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Nigerians have criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s reversal of the suspension of Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Damilola Ogunbiyi. The Presidency had tweeted that Buhari had directed a reversal of Ogunbiyi’s suspension, stressing that her resignation was accepted ...
Read More »National Hospital performs successful surgery on co-joined twins
The National Hospital Abuja has successfully separated twins who were co-joined on their chest and abdomen. Named Goodness and Mercy, the twins were delivered at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi in Nasarawa State on August 13, 2018 and were ...
Read More »Ayade reads riot act to aides over public disclosure of policy statements
Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has directed his commissioners and other political appointees to desist henceforth from making public and policy statements on social media. He gave the order in a press release issued by his Special Adviser on ...
Read More »Presidency denies mass recall of Nigerian envoys
The Federal Government has dismissed reports claiming that there was a mass recall of ambassadors. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement, said only 25 career ambassadors, who attained the retirement ...
Read More »JAMB accredits 650 CBT centres nationwide for 2020 UTME
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accredited over 650 Computer Based Test (CBT) centres for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board has fixed this year’s examination for March 14 to April 4, while an optional ...
Read More »Army kills 12 terrorists, arrests six, rescues 465 in Borno, Adamawa states
Troops of 217, 144 Tank Battalion and 29 Task Force Brigade of the Nigerian Army have neutralised 12 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 465 civilians in Kopa and Jakana/Mainok axis of Borno and Adamawa states. During the two-day operations, the ...
Read More »PDP faults President Buhari’s position on medical tourism, says it’s deceitful, self-indicting
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s scathing remark on overseas medical treatment as “self-indicting and raises public apprehensions on high-level deceits in governance.” It termed as ridiculous, “a situation where a president, who patronises foreign hospitals ...
Read More »SERAP gives Buhari, Osinbajo, govs, deputies deadline to declare, publish assets
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has given President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the 36 state governors and their deputies seven days to: “provide information on their assets and property submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau ...
Read More »Stakeholders seek peace, unity in Rivers APC
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, especially those loyal to Senator Magnus Abe, have called for peace and unity in the party. In a communiqué issued at the end of their yearly meeting held in all ...
Read More »FAAN reopens Port Harcourt Int’l Airport for operations as AIB begins investigation into Turkish Airlines’ accident
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the reopening of Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State for operations. FAAN General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, made the disclosure in a statement in Abuja yesterday. “The Federal ...
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