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Strike: Ban govt officials from seeking healthcare abroad, resident doctors tell NASS

Strike: Ban govt officials from seeking healthcare abroad, resident doctors tell NASS

Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have asked the National Assembly to enact laws that will ban government officials from seeking healthcare overseas. NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, stated this on Thursday while speaking on a live interview programme. He said until the legislature makes a law restricting government officials from medical tourism, the...

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2023: INEC rejects NIN for voter registration

2023: INEC rejects NIN for voter registration

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday rejected the mandatory use of National Identity Number for the Continuous Voter Registration which recommences on June 28, 2021, in the 774 Local Government Areas ahead of the 2023 general election. It was reported that immediately after the press conference, the INEC chairman took a dose of the...

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At last, Edo 2020 begins

At last, Edo 2020 begins

Benin City, the Edo State capital,  is agog, as the 20th edition of the National Sports Festival begins on Friday (today), with 8,000 athletes expected to vie for honours in 40 events. The festival was initially scheduled for March 20 to April 6, 2020 but was called off following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic....

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Abiodun decorates Soyinka as Amotekun Super Marshall

Abiodun decorates Soyinka as Amotekun Super Marshall

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, decorated Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, as the Super Marshall of the Ogun State Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. Abiodun decorated the respected academic with some emblems of the Amotekun Corps during the inauguration of the security outfit in the state. The governor also commissioned scores of patrol...

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Ohanaeze condemns attack on Soludo, calls for decentralised policing

Ohanaeze condemns attack on Soludo, calls for decentralised policing

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Thursday, condemned the attack by gunmen on former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. Ohanaeze National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, in an exclusive interview, described the insecurity situation in the South-East as worsening, adding that people in the zone now live in raw fear after over...

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Abiodun inaugurates Amotekun in Ogun to tackle herdsmen crisis, others

Abiodun inaugurates Amotekun in Ogun to tackle herdsmen crisis, others

Amotekun operatives during the inauguration in Ogun on Thursday  Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, inaugurated the Ogun State Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. The governor also commissioned scores of patrol vans and motorcycles to aid the operations of the Amotekun Corps. The overwhelming insecurity in the region had forced the six governors of...

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Photos of Sanwo-Olu visiting Lekki shootings’ victims resurface after US report

Photos of Sanwo-Olu visiting Lekki shootings’ victims resurface after US report

Sanwo-Olu visits an #EndSARS protester injured at the Lekki Toll Gate on the night of October 20, 2020. Photo: @jidesanwoolu/Twitter. Images of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, visiting victims of Lekki shootings at different hospitals on Lagos Island on the night of October 20, 2020, have resurfaced online. The photos resurfaced following a report by...

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How gunmen attacked me, killed three police orderlies —Soludo

How gunmen attacked me, killed three police orderlies —Soludo

Former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has narrated how he narrowly escaped death when gunmen unleashed terror on him and his security aides on Wednesday evening. Soludo also described the killing of three of his police orderlies as senseless while praying for the repose of their souls. We had reported that the ex-CBN governor was...

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presidency, Transparency International clash over state of anti-corruption fight in Nigeria

presidency, Transparency International clash over state of anti-corruption fight in Nigeria

The Federal Government and Transparency International, TI have continued in their disagreements over the state of the war on corruption in Nigeria as they trade tackles during an anti-corruption radio programme in Abuja this Wednesday. The international anti-corruption watchdog recently faulted Nigeria’s war and again scored her low in the 2020 Transparency International Corruption Perception...

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rotimi AMAECHI SOLICITS severe PENALTY FOR TRAFFIC OFFENDERS

rotimi AMAECHI SOLICITS severe PENALTY FOR TRAFFIC OFFENDERS

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has called for the review of the highway codes to ensure stiffer penalty for road traffic offenders.Amaechi made the call at the Easter mega rally organised by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday in Abuja. The minister said that the review would help to reduce road...