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Researchers Find Link Between HPV, Thyroid Eye Disease

30.04.2025

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers have identified molecular evidence linking human papillomavirus (HPV) to thyroid eye disease (TED) through molecular mimicry involving HPV capsid proteins and autoimmune targets. Elevated antibody levels against HPV appeared in participants with TED, suggesting a possible immunological connection influencing disease development. Findings of the study titled “Human...

Fy’24: Banks Raked In N5.9trn From Securities On High-Yield Assets

30.04.2025

Nigeria’s top listed banks earned a combined N5.93 trillion from investment securities in 2024, a strong testament to the power of strategic asset allocation in a high-interest rate environment. This windfall reflects an increasingly cautious approach by lenders, who pivoted heavily towards government bonds and treasury bills as a reliable engine of profitability amid economic...

Terrorism Charges: FG’s Witness Testifies In Camera As Kanu’s Trial Kicks Off

30.04.2025

The trial of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government commenced yesterday before a Federal High Court in Abuja, with the first witness testifying behind camera. Trial judge, Justice James Omotosho, granted permission to the government for its witnesses to give evidence behind...

Trump Celebrates 100 Days In Office

29.04.2025

United States (US) President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, is celebrating the first 100 days of what is already one of the most radical and far-reaching presidencies in US history. According to a report, polls show Americans are becoming disenchanted with Trump’s economic and political tumult. The 47th president will mark the milestone in trademark style, seeking...

HURIWA Calls For Probe Of British Army Over Alleged Arms Smuggling In Delta

29.04.2025

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has joined other prominent Civil Society organizations calling for a full-scale and transparent investigation into the alleged involvement of an alleged British Army officer, Major Micah Polo, in an arm trafficking case recently uncovered by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Delta State. In a statement...

Kwara Govt Laments Dearth Of Doctors

29.04.2025

The Kwara State Government has lamented the acute shortage of medical doctors in its health facilities, attributing the challenge to brain drain, popularly known as the ‘Japa syndrome’, which has heavily impacted Nigeria’s healthcare sector. Speaking during the 2025 first-quarter inter-ministerial press briefing organized by the State Ministry of Communications in Ilorin, the Executive Secretary...

KWASSIP To Extend Support To More Communities, Households

29.04.2025

In a bid to further improve livelihoods, the Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to providing continued support for residents through its social investment programmes. It disclosed plans to expand its safety net to accommodate and financially support more households and communities across the state’s 16 Local Government Areas under the Kwara State Social...

No Fear Of AI Takeover At NSITF, Staff Are Fully Trained

29.04.2025

The Regional Manager of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ibadan, Mrs. Toyin Emeordi, has said that the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) does not pose a threat to the jobs of the agency’s employees. She noted that staff have been adequately trained to harness the new technology to their advantage. Emeordi made the...

Gov Nwifuru Flags Off Industrial City To Tackle Unemployment

29.04.2025

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, on Tuesday, launched the State Industrial City hub, aimed at establishing industries to boost Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). At the flag-off in Ezzangbo, Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Nwifuru stated that the Industrial City, once completed, would address unemployment and reduce the issue of youth hawking in the...

NPF Calls On Owners To Claim Recovered Vehicles, Motorcycles

29.04.2025

The Nigeria Police Force Zone 10 Headquarters in Sokoto has released a list of recovered vehicles and motorcycles, calling on rightful owners to claim them within two weeks. A statement issued on Tuesday by the Zone 10 Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Uthman Yakubu, stated that the move is aimed at clearing the premises of...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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