Lagos begins mass recruitment in health sector

Lagos State Health Service Commission (LSHSC) has commenced mass recruitment of clinical workers to fill existing vacancies and address manpower deficit in all public secondary health facilities in the state. This, it said, is in fulfilment of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s promise of making qualitative healthcare accessible to the residents of the State. The Permanent Secretary […]

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Murdered Super TV boss, Ataga’s family hires Ozekhome as counsel

Constitutional lawyer Mike Ozekhome has confirmed being briefed by the family of murdered Super TV boss, Michael Ataga, to ensure they get justice. He confirmed his legal representation of the family to The Nation on Monday following enquiries to that effect. Asked if he was to watch brief on behalf of the family or whether […]

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Taliban in control of Afghanistan, panic in Kabul

Taliban fighters stand guard at an entrance of the green zone area in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan’s 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city’s airport trying to flee the group’s feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) Victorious Taliban fighters […]

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Death toll in massive Haiti quake jumps to over 1,200

People search through the rubble of what used to be the Manguier Hotel after the earthquake hit on August 14, 2021 in Les Cayes, southwest Haiti. Rescue workers scrambled to find survivors after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti early Saturday, killing at least 304 and toppling buildings in the disaster-plagued Caribbean nation still recovering […]

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Omolafe’s death our irreparable colossal loss – PDP

By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has described the passage of the member representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Isaac Adedayo Omolafe, as a colossal loss to the party in the state. In a statement by the party’s state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, […]

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2023: Buhari’s associates search for southern ‘legacy’ presidential candidate

•PDP eyes North •Serving female minister may emerge APC VP candidate There are strong indications that by October, just two months away, the presidential field of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will expectedly further crystallise to know who is playing where. Nigerian Tribune’s survey has shown.  Also, a survey has shown that a similar […]

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Freed man dies day after family paid N4.5m ransom to kidnappers

One of the five recently abducted persons in Kwara State, Ayodele Alabi, who regained his freedom on Thursday, is dead. Alabi, who was released after spending six days in the den of the kidnappers and payment of N4.5m ransom, was reported to have died in the early hours of Friday in a hospital in Ilorin […]

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Buni leads APC governors, Bankole to woo Ladoja in Ibadan home

Three All Progressives Congress (APC) governors yesterday visited Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to woo into the ruling party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Governor Rashidi Ladoja. Led by National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), the governors also visited a leader of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Dr Kunle […]

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