Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, yesterday warned against any move to impose the leadership of the Ninth National Assembly. Dogara, who chaired the induction session of returning and new members in Abuja, said history was replete with ...
Read More »Supreme Court quashes Magnus Abe’s appeal on Rivers APC primary election
The Supreme Court yesterday struck out an appeal filed by Senator Magnus Abe on the primary conducted by the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State. Abe, who represents Rivers South East in the Senate, had prayed the court to make ...
Read More »Why Nigeria loses 2,300 children, 145 women daily, by report
More reasons have emerged why Nigeria loses 2,300 under-five children and 145 women of child-bearing age daily. A report on maternal and child health released yesterday in Abuja by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) listed some of ...
Read More »Lack of reports poses further delay to 2019 budget in Senate
The promise by the Senate to finish work on the N8.83 trillion 2019 budget before it proceeds on Easter break may eventually not see the light of day. The fresh concerns followed the failure by its various sub-panels to meet ...
Read More »Federal Government to introduce fund for Lassa fever patients
The federal government is introducing a funding mechanism to carter for patients with confirmed cases of Lassa fever in the country, the director-general, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said. Ihekweazu told the News Agency of ...
Read More »NERC to begin mass metering May 1
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is beginning mass metering of electricity consumers nationwide on May 1. Its General Manager, Public Affairs, Dr. Usman Arabi, in a statement, said the exercise would be executed under the Federal Government’s Meter Asset ...
Read More »APC chieftain says 2023v power shift to south sacrosanct
The Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, yesterday insisted that power must shift to the south in 2023. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola that the call was ...
Read More »Controversy over air traffic figures, N525 billion ticket sales
The actual status of air travel, its traffic and the attendant total ticket sales nationwide are yet a subject of controversy among aviation stakeholders. While the body of travel agencies, the downstream sector of the industry, has declared N525 billion ...
Read More »FCT, rector read riot acts on indiscipline, social vices
The Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretariat, Dr. Bala Mohammed Liman, has warned principals and workers of the territory’s secondary against indiscipline. He stressed that they must work within the stipulated rules and regulations to avoid creating a bad ...
Read More »FG rebuilds 4000 healthcare centres, earmarks N14b for facilities
The Federal Government has rebuilt over 4000 primary healthcare centres (PHCs) across the federation in line with the 10,000 rehabilitation target of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who spoke while opening the six-day ...
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