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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its five-day warning strike. Orji Emeka Innocent, the association’s president, confirmed the development to DailyTrust on Sunday, stating that the doctors would resume work by 8am on Monday. “Progress will be reviewed on 2nd June 2023 during the association’s general meeting …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to “account for the spending of $460 million Chinese loan to fund the failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project.” The Court last week, also ordered the government to “publish the total amount of money paid to …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday said it has uncovered plans by some politically exposed persons (PEPs) to flee the country after their tenure on May 29. The PEPs include governors, ministers and political appointees under watch. In a statement issued by its Head of Media and …

Chief Michael Olasubomi ‘Subomi’ Balogun who founded First City Monument Bank is dead. According to reports, Balogun died on Friday in a London hospital at the age of of 89. It was gathered that Balogun’s death has not been made official but the family had informed the Awujale of Ijebuland …

Osun state Governor, Ademola Adeleke. The Osun Government has assured labour unions in the state that the ongoing staff audit is not to witch-hunt or sack workers. A statement by Malam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, on Friday in Osogbo, said labour leaders in the state had …

NYSC DG, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen YD Ahmed, has said the discharge certificate being paraded by Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah, was not issued by the body. Brig Gen Ahmed, while appearing on Arise TV’s breakfast programme on Friday …

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Thursday, visited the okada rider, who was assaulted by some police officers in a viral video. Three policemen were seen in a viral video brutalising the Okada man. One of the policemen was seen hitting his baton on the man as …

President Muhammadu Buhari, GCEO NNPC LTD, Mele Kyari During The Official Flagged Off Of Ground-breaking Ceremony Of Kolmani OPLs 809 and 810 At The Kolmani Field Site In Bauchi and Gombe States President Muhammadu Buhari would on May 24 dissolve the Federal Executive Council with a valedictory session as part …

Ademola Adeleke The Iyaloja-General of Osun State, Alhaja Awawu Asindemade, has been sacked by Governor Ademola Adeleke and replaced with a new chief. Asindemade was appointed by Rauf Aregbesola while he was the governor of the state between 2010 to 2018. However, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, announced in a statement …

Eid el Adha for the Muslim Calendar 1444 AH (2023 AD) is expected to take place in the last week of June and with it comes the long awaited world’s biggest Islamic festival to mark the end of the Holy pilgrimage, the fifth pillar of Islam. In Nigeria, the celebration …