Certificate verification: Nigerian nurses stranded, face deportation abroad

Hundreds of Nigerian nurses are stranded following the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN, continuous closure of its portal for verification of nurses’ certificates. It was gathered that while many nurses are currently stranded in different countries abroad, others are on the verge of being deported. Nursing boards in the US, Canada, New Zealand, […]

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Responsibility and challenges in child upbringing

By Abdu Rafiu There are and will always be all kinds of children. They consist of those that are well brought up and those that are ill-bred. There will be good children and vagabonds will abound. There are deprived ones, evincing lack of parental responsibility and care. A legion of them flooded the streets during […]

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Edo APC, PDP trade words over plot to rig election

Agency Report The All Progressives Congress in Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of plotting to violently subvert the will of the people in the September 21 governorship election. The Media Director of the APC Governorship Campaign Council, Mr Kassim Afegbua, on Thursday in Benin, the state capital, alleged that the State Security […]

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FG increases SUBEB matching grant to N3.6b

The Federal Government has approved an upward review of the statutory allocation of Universal Basic Education matching grant accessible by state governments for infrastructural projects to N3,554,642,584.46. David Apeh, the Universal Basic Education Commission’s spokesman, said in a statement that the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi stated this […]

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Igbo community endorses Aiyedatiwa’s reelection

The Igbo community in Ondo State has pledged support for  Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa’s reelection bid. Ebenezer Adeniyan, the governor’s spokesman, said in a statement that they gave the pledge during a meeting that members of the Igbo community, led by the Eze Ndigbo of Akure/Ondo State and National President, Association of Ndieze Ndigbo in […]

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Adeleke flags off feeder construction to supply 4 LGAs electricity

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has flagged off the construction of the Obokun 33 KV feeder line, a pivotal project set to enhance electricity supply across four local governments in the state. In his address, he congratulated the residents of Obokun Local Government and neighboring communities benefiting from the new feeder line. He said: […]

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Inflation: FG orders traders to crash prices in one month

Agency Report The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has given a one-month deadline to traders and other market stakeholders involved in exploitative pricing to crash the prices of goods. The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the FCCPC, Mr Tunji Bello, said this at a one-day stakeholders engagement on exploitative pricing on Thursday in […]

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Group threatens another protest over worsening hardship

The Coalition for Concerned Nigeria Citizens in Osun State has warned the state and federal governments to urgently tackle the astronomical increase in prices of motor fuel . At a world press conference addressed by the group leader leader Mr Ajala Adetunji David tagged :#Endbadgovernance, State of the nation”, the group gave both the state […]

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Atiku faults FG’s 18-year age limit for NECO, WASSCE as absurd

Ex-Vice President and the 2023 PDP Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s Federal Government for the 18-year age limit on NECO and WAEC exams, calling it absurd and a barrier to scholarships. Recall that the Federal Government has banned individuals below 18 from participating in the NECO […]

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