By Godwin Obi The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) are considering whether to embark on industrial action, ahead of a planned meeting on Sunday. President of the association, Professor Ken Ozoilo, disclosed this to our correspondent on Friday in Abuja during an exclusive interview. This comes asContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi Kano State Government says it has recorded more than Six thousand cases of Cholera, since the outbreak of the disease in March, with 224 deaths recorded, across all the health facilities in the state. The Director of Public Health and Disease Control at the state’s health ministry,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, says the Federal Government has commenced the pilot phase of the National Vehicle Registry (VREG) project. Ahmed said this on Thursday in Abuja at a sensitisation seminar on understanding the process of VREG, adding that theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to remove the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala -Buni and his deputy, Idi Gubana from office, and install Umar Iliya of the PDP as the state governor. The suit was predicatedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI No fewer than 11 people who were kidnapped by bandits have escaped from the camp of their abductors in the outskirts of Sabon Birni town in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Careful checks by security agencies o Thursday reveal that the 11 hostages are aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal government has approved over N4 billion for the fuelling of police vehicles across the Police Commands in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, revealed this at the presentation of a paper titled “Strategic Leadership Development: TheContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered Shell Petroleum Company to pay the sum of N45.9 billion to the people of Ogoni in Rivers State. Justice Ahmed Mohammed who gave the order on Wednesday held that the money must be paid within 21 days. TheContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI contrary to the fears making the rounds that the Peoples Democratic Party may grow deeper in crisis, Governors under the aegis of the party Tuesday converged to resolve the political imbroglio engulfing the great party, and pleaded with its warring stakeholders to take the path of peace.Continue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Federal Government has threatened to review its relationship with Indonesia if it fails to bring the Indonesian immigration officials that assaulted a Nigerian diplomat to book. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, stated this at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. Nigeria has also summonedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested 43 drugs dealers and consumers of illicit substances, while 137.55 kilograms of assorted drugs including Cocaine, were Seized. According to the Agency’s spokesman Femi Babafemi, in Nasarawa state, the operatives backed by a detachment ofContinue Reading