FG moves to tackle brain drain in health sector

Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Olabode Ladipo (right); wife of Chief Medical Director (CMD), University College Hospital (UCH), Mrs. Bolanle Otegbayo; her husband, Prof. Abiodun Otegbayo; Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire and others during the minister’s working visit to UCH in Ibadan…yesterday. Credit: NAN The Federal Government, yesterday, said it had begun work […]

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Rhodes-Vivour remains Lagos LP governorship candidate, party’s legal team clarifies

Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour To put to rest the allegation surrounding the legitimacy of the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for Lagos governorship election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a team of legal practitioners representing the standard-bearer, has dismissed claims by a former governorship aspirant, Ifagbemi Awamaridi, that he was the authentic flagbearer […]

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Emefiele finally bows to pressure, says old naira notes legal tender

Exactly 10 days after the Supreme Court judgement mandating the use of old N,1000 and N500 notes as legal tender till December 31, 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday bowed to pressure and officially ordered commercial banks to comply with the court verdict. He also announced that the old N200, […]

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CBN debunks report of Emefiele plotting against Tinubu

He will transform Nigeria –  Ex-envoy Iji By Banji Ayoola Against the background of worsening hardship across the land due to the cash crisis following the naira design policy of the Federal Government, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked allegations that its governor, Godwin Emefiele, was plotting against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. Emefiele […]

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Borno, Yobe risk acute food shortage, World Bank alerts

Five African countries among top 10 with worst food inflation The World Bank has identified Borno and Yobe states as areas where food insecurity could deteriorate to a crisis condition in the next three months, as the dry season continues. The two North East states, according to the World Bank, could join western and southern […]

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Election materials: We have nothing to hide, INEC chair tells LP legal team

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (left) and Lead Counsel of Labour Party (LP) Legal Team, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu at the INEC headquarters in Abuja…yesterday. • Avert national calamity, release documents requested promptly, says Obi’s lead counsel • Obi insists presidential election marred with irregularities, can never be acceptable • Buhari: February […]

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Shekarau, Nnamani: How INEC can overcome mischief by candidates, parties

Senators Chimaroke Nnamani and Ibrahim Shekarau are both former two-term governors of Enugu and Kano State. The two former governors, who represented their respective districts in the senate, recently joined hands to bring the operation of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into further public scrutiny. Both men had aspired to return to the Red […]

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#EndSARS panels’ reports raise need to tackle impunity, lawlessness

A demonstrator holds a placard to protest against abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) at the Lekki toll Plaza in Lagos, on October 12, 2020. – Nigerians protested to pressure the government to follow through on disbanding a feared police unit after authorities made the rare concession in the face of widespread anger over […]

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