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A digital-driven health care solution firm, MyCare Assistant has partnered with the American Caregiver Association to provide quality health care solutions in Nigeria. The partnership, according to a statement on Sunday, would position the firm to provide technology-driven and bespoke health care solutions to Nigerians by connecting patients to a network of expert caregivers via…

The Chairman of the Lagos State Health Service Commission, Dr Atinuke Onayiga, has stressed the importance of digitising hospital records, saying this will help in delivering quality health service. Onayiga said this on the sidelines of a three-day retreat for accountants in the Lagos State Government hospitals. She said the state government was in the…

No fewer than 150 armed personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service are currently undergoing training at a military formation in Kontagora, Niger state, The PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered that the training was part of efforts to curtail the incessant attacks on correctional facilities in the country. There have been cases of attack on…

Nigerians with cases of missing COVID-19 vaccination cards are expected to produce court affidavits and police reports before they can get replacements, The PUNCH has learnt. This was contained in a document published by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and made available to our correspondent on Sunday. The PUNCH reports that Nigeria commenced…

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has restrained Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited, Sheban Petroleum Development Company Limited, and Dr Ambrosie Orjiako, as well as other persons acting on their behalf, from withdrawing from the accounts of nine other defendants and 29 banks. Justice Yellin Bogoro made the interim order on Friday…

One week after, two of the 66 worshippers abducted from Emmanuel Baptist Church in Kakau Daji, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been killed by bandits, the Christian Association of Nigeria said on Sunday. They were said to have been abducted on October 31 2021 during church service. The Vice President of CAN…

The Ondo State Government has allayed the fear of the people of the state over the withdrawal of soldiers from the highways, saying the development will not cause any security problem in the affected areas. The soldiers were withdrawn from the checkpoints last week following an alleged non-payment of their allowances by the state government….

In recent times, there have been reports of students beating up their teachers in some secondary schools in Ogun State. GRACE EDEMA writes on the causes, implications and solutions to the negative trend On Monday, October 25, 2021, some hoodlums, allegedly hired by some students or their parents invaded the Community High School, Ijoun, in…

STAKEHOLDERS of Cross River Southern Senatorial District have demanded that the 2023 governorship position be zoned to the district in accordance with the “Calabar- Ogoja Accord.’’ The accord was signed by political leaders of the state in 1980. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Calabar- Declaration 2021’ which was issued after a town hall…

THE National Chairman, Southwest Agenda for Tinubu 2023 presidential ambition, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has said that the aggressive mobilisation embarked upon by the group in Ekiti State is to save the All Progressives Party from defeat in the 2022 governorship election in the state. Adeyeye, who said the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration had failed the…

KATSINA State Governor, Aminu Masari, has reminded newly elected executives of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, to always remember that their loyalty is to the party and not to any chieftain or individual. He charged them to work for the party and ensure its successes in future elections. Masari gave the advice…

KWARA State on Saturday emerged the state with the highest number of points in the September edition of the Progressive Strides, the monthly bulletin tracking the performance of the 21 APC states in the country. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, on Sunday. He…

THE Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has raised the alarm over the state’s rising debt profile. The opposition party spoke against the backdrop of a recent request by the state Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s administration for a fresh loan of about N28.7 billion. The state APC chairman, Isa Acida, said this in a…

The Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has kicked against the recent increase in the school fees of the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo. The management of the state-owned university recently announced the hike in its school fees by over 100 per cent for the 2021/2022 academic session. The development has been generating…

The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Charles Soludo, is set to be declared the winner of Saturday’s Anambra State governorship election as results so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission indicate that he won in 17 of the 19 local government areas of the state. Out of the 19 local…

Google has said application to its three-month virtual accelerator programme is now open to startups in Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The company said in a statement that successful early-growth stage startup applicants (from seed to Series A) would gain…

Visa and Paga have partnered with Doroki, a platform focused on digitising small and medium enterprises, to unveil digital tools for small-to-medium businesses in Nigeria to enhance payments. The companies said in a statement that the initiative, called ‘Business Connect and Grow’, would offer multiple digital payment collection methods and vital business support solutions. According…

Servosavvy Limited has launched an application aimed at helping employees to embrace entrepreneurship. The firm, in a statement, described the app, called ‘BipEDGE’, as a dual fintech and edutech platform that provides employees with the tools and support they need to make the transition from being an employee to becoming an employer of labour. It…

HMD Global has announced the launch of its tablet, the Nokia T20. According to the company, the Nokia T20 is a portable tool with a battery capacity of 8200 mAh, and equipped with two years of operating system upgrades and three years of monthly security updates with an optional fourth year for enterprise customers. The…

Police hunt son over debt A 73-year-old woman, Charity Odunuga, has been swindled out of N250,000 by a suspected fraudster at Odokekere, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the grandmother was at home when a man, who claimed to be her daughter’s husband, identified as Baba Basit, called…

The Lagos State Police Command says it has begun investigation into the death of the Assistant General Manager, Electrical Engineering Department, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Lagos State, Mr Abdulrahaman Musa. The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the investigation to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. Ajisebutu, however, did not…

Some of the people abducted at the University of Abuja Senior Staff Quarters and rescued by the police have recounted their ordeals in the kidnappers’ den. According to them, on the first day, they drank garri with dirty water, while on the second day they were given leftover food. They said they trekked for hours…

Seven days after a 21-storey building collapsed on Gerrard Road, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, recovery operation is still ongoing by rescue agencies. PUNCH Metro learnt that responders were already concluding their operation as the death toll hit 44 on Sunday. Our correspondents had reported that the 21-storey building crumbled last Monday around…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a suspected drug dealer, Ikenna Okoli, who is believed to be responsible for the recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to London, United Kingdom, through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, and other courier companies. The agency said Okoli had been on…

The Osun State Government on Sunday said it arrested a resident identified simply as Sanjo, in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegedly beating his child to death. The state Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, Olubukola Olaboopo, in a statement, said the 43-year-old suspect, who lived around the Alekuwodo area, had been handed over…