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Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa through the Board Chairman of the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Dr Chris Oghenechovwen has perfected plans to sack striking Medical and Dental Consultants of Nigeria, MDCAN and resident Doctors of Delta State University Teaching Hospital DELSUTH, Oghara over alleged endless demands by the striking doctors. This follows …

Dino Melaye A Senator from Kogi State politics, Mr Dino Melaye on Sunday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack his entire economic management team and save Nigeria from collapse. Melaye expressed concern over the economic recession stating there is a need for the president to constitute a new economic management team. …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that presently, his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lost its “soul”, adding that those responsible for the comatose state of the party are going about “unperturbed.” He made this assertion on Saturday shortly after receiving the …

A group, Progressive Citizens Congress, PCC, has demanded that Amnesty International leave Nigeria, accusing the NGO of supporting criminals. Read also: (Nigerian beheaded over police murder in Saudi Arabia) During a protest march to the Embassy of the United States on Friday, President-General, PCC, Abiona Desmond in a statement said …

Adebayo Shittu Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communication, says a proposal by the Nigerian government to impose a 10 per cent tax on phone calls, text messages, data and more, would help enhance telecommunication services in the country. The plan has been widely criticised. But Mr. Shittu told the News …

The Federal Government says it has confirmed five fresh cases of Lassa fever in Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau and Rivers states. According to a statement by the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, a parastatal of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, two …

It’s no longer news that Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, visited Nigeria. However, his visit has led to a drama! It’s Fani-Kayode versus Reno Omokri; both supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Zuckerberg has the Hausa language on Facebook (from the over 400 Nigerian languages) and described it as unique. …

President Muhammadu Buhari in Osogbo on Thursday said he was committed to the implementation of the positive agenda he promised Nigerians in the change mantra. Buhari said this during his official visit to Osogbo to inaugurate the 3,000-capacity Osogbo High School, which was part of activities to mark the 25th …

Chief Anthony Ndubuka, a major rice dealer in Umuahia, has expressed optimism that the price of rice would soon fall in Nigeria. Ndubuka expressed the optimism in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Umuahia on Thursday while speaking on the high price of the grains in …

Pursuant to its earlier call on the Police over the missing Abuja business woman, Charity Aiyedogbon, 63 Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of Coalition against Crime in Nigeria have petitioned Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, urging him to take necessary steps to effect the arrest of …