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The French government is set to announce its proposals for overhauling the pension system on Tuesday, in a potentially explosive reform fraught with danger for President Emmanuel Macron. With his oft-repeated belief that the French “need to work more”, Macron has doggedly insisted since his rise to power in 2017 that the pension […]
The United Kingdom is looking at tightening the rules on how many relatives migrants can bring into the country. According to Home Office figures, Nigerians accounted for the highest increase in the number of dependants accompanying persons with study visas for the year ending in June 2022. It has been discovered that Nigerian […]
The Taliban ordered secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut Wednesday just hours after they reopened, an official confirmed, sparking confusion over the policy reversal by the hard-line Islamist group. “Yes, it’s true,” Taliban spokesman Inamullah Samangani told AFP when asked to confirm reports that girls had been ordered home. An AFP team was […]
The federal government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Day celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it is monitoring emerging evidence on Omicron variant and its implication, to inform Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Director General, NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Abuja. NAN reports that […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Minister of Health to ensure effective utilization of Global Fund’s generous provision of $890 million, over the next three years, to support Nigeria’s fight against HIV-AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria. President Buhari issued the directive at the virtual launch of the $890 million grant, for the period […]
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