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The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Action (MOA) with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to avert the union’s planned nationwide strike. NAN reports that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the end of a meeting with NARD …

…Says there’s no emergency to President’s trip The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to London for medical checks does not warrant transmitting power to his vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, since he was staying for just two …

Some years ago, I was chasing a federal government job, my contact reached out to me and asked me to go change my name to a Northern name, as that was the only guarantee for me to get the job. I declined. That was the moment it dawned on me …

The United States has described as “widespread and pervasive” the manifestation of corruption under President Muhammadu Buhari. The U.S. in its 2020 annual report on human rights said Mr Buhari’s government has failed to take action to stem widespread looting using existing laws that criminalise theft in public service. “Although …

The Federal Government says it is proposing to spend the sum of N396 billion for the COVID19 vaccination exercise across the country between the years of 2021 and 2022. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, which was presided …

The Anambra state police commissioner, Monday Kuryas, has said that the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Anambra state governorship aspirant, Charles Soludo is safe, Newsextra24 reports. Soludo was attacked during a rally he was holding in Isuofia community in Aguata Local Government Area of the state. …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday, demanded immediate review of the 375 kilometre Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road reconstruction contract, following what it called “the unearthing of corrupt padding in the N797.23 billion contract recently approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC. This is even as the party called for an open probe …

Prince Kassim Afegbua, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Commissioner for Information in Edo state, has said he has no need to reconcile with Governor Godwin Obaseki on his purported suspension from the party. Speaking in an interview with Newsextra24, Afegbua also said he remained a …

• Corruption pervasive in government including judiciary, security agencies – US • Rights abuses under Buhari govt worse than under military dictatorship, says PDP • FG, APC keep mum over report • Verdict depressing, says CDHR ex-president The United States has accused authorities in Nigeria of massive corruption and stifling …

• Corruption pervasive in government including judiciary, security agencies – US • Rights abuses under Buhari govt worse than under military dictatorship, says PDP • FG, APC keep mum over report • Verdict depressing, says CDHR ex-president The United States has accused authorities in Nigeria of massive corruption and stifling …