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Some residents in the Epe area of Lagos will face frequent power outages and have the supply for only an average of about four hours daily. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) recently approved an increase in the electricity tariff, particularly for customers under Band A. READ ALSO: List of Lagos areas on Band A…
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Ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations, the Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has deployed 700 Regular and Special marshals in the state. Mr Peter Longsan, the Public Education Officer of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Jos. He said that the deployment aimed at ensuring the smooth running…
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More than 3,500 people die from hepatitis viruses every day and the global toll is rising, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, calling for swift action to fight the second-largest infectious killer. New data from 187 countries showed that the number of deaths from viral hepatitis rose to 1.3 million in 2022 from 1.1…
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Faced with sky-high inflation, low salaries and an overstretched healthcare system, doctors and nurses are leaving Nigeria in their thousands every year for better opportunities abroad. Between 15,000 and 16,000 doctors have departed in the past five years, according to Nigeria’s Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate. Today, Africa’s most populous country has just 55,000 doctors…
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The Nigerian government has extended the Eid-il-Fitr to Thursday, the Ministry of the Interior said in a statement on Tuesday. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Aishetu Ndayako, said that the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who gave the additional approval on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Muslims for the successful completion of…
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