NIGERIA: NMA, FG in Counterclaims over Doctors’ Strike
As pressure mounts on the Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA) to call off its five days strike, the Federal Government yesterday said it has met its side of the Memorandum of...
NIGERIA: Advocacy Group Calls for Passage of National Tobacco Control Bill
As the world recently celebrated the 2014 World No Tobacco Day 2014, TobaccoCtrl has called on Nigerian lawmakers to pass the comprehensive National Tobacco Control Bill (NTCB) into law. During...
NIGERIA: ‘We’re Committed to Securing Admissions for Nigerians’
Edosoft Associates, an educational organisation which specialises in easing admission procedures for Nigerians desirous of studying in India has expressed its readiness to ensure that all impediments militating against smooth...
Abuja Airport Closure in Order, Says Uzodinma
Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Hope Uzodinma Friday, said federal government's closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja was in order. Speaking with State House correspondents shortly after he...
Total Donates Auto Haematology Analyser to Hospital
Total Foundation, an Employee Initiative Programme of Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria (TUCN), recently donated an Auto-Haematology Analyser to St. Kizito Clinic in Lagos. The Auto-Haematology Analyser is said to...
Petroleum Varsity to Represent Africa in World Geoscience Exercise
Students from the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE) near Warri, Delta State, dazzled at the just-concluded Second Africa Geosciences Students Conference (AGSC), tagged “Ghana 2014”. Following their impressive...
‘Nigeria Can’t Develop Without Accurate GDP’
Chairman, House Committee on Aids, Loans and Management, Hon Adeyinka Ajayi yesterday contended that without accurate GDP figures, true economic size and performance cannot be measured and sound socio- economic...
Lone Assailant Kills Human Rights Lawyer
Former member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and a member of the editorial board of The Guardian Newspaper, Olakunle Alexander Fadipe SAN, was Thursday killed by a lone...
NEMA Charged on Provision of Quality Relief Materials for Disaster Victims
Akwa Ibom State Government has tasked the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to improve on the quality of relief materials sent not only to the state but other zones of...
6000 Women, Youths Complete Skill Acquisition Program in Enugu
No fewer than 6000 women and youths drawn from the 17 local government areas of Enugu State yesterday concluded a-three month Grassroots Initiative Skill Acquisition program in the state. The...