The Cement Producers Association of Nigeria has warned that the ongoing plan of the federal government to introduce concrete roads will raise the price of cement to N9, 000 per bag from the current price of N5, 000. It also ...
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Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Centre, United States have performed a second successful transplant of a genetically modified pig heart on a 58-year-old patient, Lawrence Faucette, with end-stage heart disease. Faucette received the pig heart transplant on September ...
Read More »Despite Warning, States Caught Unprepared For Flood
Again, despite previous experience and warnings from the relevant authorities, several states and local governments across the country have been caught unprepared for the yearly devastating rains and floods. Investigation by the LEADERSHIP showed that despite repeated warnings by NiMET, ...
Read More »Rumpus In Civil Service Over New Tenure System
The implementation of Rule 021210 which provides for a new tenure system is generating rumpus in the nation’s civil service. Head of Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr Folasade Femi-Esan, had on July 27, 2023, reportedly instructed some permanent secretaries, ...
Read More »NEITI Report: SERAP Demands Probe Of $15bn, N200bn Missing Oil Revenues
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to set up a presidential panel of enquiry to probe the allegations contained in the recent reports of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) that over US$15 billion and ...
Read More »Tinubu Seeks Monarchs’ Support Against Insecurity In Niger Delta
President Bola Tinubu has called for the collaboration of traditional rulers in the Niger Delta region in maintaining enduring peace and security as well as stoppage of oil theft in the region. Tinubu said this is to ensure maximum oil ...
Read More »Victim’s Mother Alleges Cover Up In Abuja School Rape
…Accuses police of abetting injustice …. Inside sources finger interference from ‘outside’ Two years after the suspected rape and eventual death of Karen-Happuch Akpagher, student of Premiere Academy in Lugbe, Abuja, her family still has no explanation for what happened. ...
Read More »WAEC Introduces Computer Based Tests For WASSCE
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has planned to introduce Computer Based Tests (CBT) mode in the administration of its examinations. Head of the national office, Mr. Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an interview with newsmen in Lagos yesterday. ...
Read More »Exploring Green Skills Among Youths For Sustainable Environment
As the world strives to address climate change, including resource depletion and environmental degradation, it is crucial to equip the young people with the necessary skills to build a sustainable future. One of such skills is Green Skill which refers ...
Read More »NEMA Distributes Relief Materials To Flood Victims In Kaduna
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has started distribution of relief materials to victims of flood disaster and other vulnerable people in Kaduna State in line with objectives of the Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention (SNELEI). NEMA director ...
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