NANNM decries shortage of nurses, midwives in Nigeria

– Tasks govt on safety of health workers, facilities – Demands gazette of unified scheme of service The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has charged government at all levels to recruit more nurses and midwives if the nation must commit to the reduction of maternal and child mortality rate. The association also […]

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Labour counters Ngige on new minimum wage

• insists meeting adopted N30,000, not N25,000The organised labour and organised private sector has insisted that all negotiations for a new minimum wage had been concluded. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ayuba Wabba made the disclosure while reacting to a claim by Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige that the Federal […]

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Oshiomhole alleges bias as INEC bars Zamfara APC

• Party chair insists it will field candidates • No legal backdoor to escape sanction, say lawyers • Again, aggrieved governors storm Aso Rock • Court nullifies Rivers’ APC guber nomination, primaries The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of bias. This came […]

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Court validates Buhari’s executive order to seize properties linked to corruption

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday held that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order 6 is in line with the 1999 Constitution. The judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, made the pronouncement while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two lawyers; Ikenga Ugochinyere and Kenneth Udeze, challenging the legitimacy of the order. Mrs Ojukwu held that it […]

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Buhari vows to protect Nigeria’s peace, unity

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja vowed that the Federal Government will contend with anyone who is against the peace and unity of Nigeria. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, he said this while receiving a delegation led by Abdulfatah Emetumah, the Offor of Umuofor Kingdom, Oguta LGA, Imo State. ”Anybody that […]

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2019: Influential Nigerians who aided Atiku, Obasanjo’s reconciliation

Rev Matthew Kukah, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi during the meeting at Obasanjo’s residence in Abeokuta Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday in Abeokuta after which they announced they had reconciled their differences. […]

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