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The Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance (NISA) has urged the Federal Government to initiate comprehensive health interventions to address all communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country. Speaking at the 2019 NISA Conference in Abuja, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chair ...

The Akwa Ibom State government has debunked allegations that principals, heads of public secondary and primary schools in the state used to inflate students enrollment figures to get more subventions from government, describing such claims as unfounded. Permanent Secretary, Ministry ...

Director General, Media and Publicity to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo, has accused the Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba, of attempting to distabilise the state. He made the allegation during proceedings at the Investigative Panel probing charges of ...

Leaders of Ovwian Community in Udu Council Area of Delta State have lamented activities of cultists in the area, exacerbated by the recent killings of several persons in the community. President General of the community, Chief Matthew Uparan, bemoaned the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has resolved the misgivings between the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Police Service Commission (PSC), saying the PSC is responsible for appointments and promotions in the NFP. The president stated this when he received the 2018 ...

Organised labour has alleged that the Federal Government is courting another industrial crisis over delay in the implementation of N30, 000 minimum wage. To avert another fresh strike, the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) has urged Nigerians to ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its joint venture partners, Shell Production Development Company (SPDC) and Belema Oil, have resolved their dispute over the operations of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 25. The parties at the signing of a peace ...

The scheduled evacuation of another batch of Nigerians from South Africa was delayed by another 24-hour over late approval by the host country. By the new arrangement, the new set of citizens fleeing xenophobic attacks in the erstwhile apartheid enclave, ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has deplored refusal by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, to appear before the chamber in respect of the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. Describing the minister’s action ...

To combat counterfeiting and piracy in Nigeria, regulators have advocated synergy between public and private sector in the country. They noted that a strong intellectual property regime would boost Nigeria’s investment climate, which would enhance economic growth. This was disclosed ...