The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its strike which commenced on April 1.
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Controversy as Obaseki alleges FG prints money to plug revenue shortfall
A huge row appears to be brewing between the federal government and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State following the governor’s claim that Abuja printed N60 billion to supplement the federal allocation to the three tiers of
Read More »Owerri jailbreak: Fed Govt enlists INTERPOL to track fleeing inmates
The Federal Government has asked the International Police (INTERPOL) organisation to be on the alert and lookout for the inmates who escaped in the recent jailbreaks in the country, including the most recent in Owerri, the Imo State
Read More »Immigration beefs up security at borders as police search for fleeing prisoners
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has beefed up security at the nation’s borders in a bid to arrest the inmates and suspects who escaped from the Imo jailbreak as they may be planning to flee the country.
Read More »Gov. Lalong tells police to unmask ‘unknown gunmen’
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Saturday ordered that the killers of eight miners in Jos south must be fished out, at all costs.
Read More »Gunmen abduct LASU student, others on Warri-Benin Highway
An accounting student of the Lagos State University, LASU, Olowa Kehinde, was at the weekend abducted with others along the Warri-Benin Highway while coming back to Lagos
Read More »NAFDAC begins exams of Johnson & Johnson, Russian COVID-19 vaccines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has received the dossiers for Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and the Russian Sputnik V vaccines.
Read More »Lagos Police Commissioner dismantles illegal roadblocks on Badagry Expressway
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the immediate dismantling of illegal roadblocks along the ever-busy international route, Lagos/Badargy.
Read More »Aisha Buhari, Governors’ wives seek policy backing to First Lady office
The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, and wives of the 36 states governors have canvassed for policy and administrative measures to be put in place at National and State levels to formally accommodate the existence of the office of wife of the
Read More »Ransom, amnesty won’t end banditry – CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Northern States and Abuja chapter, has said that payment of ransom and granting of amnesty to kidnappers will not end banditry.
Read More »OPC faction rejects Oduduwa Republic
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has dissociated itself from the ongoing agitation for Oduduwa Republic, stressing its support for restructuring of the country.
Read More »Councillors suspend Lagos LG Chairman for alleged N60m fraud, others
The Chairman, Surulere Local Government, Lagos State, Tajudeen Ajide, has been suspended for alleged financial impropriety and spending N60m without budgetary approval.
Read More »Jonathan commiserates with Queen Elizabeth, Great Britain over death of Prince Philip
Former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the British Royal Family and the Government and people of Great Britain over the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, describing him as an epitome of duty.
Read More »Ethiopian Airlines to restart flight operations to Enugu, Kano airports
The Management of Ethiopian Airlines has assured passengers of its planned return to Enugu and Kano Airports once the new terminals are officially declared open for operations.
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