Former president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Professor Dominic Osaghae, has expressed worry over the increasing challenges facing medical education in the country. Describing them as unacceptable, he said they portend a bleak future for the medical profession. According ...
Read More »PMB attends UK-Africa investment summit in London
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today for London to participate in the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit holding on Monday, January 20. President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in a statement in Abuja said the event would ...
Read More »Delta signs N2.4b erosion control as Assembly approves N5b for film village, park
Delta State government has doubled its effort in erosion control by signing a N2.4 billion contract, in partnership with the World Bank. A pact for the first of such control was signed between the state’s Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management ...
Read More »S’South group endorses probe of NDDC projects, threatens to expose fake contractors
The South-South Emerging Leaders Forum (SELF) has expressed support for the presidential directive for a forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a statement, its Coordinator, Preye Wilson, argued that the move to verify projects and contracts ...
Read More »Odubu, Airhiavbere, Ize-Iyamu, others urge Edo Governor, Obaseki to play by party rules
They’re professional governorship aspirants, PDP declares As crisis in Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lingers, stakeholders have urged Governor Godwin Obaseki to play by the party’s laws and rules. They made the call at a media ...
Read More »Governor Wike institutes N90m education trustfund to boost pupils’ performance In Rivers
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has established an Education Trust Fund worth N90m for nine pupils of basic education schools who emerge victorious in national educational competitions between 2015 and 2019. Speaking at a special reception for pupils of ...
Read More »EFCC, DSS to deepen cooperation against oil theft in N’Delta
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) have pledged to deepen collaboration in a bid to rid the Niger Delta of crude oil thieves and other maritime-related economic crimes. New Zonal Head, Port ...
Read More »Gunmen kidnap village head in Kano State
Unidentified gunmen have abducted the traditional ruler of Karshi village in Rogo Council Area of Kano State, Alhaji Ado Muhammad Lawan. The village head was confirmed kidnapped in his palace and taken to an unknown destination. A statement issued by ...
Read More »Ganduje replies Galadima, dispels claims of tension over anticipated Supreme Court ruling
Kano State Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje has described claims by former leader of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Buba Galadima that Supreme Court’s expected verdict on the state’s governorship election is causing tension as baseless and lacking merit. ...
Read More »President Buhari assures of sustained efforts to end child marriage
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the Federal Government will sustain on-going efforts to end child marriage and improve girl-child education in the country. Commissioning the headquarters building of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs in Abuja, President Buhari said ...
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