Nigerian Doctors
12 Jun 2024
Vice President Kashim Shettima has appealed to Nigerian doctors to resist the "Japa syndrome" and stay put in Nigeria to support the Bola Tinubu administration in its efforts to salvage the nation. Apparently cautioning against the recent surge in a phenomenon colloquially referred to in the local parlance as "Japa Syndrome", Shettima did not just…
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Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has said that leadership was not about holding on to power but to create meaningful change or impact on the people. Okpebholo stated this while delivering the keynote address at the 2025 Youth Leadership Clinic on Wednesday in Benin City. The clinic was organised for secondary school students by the…
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President Bola Tinubu is currently hosting principal officers of the National Assembly for an Iftar dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The members of parliament arrived at the State House forecourt around 7:00 pm. in two Toyota Coaster buses. The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, later joined the gathering. This marks the second…
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The Federal Government on Wednesday vowed to conduct a thorough investigation into the recent industrial accident that occurred at a steel plant in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area, Ogun State, on Sunday, March 2, 2025. The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, in a statement, expressed deep condolences to the families of the…
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President Donald Trump expressed optimism Wednesday that US negotiators headed to Moscow could secure a ceasefire in the Ukraine war, with officials saying the United States wants Russia to agree to an unconditional halt to hostilities. The Kremlin said it was awaiting details of a US-Ukrainian proposal agreed this week, and gave no indication of…
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it is introducing a special intervention to address incessant power failure in tertiary institutions across the country. Chairman, Board of Trustees of TETFund, Aminu Masari, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, while inaugurating the steering committee for Alternative Energy Solution Initiative in tertiary Institutions Masari said the initiative…
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It was perhaps not the welcome Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin had hoped for on an annual US trip to mark Saint Patrick's Day -- a dressing down from Donald Trump on trade and tariffs. "We do have a massive deficit with Ireland," the US president said in answer to the very first question he…
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In a well-coordinated operation on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, troops of Sub-Sector 4, Operation FANSAN YAMMA successfully neutralised three Violent Extremists and Insurgents (VEIs) in an ambush at an area near Ngwagi Hill, Gwagwada Community, off the Kaduna - Abuja highway in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State. According to Acting Deputy Director of Army Public…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday, said 42,000 pupils and students of public primary and secondary schools have received corrective eyeglasses free of charge from the government. Adeleke made this known in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday during the presentation of corrective glasses with the distribution of free medical equipment to Osun…
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The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has advised companies to regular re-train their drivers for road safety. Mr Adekunle Ajibade, the Ogun South-West Zonal Commander of TRACE, gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ota. Ajibade reacted on an accident that involved a truck loaded…
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Rivers State Governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara has explained that he was denied access to the Assembly Quarters to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill. Fubara disclosed this during the inauguration of the Bori Zonal Hospital in Khana Local Government Area of the State on Wednesday. The governor emphasised that, in complying with the Supreme Court judgment,…