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The Uk Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) says the registrations of those who passed its exams at a computer-based test (CBT) centre in Ibadan, Nigeria, could be “fraudulent or incorrect”. The NMC uses a test of competence (ToC) to assess the skills and knowledge of people applying to join its register from overseas. […]

Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended resident electoral commissioner in Adamawa, has been directed to report to the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) every weekday. Yunusa-Ari, who was arrested on Tuesday, has been granted administrative bail. In a statement issued on Friday, Muyiwa Adejobi, the police spokesperson, said an investigation is still […]

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has described the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as a devoted leader and champion of democracy. The late Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan were elected as president and vice-president in 2007, succeeding Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku. Yar’Adua died on May 5, 2010, and was succeeded by Jonathan. In a […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency. The organisation on January 20, 2020, had declared COVID a public health emergency of international concern — the highest level of alarm under international law. Speaking at a media conference on Friday, Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, […]

Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison for organ trafficking. The sentencing was done on Friday at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, UK. Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice, was sentenced to four years and six months in jail, BBC reports. On March […]

A fire outbreak has been reported at the Alaba International Market in the Ojo area of Lagos state. Adeseye Margaret, director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, said the incident took place Friday afternoon. She said the fire affected mainly the shanties used as shops in the popular market. The fire […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations says world food prices rose in April for the first time in a year. The UN agency said its food price index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, averaged 127.2 points in April 2023, up 0.6 percent […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 is declining. Speaking on Thursday at the 15th meeting of the emergency committee on the COVID-19 pandemic, Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said it was very pleasing to see that the downward trend had continued. “For each of the […]

Yakubu Gowon, former military head of state, says aggrieved candidates in the general election should accept the outcome of the election petition tribunals and the supreme court. Speaking on Thursday at the 15th edition of Punuka annual lecture 2023 in honour of Chukwunweike Idigbe, a late supreme court justice, in Abuja, Gowon said […]