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By Sola Ogundipe  What if a person who needs a pacemaker no longer had to undergo surgery to have one implanted? Imagine having no wires threaded into the heart, no pulse generator implanted under the skin and, potentially, no repeat procedures to deal with implanted hardware? Instead, there is a small patch sitting on the […]

Ferran Torres was on target as champions Paris Saint-Germain finally got their Ligue 1 campaign up and running with a 1-0 win at Brest on Sunday. Prior to their trip to Brittany, Luis Enrique’s double Champions League-winning side had managed just two points from their opening three matches in an uncharacteristically sluggish start to the […]

Professional Game Referees (Pro Ref) admitted Sunday that the decision to allow Erling Haaland’s winner in Manchester City’s 1-0 victory over Manchester United was an “error of judgment”. With City down to 10 men after Phil Foden’s dismissal for kicking Bruno Fernandes, Haaland netted on the hour mark with a close-range finish from Josko Gvardiol’s […]

A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Festus Okoye, has said the commission’s digital platforms were targeted by cyberattacks during the 2023 presidential election. Okoye disclosed this in an interview on Deep Insights, a podcast hosted by Austin Agbonsuremi. Ahead of the 2023 elections, INEC had assured Nigerians that polling unit […]

Gunmen have abducted six Islamic clerics along the Dakko-Damri feeder road in Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Zamfara State Police Public Relations Officer, Yazid Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying the clerics were travelling to Talata Mafara when their vehicle was intercepted by armed bandits on Saturday. According to […]

MAIDUGURI — Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the insurgency in the state destroyed more than 5,000 school structures and forced about 2.2 million children out of school at the peak of the crisis. Zulum stated this on Sunday in Maiduguri while inaugurating several completed projects across the state. The governor said the destruction […]

By Femi Bolaji JALINGO — The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Oladele Henry Alake, has pledged the Federal Government’s institutional support for Taraba State’s efforts to attract credible investments and transform the state into a major mining hub in Nigeria. Alake gave the assurance at the weekend in Jalingo during the Taraba State Solid […]

Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to Mexico, Reno Omokri, has admitted that an FBI investigation involving people connected to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu took place, but maintained that the President was not the target of the probe. Omokri, who spoek on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Sunday, said the controversy surrounding the US records had been driven by […]

Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has defended his decision to lend his vehicle to Peter Obi during the presidential candidate’s recent visit to the state, describing the gesture as a simple courtesy that should not be interpreted as political collaboration. Ortom, through his media aide, Terver Akase, said refusing to assist Obi with transportation […]

By Daniel Abia, PORT HARCOURT Governors of the South-South states, foreign and local investors, financial institutions and other stakeholders are expected in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for the Niger Delta Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines and Agriculture, NDCCITMA, Economic and Investment Summit. The Chamber said the Niger Delta was ready for local and international […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja ABUJA — The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has disbursed more than N1.08 billion to 5,381 students studying nursing and midwifery across 21 institutions under its student financing scheme. The intervention, which covers federal and state nursing and midwifery institutions, represents a significant increase in funding over three academic sessions, according […]

ONITSHA — The husband of 36-year-old Anulika Onyeanusia, who was arrested by the Anambra State Police Command over an alleged sexual abuse of her underage daughter, has recounted how he discovered the incident. Ikechukwu Onyeanyusi said he learnt of the alleged abuse after a friend showed him a video purportedly involving his wife and their […]