President Muhammadu Buhari flanked by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari (right) and Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami after signing the Start-up Bill into law at the State House, Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua Pantami: New law to end harassment of youths bearing laptops FG sets up N10b investment fund […]
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Prepare for digital future, MTN urges Nigerians, says 5G crucial to development The Federal Government has directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to reverse the 10 per cent hike in tariffs, especially on data services, which they implemented recently. In a statement, yesterday, signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Reuben Muoka, […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (left) and All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, discussing on the sidelines of the Ministerial Retreat for Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and top government functionaries in State House, Abuja… yesterday The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released an updated presidential campaign council list for the 2023 election. President Muhammadu Buhari […]
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To mark the second anniversary of the #EndSARS memorial of October 20, 2020, a memorial procession was announced by Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz. According to the flier shared, the procession cars will pass through the toll gate, waving the Nigerian flags and chanting #EndSARS. A police officer who wouldn’t like his […]
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By Abdu Rafiu When Permanent Secretary Nasir Sani Gwarzo issued his statement last Friday, alerting the nation to flood crisis that had engulfed several communities in the land, account had not been taken of the devastation in Anambra and Bayelsa states. Governor Douye Diri was paddled in a canoe through streets overtaken by floods to […]
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Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Funminiyi Afuye has passed on at 66. Afuye, who represents Ikere constituency 1, reportedly died on Wednesday evening at Ekiti State Teaching Hospital where he was receiving treatment after suffering cardiac arrest. He appeared at the inauguration of Governor Biodun Oyebanji on Sunday and was said […]
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Participants at One Day National Symposium on Nigeria’s Recent Health Sector Brain Drain and Its Implications for Sustainable Child and Family Health Service Delivery While Nigeria suffers from insufficient doctors and has a doctor-patient ratio over five times worse than the WHO recommendation, the country still loses hundreds of doctors annually to brain drain, a […]
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Ondo State police boss, CP Oyeyemi Oyediran Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday said it had commenced investigation into the alleged attack on a hospital in Ondo Town, Ondo State by some hoodlums. The hoodlums were said to have attacked Ileri Oluwa House of Hope Hospital and carted away equipment worth millions of naira in […]
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The construction of the second Niger Bridge has been completed, the Federal Government said on Wednesday. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, stated this in Abuja as part of the scorecard of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari 2015-2023. The former Lagos Governor also said that the bridge will soon be opened to the […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reversed the unilateral increase of voice and data services by some Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), saying it was without the final approval of the Board of the Commission. The Commission, in a statement in Abuja by its Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, acknowledged the operating environment, which precipitated […]
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