The All Progressives Congress (APC) will today conduct primary elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States to produce governorship candidates. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed the off-cycle elections on November 11, 2023. However, in Kogi State, ...
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The Police Service Commission (PSC), has set up a panel to investigate the alleged $10,000 bribe-for-promotion in the Nigeria Police Force. A police officer, identified as Mr. Chijioke Nwankwo, had alleged that officers pay as much as $10,000 to get ...
Read More »Ghana Becomes First Country To Approve Oxford Malaria Vaccine
Ghana has approved a new malaria vaccine (R21) from Oxford University to be administered to children from five months to three years old. Trial data from preliminary studies in Burkina Faso showed that the vaccine was up to 80 percent ...
Read More »AATSG Backs Gbaja, Akpabio, Betara For CoS, Senate President, Speaker
A foremost political support group that vigorously worked for the success of Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and other elected All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the recently concluded general elections, the Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu Support Group (AATSG), has expressed support for ...
Read More »Five Years Mandatory Practice: Medical Doctors Draw Battle Line
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is in the news following a bill seeking to stop medical doctors from seeking greener pastures less than 5 years after medical school. The action of the parliament came as a reaction to the exodus of ...
Read More »Nigerian Army Moves To Enhance Capacity Of Officers In Military Diplomacy
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday commenced a three-day capacity building workshop on Protocol and Liaison Duties to enhance the capacity of officers in protocol and liaison functions as well as military diplomacy. The workshop with the theme, “Enhancing the Nigerian ...
Read More »Violation Of Public Contract Laws Costs Nigeria $10bn Yearly – Group
The Nigerian economy is losing at least $10 billion annually due to lack of transparency and accountability in public contracts procurement, a new report by Agora Policy, an Abuja-based think tank said. According to the report, Nigeria’s current public procurement ...
Read More »FG, States Spent N50bn From N400bn Approved For Poverty Reduction – Gov Sule
Nasarawa State governor and co-chairman of the Steering Committee on National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy, Abdullahi Sule has disclosed that from the N400 billion approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for the committee to reduce poverty and enhance growth in ...
Read More »NPC Explains Reason For Postponement Of LGA-Level Training Of Supervisors, Enumerators
…As AKS Concludes Training For LGAs Functionaries By Saviour Ekpe The National Population Commission has postponed the local government area-level training of Supervisors and Enumerators nationwide till further notice. As contained in a press release signed by the Director, Public ...
Read More »FG, IOM Evacuate Over 150 Nigerians Stranded In Libya
…As Some of the Nigerian irregular migrants evacuated from Libya to Nigeria by FG/IOM on Tuesday The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has evacuated 152 Nigerians, who are stranded and lived as illegal immigrants ...
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