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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, ...
Read More »Govt considers shedding equity as Development Bank of Nigeria grants SMEs N70 billion
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 ...
Read More »Atiku, PDP evidence supports our case, INEC tells tribunal, Buhari opens defence, APC undecided on calling witnesses
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) that it was not going to call witnesses. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his party had filed a joint petition ...
Read More »Northern governors mull summit to tackle challenges of Almajiri education
Governors of the 19 northern states at the weekend said they had perfected arrangement to convene a summit to discuss the problems associated with the Almajiri education system in the region. They said the idea was one of the measures ...
Read More »Party lauds Lagos Assembly for challenging Sanwo-Olu, NNPC on pipeline vandalism
The Lagos chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lauded the resolution of the Mudashiru Obasa-led state House of Assembly directing Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to tackle pipeline vandalism. In a statement, the ...
Read More »Nnamani charges Igbo women on enterprising spirit of old
A former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani has charged Igbo women to emulate the enterprising skill of old Igbo women, which made them excel in business and politics. Nnamani stated that today’s Igbo women required the enterprising spirit of ...
Read More »Expert tasks N’Assembly on amendment of land use act
CHIEF Executive Officer of BSTAN Homes, Becky Damilola-Oke, has urged the National Assembly to urgently review the Land Use Act, which the country has been operating for the past 40 years. Damilola-Oke, who made the call in Abuja, while unveiling ...
Read More »Abia State govt gives five-year tax waivers to investors
Abia State government has announced five-year tax waivers for investors in the state, saying this will boost industrialisation and create jobs for the people. Deputy Governor, Ude Oko Chukwu disclosed this at Afaraukwu in Umuahia, while declaring open a mini-residential ...
Read More »S’West, S’East to launch security architecture, forest guards to tackle insecurity in zones
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said governors of the Southwest region will launch new security architecture in August to tackle insecurity in the zone. Makinde, who spoke yesterday at a thanksgiving service in honour of his mother, Madam Abigail ...
Read More »Okorocha demands apology from Imo govt over assault on his daughter Uloma ·
Feud with Ihedioha deepens as ex-gov alleges threat to family members’ lives Immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has demanded an apology from the state government over the alleged assault on his daughter, Mrs. Uloma Rochas-Nwosu. It was ...
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