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Once touted as a model health centre to provide quality healthcare services to more than a dozen communities, the Model Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kidugu, Bital Ward, Kauru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State is now crumbling. Its partially damaged roof is worsening, and the building is heavily dilapidated.
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More than 300 participants, predominantly women drawn from various grassroots political wards, gathered on Monday, October 26, for a high-impact town hall meeting aimed at driving enrollment into the Ogun State Health Insurance Scheme.
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Frustrated patients and healthcare workers with nowhere to turn lament their reliance on a facility the government has left to rot. The ICIR’s Marcus Fatunmole captures the state of the PHC in this report.
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Former Nigerian Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has warned that declining public confidence in democratic institutions is threatening constitutional governance across Africa, urging governments to strengthen accountability and improve service delivery.
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The Federal Government’s independent investigative committee probing the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (@NSCDC) in Niger State has found that the victims died of suffocation.
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President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve a supplementary external borrowing plan involving $20.52 billion and €1.05 billion to finance infrastructure and development projects across Nigeria. icirnigeria.org/tinubu-seeks…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (@inecnigeria ) says it will make the preliminary register of voters for the 2027 general elections available online following calls by stakeholders for wider access. icirnigeria.org/inec-to-publ…
Harry Kane has become the first English player in 25 years to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or after emerging victorious at Monday’s ceremony in London.
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Katsina State Governor Dikko Umaru Radda and Amnesty International have condemned the killing of Islamic cleric Yahaya Ibrahim Masussuka, as questions remain over the identity and motive of his attackers.
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The National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dayo Israel, has said that the seven brand-new Toyota Land Cruiser Prado SUVs presented to selected party youth leaders were gifts from donors, denying that the vehicles were funded through government allocations or taxpayers’ money.
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For many communities, working for bandits was the only means of securing peace, although villagers were occasionally allowed to farm for themselves.
However, with many of the youths and able-bodied men leaving the village for better opportunities elsewhere, the elderly men left behind say they no longer have the strength to keep doing what the bandits demand. icirnigeria.org/bandit-leade…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed a no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai in his ongoing trial over alleged unlawful interception of the telephone communications of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.
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Nigeria’s Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, has confirmed the evacuation of the country’s first imported Ebola virus disease patient to Switzerland, following an improvement in her clinical condition. icirnigeria.org/nigeria-airl…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (@nimetnigeria ) has forecast dust haze, sunshine and thunderstorms across Nigeria from Monday to Wednesday, warning residents about potential weather hazards.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (@NCDCgov ) says it has identified and followed up 53 contacts linked to the confirmed case of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (@SERAPNigeria ) have dragged the Tinubu Administration before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice over alleged financial irregularities involving more than N78.8 billion earmarked for federal cash-transfer and social protection programmes.
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Nursing professionals have called for improved welfare, increased training opportunities and greater inclusion in health sector decision-making, warning that the shortage of oncology nurses is undermining cancer care in Nigeria. icirnigeria.org/nigerias-can…
