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Leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has decried the reopening of schools without putting in place structures that will ensure adherence to covid-19 protocols. NMA President Innocent Ujah on Monday in Abuja averred that government has continued to pay lip service in the face of the pandemic. Meanwhile, a Delta state based educationist Rita […]
The Federal Government has asked schools to stop requesting for COVID – 19 test results from returning students before they are admitted. The government, in a short statement issued on Monday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, warned school authorities to refrain from asking students or parents to […]
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) says Nigeria does not have enough freezers to store thousands of doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine when they are delivered to the country. Nigeria would this month receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine which is required to be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius. Speaking in an interview […]
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will spend N3.4 billion on feeding and travel expenses. This is according to the budget analysis seen by newsmen. While President Buhari approved about N2.6 billion of the amount for his office, about N873 million was earmarked for Mr Osinbajo’s office. As in the last five years, […]
The Federal Government says the National Identity Number (NIN) is compulsory for diplomats who will be resident in the country for more than two years. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Adeluyi, technical assistant to Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, said an enrollment centre will be set up at the ministry of […]
The House of Representatives has faulted the Federal Government for giving schools the go-ahead to resume on Monday despite the increasing cases of COVID-19. The House on Sunday said government officials did not consult the relevant committees of the National Assembly, contrary to their claim that all relevant stakeholders were consulted before arriving at the […]
Shaka Momoh, owner of planet one Hotel in Lagos is dead. Momoh is said to have died of covid-19 complications on Thursday at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital. Human rights activist, Segun Awosanya confirmed this in a tweet on Thursday. Before his demise, Momoh was a graduate of business administration from Auchi Polythecnic,an entrepreneur who […]
George Obiozor, former Nigerian ambassador to the US, has emerged the new president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Obiozor defeated two other candidates to emerge leader of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group at an election conducted on Sunday in Owerri, the Imo state capital. He was the Nigerian ambassador to the United States, from 2004 to 2008.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has called for the immediate shutdown of Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) over non-performance for over 30 years of its existence. The Director-General of RMRDC, Professor Hussain Ibrahim last year, listed kilishi as the only achievements of the Research […]
The Minister of power, Engr. Saleh Mamman has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to halt the implementation of the reviewed tariff. The commission on Tuesday approved an increase in electricity tariff across the country. In a statement on Thursday, the minister said the tariff review will be on hold until the conclusion of […]
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