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HIV/AIDS: Nigeria contributing less than 10 per cent –Aliyu

As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, other diseases seem to have been overlooked. Among them is the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), which is gradually becoming a forgotten ailment, probably because it does not kill people living with it as fast as the coronavirus.  Director-general of the …

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Why Nigeria should remain indivisible –Iwuanyanwu

Iwuanyanwu who spoke in Abuja when the National Association of University Students (NAUS) conferred on him the ‘Ambassador of University Students,’ said it was better for Nigeria to remain one than to be divided. He noted that in the past few years, there have been a lot of clamour for …

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Senate passes PIB, disagrees with Reps on percentage for host communities

Fourteen years after the first attempt was made, the Senate and House of Representatives, yesterday,  passed into law the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). But it was not without  controversy and drama  as senators and House of Reps disagreed on what percentage host communities should get from crude oil drilled in their areas. The …

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