Striking Resident doctors may not receive their salaries for a while as the Federal Government has issued a ‘no work, no pay’ policy following their on-going strike. This is contained in a letter written by the Director of Hospital Services, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Dr Andrew Noah,...
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President Bola Tinubu has nominated Mr Festus Keyamo for consideration and approval of Senate, as minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Tinubu also withdrew earlier nomination of Dr.Maryam Shetty nominee from Kano and replaced her with a new nominee Dr Mairiga Mahmud also from Kano. Tinubu...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The new Obong of Calabar, Etubom Anthony Ani has promised to build a new Obong of Calabar Palace that is befitting like the Buckingham Palace in the space of 36 months. Etubom Ani, who is a former Minister of Finance, made the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it would embark on a nationwide strike from Aug. 14, if the contemptuous Court summons are not withdrawn by the initiator. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, stated this in communique jointly signed with Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, General Secretary of NLC on...
A Ukrainian naval drone attack on the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has left a landing ship severely damaged, according to Kiev. A video of the operation showed a naval drone belonging to Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service, loaded with 450 kilograms of explosives, attacking a Russian ship....
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) is partnering with Jaiz and Taj Banks to provide non-interest medium/long-term loans for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in the North. Dr Tony Okpanachi, Managing Director, DBN, said this at a stakeholders’ conference organised by Kano Concerned Citizens Initiative, in collaboration...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the founder of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu on the occasion of his 63rd birthday anniversary. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday in Abuja. Tinubu praised the entrepreneurial ingenuity...
Demonstrators took to the streets of Niger’s capital Niamey on Thursday in a show of support for the country’s new leadership, a week after a military coup in the West African country. People rallied on the streets of Niamey to signal their support for de facto president Abdourahmane...
The Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Maj.-Gen. John Ochai, the institution has over the years providing world-class military trainings to its cadets. Ochai stated this on Friday at the ongoing Exercise Camp Highland for Cadets of the Direct Short Service Course 27 Nigerian Army and Direct Short Service Course...
The Lagos State Government has called for more mandated reporting in the case of alleged defilement of a 12-year-old girl in the Ikorodu area of the state by one Ife Adekoya. Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, Executive Secretary, Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), who made this known in...
The Kano State Government has frowned at the sudden increase of students’ registration fees by the management of Bayero University Kano, BUK. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Information Officer, Kano State Ministry for Higher Education, Sunusi Na’Isa in Kano on Friday. Na’Isa qouted the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Ony about 24 percent of infants in Nigeria get exclusive breastfeeding within the first six (6) months of birth, a survey on National Maternity Entitlement carried out by Alive and Thrive in collaboration with Federal ministry of Health has revealed. The survey...
The Joint Task force of Anambra and Delta state Police Commands have commenced patrol on the second Niger Bridge as part of efforts to make it more motorable and safe for road users. Addressing journalists on Friday during the patrol, the Anambra Commissioner of police, CP Aderemi Adeoye,...
*CATALOGUE OF LOOTINGS IN NIGERIA Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a...
Kogi State’s ministerial nominee, Prince Shaibu Audu-Abubakar, on Thursday, paid a thank you visit to Gov Yahaya Bello. Audu-Abubakar is among the additional 19 ministerial nominees of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is according to a statement issued in Lokoja by Bello’s media aide, Onogwu Mohammed. ...
President Bola Tinubu says the policies of his administration are for the best interest of Nigerians and not to punish people. Tinubu said this in an address at the 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja. “Nigeria is going through...
The Nigeria Senior Women’s Basketball Team D’tigress on Thursday in the ongoing Afrobasket Women’s Championship, crushed host country Rwanda, 79-48 to reach another final. D’tigress who has been dominant in the competition since 2015 are yet to loose any match and are now gunning for their fourth successive championship...
President Bola Tinubu has called on the people of Kogi West Senatorial District to maintain peace and unity ahead of the forthcoming governorship elections in the State. He was speaking at a meeting with leaders of Okun Development Association, led by Prof. Micheal Ikupolati, at the Presidential Villa in...
Edo State Government has resumed the payment of outstanding gratuities to its pensioners 17 years after it stopped the exercise. Mr Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media projects to Edo government made this known in Benin on Thursday. He told newsmen that one of the reasons for...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The United Nations Children’s Fund has stated that only 26.4 percent of children aged 0 to 5 months in Bauchi State are exclusively breastfed according to the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2021 report. A Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, Philomena Irene, stated...