Mr Richard Olatunde, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has reiterated that his boss is still recuperating in Germany and not yet back. This was contained…
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BREAKING: Kano sacks hospital CMD over alleged negligence of duty
The Kano State Government has sacked the Chief Medical Director of Hasiya Bayero Paediatric Hospital, Dr Yunusa Sunusi, barely three weeks after the hospital was reopened for alleged negligence of duty and…
How Nigeria’s 4.1 per cent unemployment rate divides experts
Controversies have continued to trail Nigeria’s 4.1 per cent unemployment figure amid economic hardship occasioned by fuel subsidy removal and the foreign exchange crisis. Recalled that the National Bureau of Statistics…
JUST IN: Ozekhome seeks deployment of technology to check crude oil theft, piracy
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Mike Ozekhome has called for the deployment of ”strong technology” to stop crude oil theft and piracy in Nigeria. Ozekhome made the call on Wednesday…
CMDs: African countries paying Nigerian doctors three times higher
The Chairman of the Committee of Chief Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals, Prof Emem Bassey, on Wednesday, said other African countries are now poaching Nigerian medical doctors and other health professionals….
JUST IN: NULGE urges Tinubu to probe LG allocations diversion
The National Union of Local Government Employees on Wednesday called for an investigation and monitoring of statutory allocations to the local government councils in the country. The union also decried the…
NECA, NESG back Tinubu’s eight-point agenda— Report
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, and Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, have backed plans by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to achieve an eight-point agenda in three years. Recalled that…
BREAKING: Akwa Ibom govt closes down illegal mining coy
The Akwa Ibom Government has closed down a Chinese mining firm, Ruitai Mining Company, for failing to produce an operation licence. Chief Uno Etim Eno, the state’s Commissioner for Environment and…
UNIPORT undergraduate stabs girlfriend to death in Edo— Report
Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old final-year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Victor Ochonogor, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, Success Regha, to death on Monday….
Hydrological agency: Notification on Lagdo dam water release delayed
The Director General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Clement Nze, has disclosed that the notification regarding the water release from Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam arrived approximately seven days after the dam had…