Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai has effected a cabinet reshuffle, as commissioners and other top government officials have been relieved of their positions. The governor said in a statement by his spokesman, Samuel Arunwan, yesterday, that the changes follow the…
AFRICAN COUNTRIES NEED 50 TIMES MORE DOCTORS TO CURB THEIR SURGERY DEATHS
A new study has found that surgery patients are twice as likely to die in Africa compared to the global average. A lack of resources was to blame for the high mortality rate. Only 12% of the world’s 2.1-million-strong specialist…
UNITED AIRLINES PLANE FORCED TO LAND DUE TO PASSENGER’S FAECES
A plane carrying more than 200 passengers from Chicago to Hong Kong was diverted to Alaska after two of the aircraft’s toilets were vandalised with excrement, officials said. The United Airlines flight was forced to make an unscheduled landing in…
BENUE KILLINGS: PDP DECLARES SUPPORT FOR ORTOM’S OPEN GRAZING LAW, CALLS ATTACK ACT OF TERRORISM
Benue State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday reacted to the killing of residents by Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the state. The state arm of the party called on President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest and…
2019 PRESIDENCY: TINUBU REPORTEDLY GIVES BUHARI CONDITION
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Bolaji Tinubu, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that the condition for supporting him (Buhari) ahead 2019 general elections would be renegotiated, ThisDay reports. The paper reports that Tinubu told Buhari…
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Nigerian government declares Dec. 25, 26, January 1 public holiday
The Nigerian government has declared December 25 and 26 as well as January 1 as public holidays. The holidays are to celebrate the Christmas and New Year. The announcement of the holidays was made in a statement by the…
Why Ambode pardoned 12 Kirikiri inmates
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday pardoned 12 prisoners in the state. Chairman of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo, told newsmen that the release of the inmates was in line with the commitment…
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Hosted by FirstBank In Partnership with Eventful Fiesta of Flavours – the annual food fair hosted by FirstBank- Nigeria’s premier and most valuable banking brand in partnership with Eventful, has year after year since 2015 delivered on a…