The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Thursday urged three states to pay up doctors’ salaries and allowances. It said Abia has not paid doctors for up to 23 months. NMA President, Prof Innocent Ujah, spoke in Abuja during a briefing on the outcomes of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting …
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Katsina state government has lifted the ban on mobile telecommunications network service in the state. Recall that the state government directed for the ban to be effected three months ago as part of measures to contain insecurity. Frontline local government areas that included: Jibia, Batsari, Safana, Kurfi, Danmusa, Dutsin Ma, …
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A public health expert, Dr. Dienye Briggs, has raised the alarm over the rise in infertility in men residing in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital due to high concentration of soot in the city’s atmosphere. Briggs, who disclosed this on Friday while speaking at the ‘Stop The Soot’ Conference, organised …
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Nigeria’s power sector decreased in growth by 45 per cent in real term in the third quarter of this year when compared to the preceding quarter, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. Also, industry figures obtained in Abuja on Thursday showed that after posting a peak generation of …
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The Federal Government has said the Siemens AG power project which plans to grow Nigeria’s power delivery to 25,000 megawatts will be revived in the first quarter of 2021. The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, said on Thursday that the German firm, Siemens AG, would begin operations in Nigeria soon …
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Nsukka zone (ASUU – Nsukka zone) has declared that the Federal Government (FG) is begging for nationwide strike action by the way it was handling the Memorandum of Action (MOA) entered into with the Union in December, 2020. While ASUU stated that the MoA …
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SANWO-OLU UNVEILS NEW POWER POLICY TO MEET LAGOS ELECTRICITY NEEDS •Framework to be implemented with private energy investors An electricity sustainability framework that will provide reliable power to residential and industrial areas in Lagos State has been unveiled by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Governor, on Wednesday, launched the State’s Electricity …
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The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, on Thursday said most of the agreements reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities were under duress. Echono stated this during a retreat organised by the governing council of the University of Abuja. ASUU and the Federal Government …
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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that he has no reason to resign over the frequent jail breaks across the country in the past one year. He said this Wednesday while responding to questions from State House reporters after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over …
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The Nigerian government on Wednesday tried to walk back its earlier announcement on the removal of the management of the privately-owned Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, after facing criticisms over a decision it lacks the powers to carry out. Analysts accused the government of interfering in the country’s electricity distribution sector, …
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