The latest report presents substantial original...
Giving Niger state health sector a facelift
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 8, 2025
By the time Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger state marked 100 days in office in 2023, the burden of healthcare services appeared insurmountable in the state. However, two years after, the governor’s steps towards revamping the health sector...
Matchmaker's eye on money and medicine
The National News
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Klaus Hammer is the Austrian-born chief executive of a company few non-specialists will yet have heard of, but which promises to be a big player in the multibillion-dollar market for mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry. His...
Red Cross suspends aid work in Niger after military regime orders office closures
Business Insider Africa
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June 8, 2025
The decision to halt Red Cross operations in the military-led African nation came after Nigerien authorities accused the organization of engaging with armed groups in the country. Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, stated during a May...
Forty-year-old murdered in Niger
Daily Post
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June 8, 2025
A 40-year-old man, Abubakar Tayi Mohammed, of the Rabba area of Mokwa, Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, was allegedly brutally murdered by unknown assailants. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday in the area along...
Peter Obi explains one-term bid for president in 2027
The Sun Nigeria
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July 7, 2025
Says zoning stabilises Nigerian polity From Idu Jude, Abuja Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi says that his decision to run for one term of four years in 2027 is to respect the sanctity of zoning, which has been a...