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The founder of a non governmental organisation- Pregnancy Support Foundation (PSF), Mrs. Adesua Oni, has called for urgent steps to address the increasing rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Speaking in an interview with journalists during a medical outreach for pregnant women in the Mando area of Kaduna metropolis, she noted that Nigeria’s maternal mortality…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed displeasure about a video trending on the social media, purported to be the wreckage of its MI-171 helicopter on which crashed on Monday in Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The video recorded by the bandits also showed dead bodies of soldiers. In a…

The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement on Thursday unveiled a 59-member Presidential Campaign Council comprising zonal and state coordinators, as well as directors for mobilisation, women affairs, strategy, security, legal affairs and other key areas ahead of the 2027 general elections. The council, announced in a statement on Thursday, has the Director-General of the movement, John Ughulu, as…

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam, has urged the federal government to take practical steps to end banditry and all forms of criminalities in the country. He also asked those advocating for amnesty for bandits to stop such agitations, saying the bandits have committed crime against the society…