President Bola Tinubu’s fresh initiatives to address the critical shortage of medical professionals are commendable in theory but face significant challenges in execution. The government must clarify the details of these policies, engage state governments in their implementation, and provide substantial incentives to retain and attract medical personnel. The interventions in the sector should be […]
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The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has assured Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, that he would not allow bureaucracies to slow down the actualisation of the Bakassi Deep Seaport project. In a post via his X handle on Wednesday, an aide to the minister, Ismail Omipidan, quoted the minister as having […]
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The Federal Government is planning to invest $100 billion annually to tackle the economic challenges in Nigeria, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, declared on Wednesday. Bagudu also said the recent nationwide protest against the bad governance in Nigeria has forced government officials to listen more and do better. He said though […]
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Stranded foreign scholars under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement scholarship have written President Bola Tinubu over their withheld 14-month allowances. The letter dated August 20, 2024, was signed by the union of all the scholars in Hungary, Morocco, China, Serbia, Algeria, Venezuela, and Russia. The BEA scholarship is for education exchange between Nigeria and […]
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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is reducing its importation of crude from the United States, taking more of Nigeria’s oil for processing, a report by Bloomberg said. The report stated that the 650,000 refinery is set to import just over four-fifths of its feedstock from domestic sources in the third quarter. That compares with less than […]
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None of the four international bilateral customers being supplied by the power generation companies in the Nigerian electricity supply industry made payment against the cumulative invoice of $14.19m issued by the market operator for services rendered in the first quarter of 2024. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission revealed this in a report sighted by our […]
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In a landmark move, President Bola Tinubu signed into law a new national minimum wage of N70,000 on Monday, July 29, 2024, from the initial N30,000, after a series of meetings that failed the Organised Labour, private sectors, and the federal government representatives who made up the Tripartite Committee to reach an agreement on the […]
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Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has alleged that Nigeria is rapidly transforming into “a government of Tinubu, by Tinubu, and for Tinubu.” In a statement by his media adviser, Paul Ibe on Wednesday, he said that the future of Nigerians has been effectively mortgaged to the president, his family, and associates. The presidential candidate of […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President Atiku Abubakar received a delegation led by immediate past Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai, who visited him in his Asokoro, Abuja, residence on Wednesday. The delegation was there to solicit his daughter’s hand in marriage. They came on behalf of the family of Kashim Imam, which is bidding to marry Hafsatu. In […]
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The Federal Government has approved an upward review of the fees for the Nigerian passport effective from September 1, 2024. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesman for the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kenneth Udo, on the X handle of the NIS. The increment aims to ensure the quality and integrity […]
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