No fewer than 200 Nigerian-trained doctors were licensed by the government of the United Kingdom in just one month, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Checks on the website of the General Medical Council, the body which licenses and maintains the official ...
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Feed SubscriptionRevenue Loss: FG Sues Zuckerberg’s Meta, Seeks N30bn Compensation
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has instituted a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated, owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and its agent, AT3 Resources Limited, at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division. ARCON is seeking a declaration, ...
Read More »Road Traffic Rules: FRSC Enlightens Staff Of The Ministry Of Local Government And Chieftaincy Affairs
Ahead of the Yuletide season and the forth coming general elections, officials of the Federal Road Safety Corp on Tuesday took out time to sensitize Staff of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs on the need to stay ...
Read More »Senate Screens Acting CJN, Ariwoola, Today
The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, will be screened for confirmation by the Senate on Wednesday (today). This announcement was made on Tuesday at the plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Lawan, accordingly, appealed to all senators ...
Read More »Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Presidential Election Dispute Today
Kenya’s Supreme Court will decide today whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month’s presidential election, a ruling anxiously awaited in a country scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence. The seven-member court will rule following three days ...
Read More »Delta Assembly To Prioritise Bills For Welfare, Security Of Deltans — Oborevwori
The Delta State House of Assembly has resolved to prioritize consideration of outstanding bills and legislative actions that would enhance the welfare and security of Deltans. Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori disclosed this while addressing members upon ...
Read More »Enough Of The Insults On A’Ibom CJ, Appeal Your Case – Groups Warn Falana
A socio-cultural organisation in Akwa Ibom State, Afighh Iwaad Ekid as well as the Ibom Integrity Alliance have cautioned Femi Falana, SAN, against a suit he instituted against the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot. The groups ...
Read More »History And Obi’s 2023 ‘Tsunamic Wave’
The collective power of the people to choose governments through the procedure of elections renders sufficient plausibility to the belief that the will of the people is the ultimate arbiter of rule — Adam Przeworski, Why bother with elections? On ...
Read More »85% Of Nigerian Children Suffer Violent Discipline In Schools – UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said over 85 per cent of Nigerian children between the ages of one and 14 experience violent discipline in schools, with nearly one in three children experiencing severe physical punishment. UNICEF chief of education, ...
Read More »Review Salaries Of Judicial Officers – Court Orders FG
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has on ordered the federal government to work modalities for the immediate review of the salaries and allowances of judicial officers in Nigeria. Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae who issued the order held that the current salaries ...
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