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No fewer than 11 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have faulted some of the candidates nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari for ministerial appointments, saying their choice will worsen the war against corruption. Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre for Africa (PAACA), Youth Initiative ...

Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has charged Nigerian universities to expand the scope of their research, not only for breakthroughs in the medical line but for good showing on webometric ranking. Fayemi spoke at the Ekiti State University (EKSU) ...

Newspaper vendors in Awka, Anambra State declared an indefinite strike and suspended distribution of dallies following what they described as incessant harassment by government agents. Investigation revealed that several bundles of various Nigerian newspapers supplied to Awka were dumped at ...

No fewer than 15 persons have been feared killed in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following a fatal road accident in the area. The accident occurred about 8am yesterday when a Carina Station Wagon conveying 10 passengers and ...

An Anambra State-based Medical Consultant, Professor Peter Emeka Katchy, has expressed worry over the death of 1.5 million people worldwide yearly from either Hepatitis B or C, saying the disease is claiming more lives than HIV/AIDS. Prof. Katchy stated this ...

The Paradigm Initiative has raised concern about whether the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) regulation could be substituted for a comprehensive data protection law. Such a law, it noted, should be compliant with best global standards such as the ...

The Coalition of Ethic Nationalities Youth Leaders of Southern Nigeria (CENYLON) has alerted of Fulani herdsmen’s plans to establish emirates through the proposed RUGA settlements in Southern Nigeria, urging the people to resist the move. Rising from an emergency meeting ...

Former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential elections, Atiku Abubakar has sought immediate adoption of the Justice Muhammed Uwais Panel report to address electoral flaws in the country. In a statement he ...

Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has prevailed on the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to back down on its threat to down tools. During the meeting with the medical practitioners and officials of the Federal Ministry of Health, ...

The Federal Government is to shed its equity in Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) with a view to further capitalising the financial institution to deliver on its mandate. Set up two years ago, the bank is obligated to finance the ...