Nigeria needs a new revenue-sharing formula to address emerging challenges threatening the country. Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), chairman, Dr. Elias Mbam, stated this during an interaction with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) at the weekend. He said the current revenue template has not been reviewed in the past 28 years. Part […]
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A Port Health Service staff member stands next to a thermal scanner as passengers arrive at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 27, 2019. – The Port Health Services Unit of the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria has been placed on alert and has heightened screening measures at the points […]
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Warns that no doctor should be victimised for participating in NARD strike Doctors can’t be paid for not working – Ngige NARD vows to continue the strike, accuses FG of not waiting for Industrial Court’s judgment Business boom in private hospitals as patients leave public facilities in drove The health sector may be shut down […]
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One of Nigeria’s leading women group, Women in Management, Business, and Public Service (WIMBIZ) at the weekend decried the proportion of female representation and participation in public service and politics (elective and appointive positions) in the country. It described as undeniably disheartening the national average of women’s political participation, which remains a mere 6.7 per […]
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Port Harcourt International Airport is not safe, experts in the aviation industry have cautioned, calling on the Federal Government to shut the facility for immediate necessary repairs to save the nation unnecessary avoidable calamities. The stakeholders raised their fears against the backdrop of reports of several incidences of aircraft skidding off runways at the airport […]
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Nigerian Pharmaceutical giant, Emzor has signed an agreement with an Indian company, Mangalam Drugs & Organics Limited, to produce in Nigeria and distribute active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to treat and prevent malaria. The pact includes an API technology transfer and licensing agreement, which establishes a co-development basis for manufacturing four APIs for the treatment of […]
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Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, has conferred honorary traditional titles of Aare Tayese of Iwo on Publisher/CEO of Ovation Media Group, Chief Dele Momodu, and Yeye Aare Tayese of Iwo on his wife, Mobolaji. The royal father said in a letter dated August 27, that the Oluwo in […]
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The Junior Chamber International (JCI) Nigeria Senate Association, has announced it is prepared to welcome citizens of the world to Lagos for its 2021 JCI Africa and Middle East (AMESA) Conference, themed, “Building Emerging Leaders for Africa and the Middle East.” The association, in conjunction with the Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Tourism, […]
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Retired Navy Commodore Kunle Olawunmi was never declared wanted for an interview he granted on alleged Islamisation and Boko Haram sponsors in government, according to Defence Headquarters (DHQ). It said on Sunday that he was only invited to shed more light on information he provided on Channel Television on tackling terrorism. In a statement in Abuja, the Director, […]
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Lionel Messi made his Paris St-Germain debut as a 66th-minute substitute in a 2-0 win at Reims in Ligue 1. The Argentine, wearing his new number 30 PSG shirt, received a standing ovation as he replaced his friend Neymar in front of a sell-out crowd. It was the first club game of his career for […]
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