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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a two-week ultimatum to the federal government to implement the agreement reached on the welfare of its members. The association gave the ultimatum after its national executive council meeting on Saturday in Lafia, Nasarawa state capital. The association said failure to comply with […]

A total of 164 people have died from the Lassa fever disease since January. In its latest situation report, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 857 cases have been confirmed so far in the country. The NCDC said the cases are distributed across 24 states and 99 LGAs. The […]

Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli, the flutist and musician, says his comments about Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, were taken out of context. The musician had recently said Tinubu was not qualified to be Nigeria’s president, and argued that there was much about the former Lagos state governor that is […]

The northern Christian leaders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have described the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the ruling party as divisive and insensitive.  In a communique issued after a meeting in Abuja on Friday, the party leaders said they are looking for the best platform that can project the interest of all […]

Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), and Yakubu Dogara, former speaker of the house of representatives, met with Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, on Saturday. The trio held a closed-door meeting at Wike’s country home in Rumueprikom, Obio-Akpor LGA of Rivers. Dogara said the visit was geared […]

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of N120 million linked to the account of Roseline Egbuha, a primary school teacher and her accomplices. The court ordered that the money as well as cars which form part of the N540 million proceeds of crime should be forfeited to […]

Okey Ndibe, a Nigerian author and columnist, has described Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), as an intellectually vibrant and physically fit candidate. Speaking during an online interview programme 90MinutesAfrica hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah on Sunday, July 24, Ndibe described the former Anambra governor as the most exciting among […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Nigerians must avoid dealing with speculators in the foreign exchange (FX) market to save the naira from further decline. Osita Nwanisobi, director of the apex bank’s corporate communications, said this in a statement on Friday. The statement comes a few hours after some operatives of […]