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Leading experts in Nigeria’s health sector have said it would be impossible to produce sufficient personnel to effectively meet the country’s increasing healthcare needs with the current burden of brain drain. They held that it would take Nigeria 20 years, at the minimum, to produce 400,000 health workers needed to …

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu was aided by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, who parted ways with his erstwhile colleague, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. The Nobel Laureate said this, according to …

The Lagos State Government has announced the postponement of the planned rehabilitative works on the failed sections of the Third Mainland Bridge. The repairs were scheduled to go on for two consecutive Sundays, September 17 and 24, between 7 am to 7 pm on both days. According to a release …

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule The Nasarawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has cautioned Governor Abdullahi Sule against dragging President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, into the politics of the state. In a statement made available to journalists in Lafia on …

Governor Alex Otti has officially commissioned Emelogu road, Shallom road and Cemetry road phase 1, all in Aba which were newly reconstructed with solar street lights by his administration. Speaking while commissioning the roads in Aba, Otti reassured the people of his commiment to fulfilling his campaign promises. He said …

L-R: CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso and Former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele The Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises, Muda Yusuf, has cautioned the newly appointed Central Bank Governor, Oluyemi Michael Cardoso against running the apex bank like his predecessor. The changes in the apex …

Director-General, Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha Nigeria’s debt servicing spending slowed to N849.58bn in the second quarter of 2023, findings have shown. This was a decrease by 43.04 per cent compared to N1.49tn, which was spent in Q1 2023 on servicing debt. According to data obtained from the Debt Management …

TCN Engineers working to restore power after the fire incident at its Kebbi substation that lasted from Thursday night till Friday morning The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said a fire incident at its Kebbi substation which started on Thursday night till Friday morning consumed two transformers worth four …

BUA Cement Plc. has revealed plans to reduce the price of cement in Nigeria from the current N5,500 to between N3,000 and N3,500. The company’s Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, disclosed this to Journalists after an audience with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. Rabiu said the price crash …

Visit visa to the United Kingdom for less than six months will now cost £115 (about N111,878.28 ) as opposed to £15 (14,592.70) effective October 4, the UK Home Office has announced. This translates to about 667 per cent increment. Student visa fee has also been increased from £127 (N123,537.58) …