Buhari Leaves Nigeria For UK On ‘Private Visit’
President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling to the United Kingdom on a private visit, the Nigerian presidency has said. The president was in Lagos State on Wednesday where he commissioned some…
Dogara Decries Foreign Medical Trips, Wants Health Sector Overhauled
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has decried the high rate of foreign medical trips by Nigerians, calling for a total overhaul of the health sector to…
ISIS Release Pictures Of Men Behind Sri Lankas’ Bombing
A picture of the “suicide bombers responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka” has been released by the Islamic State (ISIS). Amaq news agency, the official mouthpiece for…
NMA, NARD Tell Ngige: You’re Wrong, As Only 40,000 Doctors Care For 200m People In Nigeria
The Nigeria Medical Association and National Association of Resident Doctors have described as “unfortunate” the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige’s statement on brain drain in the medical…
Update:Despite Official Data Stating Otherwise, Ngige Claims Nigeria Has ‘Surplus’ Doctors
Despite official data showing that Nigeria ‘gravely’ lacks an adequate number of doctors, a minister has claimed otherwise. The World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, as of 2013, showed there were…
Just In: Senate Postpones 2019 Budget Till Tuesday
The Senate has postponed passage of the 2019 Appropriation Bill till Tuesday. Although the report by the Senate Committee on Appropriations on the national budget was billed for consideration at…
Medical Doctors Are Free To Leave Nigeria, They Are Surplus- FG
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has said that he is not bothered about medical doctors leaving Nigeria, to practice outside the country. Ngige who was a guest…
Telcos Business Is Becoming More Complex – Danbatta
The Executive vice Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, Wednesday said, telcos business environment is becoming more complex than it has ever been. Eng. Bako Wakil…
Lai Mohammed Approved N2.5 Billion ‘Fraudulent Payment’
A newly-obtained batch of documents has further exposed how information minister Lai Mohammed was instrumental to the release of N2.5 billion in questionable payments to a private digital broadcast signal…
How Obasanjo Caused Nigeria’s Woes – Falana
Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s rejection of the Minority Report of the Constitutional Drafting Committee of 1976, co-authored by Drs. Segun Osoba and…
