The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Nigeria has the highest out-of-pocket expenditure on health in West Africa. In 2020, Nigeria’s out of pocket expenditure as a share of health expenditure was at the level 74.7%. The WHO representative in Nigeria, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo, at a retreat for commissioners of health from 36 states of […]
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The Presidency has debunked a report that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration proposed an allocation of funds in the 2023 supplementary budget for the purchase of a N5.095 billion presidential yacht. A Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, on Thursday, said the yacht was requested by the Nigerian Navy, […]
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President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero (middle) with NLC members at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, following an attack by thugs allegedly sponsored by Imo State government, after NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) protested violation of workers’ rights in Imo State… yesterday. • Labour meets to decide line of action, NUPENG threatens `nationwide […]
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. meets Dabiri-Erewa A new immigration policy is underway going by the words of the Interior minister, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. He assured his fellow Nigerians in Abuja that the country’s immigration policy would be reviewed to harmonise with current realities. The minister spoke during a courtesy visit to him in his office by the management […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that former Local Government chairmen in Ondo State still draw salaries. This was in a statement on Thursday by the party’s state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, The statement said: “The multidimensional consequences of the absence of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on his duty post, due […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The economic battering Nigerians have been undergoing for quite a while could not but attract attention, not only of the authorities, but even of some citizens who have had their sensibilities assailed by what they see around them. The compelling need to do something about this became heightened with the removal of […]
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. vows to accommodate every child The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said the soon-to-be resuscitated National Home Grown School Feeding Programme will cater for over 10 million pupils across the country. The Senior Special Assistant, SSA,to the Presidemt on School Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji said this during a visit to an IDP camp at the […]
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Imo State Police Command operatives have arrested the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. Reports said that Ajaero was whisked away by the Police from.the venue of the ongoing protest in Imo state. According to Vanguard, the development took place as hoodlums descended on protesters, smashing vehicles and inflicting wounds on labour members. […]
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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared that he must succeed by all means to deliver on the expectations of Nigerians who brought him into office and has therefore charged his ministers and other government officials to help him in this direction. He spoke at the opening of a three-day retreat with the theme, “Delivering on […]
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By Bola Bolawole Two elephants are rumbling on the streets (not in the forests) of Rivers State and the people (not the grass), as they say, are suffering. The elephants are the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his immediate predecessor and now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Wike is the godfather and […]
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