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The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that so far 2, 897, 201 eligible persons had taken the jab across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Abuja, at the National Vaccines briefing. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it did not disperse doctors attending a recruitment exercise organised by Saudi Arabia in the federal capital territory (FCT). While a recruitment exercise for doctors by Saudi Arabia was held in Lagos earlier in the week, another was held in Abuja on Thursday. However, there are reports […]
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 5.01 percent in the second quarter of 2021 — strongest growth since fourth quarter 2014. This is according to the second-quarter GDP report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday. This also marks three consecutive quarters of growth following the negative growth rates recorded […]
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor, has allayed the fears of Nigerians on the ongoing mass surrendering by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Irabo gave the advice in a statement issued by Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyer, Director, Defence Information at the end of an interactive session which the CDS had […]
The former Commissioner representing Isoko in the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Ogaga Ifowodo says agitation by the leaders and Youths of the South South for the Board of the NDDC to be inaugurated means well for the development of the region, as the region is weary of the sole […]
Edo State Government has announced plans to make COVID-19 vaccination a Compulsory requirement for access into public and private places, including bank halls, event and worship centers. The State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who made the announcement on Monday in Benin, while flagging off the second phase Coronavirus vaccination exercise, added that the restriction […]
Nigeria on Monday recorded 565 new COVD-19 cases and eight deaths, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC stated this on Tuesday. The centre said that this brings the total infections, since the index case in 2020, to 187, 588. The NCDC attributed the surge to the highly transmissible Delta variant and […]
The National Industrial Court, Abuja division, has ordered the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its nationwide strike. The doctors had commenced the strike on August 1 over “irregular payment of salaries”, among other issues. Efforts by the house of representatives to mediate between the federal government and NARD ended in a […]
Former Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Sunday led the pack of dignitaries that attended the coronation thanksgiving of His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III. Other top dignitaries at the church thanksgiving held at the Olu of Warri Palace were former Governors James Ibori, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is not a failed state and cannot go the way of Afghanistan where the Taliban has taken the rein of power. The minister stated this in Washington DC during his engagements with international media organisations including the BBC Radio and Television, Bloomberg and Politico. […]
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