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Health professionals have called for increased budgetary allocation for public health to address the impact of the nation’s economic uncertainty on the sector and improve service delivery to the healthcare-seeking population. According to them, the rising inflation in the country is increasing the cost of medical treatment and worsening health-seeking behaviour by forcing the vast…
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday disclosed that it sold $20,000 to each Bureau De Change operator at a rate of N1,450 per U.S. dollar. The bank disclosed this in a circular addressed to the President of the Association of Bureau De Change operators of Nigeria and the general public. In the circular, signed…
President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting Mr Tinubu held with labour leaders in his office at Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has listed the candidates who scored the highest in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar Is-haq Oloyede, a professor, listed the candidates during a presentation at an ongoing admission policy meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Three candidates scored the highest mark of 367 out of…
Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, announced that the State Security Service (SSS) had now allowed Mr Kanu access to his medical doctor. This came barely 24 hours after Mr Ejimakor raised an alarm that the SSS denied Mr Kanu access to his medical doctor despite making formal requests to them. The…
The Federal High Court in Abuja rejected on Wednesday former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s application to halt his arraignment on N80 billion money laundering charges. The judge, Emeka Nwite, also referred Mr Bello’s lawyers – Abdulwahab Mohammed and Adeola Adedipe, both Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) – to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC)…
The Nigerian government’s efforts to combat illegal mining received a significant boost on Thursday with the arraignment of some Chinese nationals for illegal mining activities in Lokpaukwu community, Umuchieze, within Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. The suspects, including eight (8) Chinese nationals and one Nigerian recently apprehended by the Mining Marshals, an elite…
An official from the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Abuja, said on Tuesday that the man rescued from a suspected suicide attempt on Monday could face up to one year in jail if prosecuted successfully. The Secretary, Command and Control Centre of the Security Department of the FCTA, Peter Olumuji, cited section 231 of the…
The Nigerian government on Monday said it is working towards resolving the issue of the recent petrol scarcity across the country. The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed this in a statement posted on his X handle on Monday. Last Thursday, long queues resurfaced at filling stations across Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, as…
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, has faulted former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s application for transfer of his money laundering trial from Abuja to the Lokoja division of the court. In a letter dated 2 July, the Chief Judge gave reasons why the trial cannot be transferred to Lokoja, the…