Disarray As Disco Declares Tariff Increment From September 1, NERC Silent
There was disarray on Saturday over the increase in power tariff after a document supposedly delivered by Eko Electricity Distribution Company guaranteed that the power sector regulator had endorsed tariff increase. Endeavors to get the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to respond to the document failed, as the representative for the office, Usman Arabi, would not […]
SERAP Sues FG, Demands Details Of ‘Payment Of N729bn To Poor Nigerians’
Financial Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has documented a claim asking the Federal High Court in Lagos “to propel the Federal Government to unveil details of proposed payments of N729bn to 24.3 million helpless Nigerians, including the mechanisms and coordinations for the payments, list of recipients, and how they have been selected, and whether the […]
NMA Gives FG 21-Day Ultimatum To Fulfill The Signed Agreement
The Nigerian Medical Association has issued a 21-day strike notice to the Federal Government, with effect from Monday, August 30. This is coming as the Federal Government said that it had set aside N4.8bn as residency training fund for doctors. At the end of its National Executive Council meeting held in Benin City, Edo State, […]
Discrimination Against ‘Foreign’ Doctors Widespread In Sweden
A Swedish healthcare reform more than a decade ago allowing patients to choose their own doctor has unexpectedly led to widespread discrimination against medics with foreign-sounding names. “When I was working in psychiatry, a patient cancelled his appointment with me three times because he didn’t want to be treated by a ‘foreign doctor’,” 30-year-old practitioner […]
It’ll Cost Nigeria More To Break Up Than To Remain One, Obasanjo Says
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday reiterated his support for a united Nigeria, saying the cost for Nigeria not to continue existing “is much more than the cost to make Nigeria to continue to exist.” Obasanjo, who spoke during the book launch and 85th birthday celebration of his Eminence, Sunday Mbang, former Prelate of the […]
Mali Releases Ex-Interim President and PM From House Arrest
Former Malian interim President Bah Ndaw and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, have been freed from house arrest by the authorities who deposed them in May, a committee monitoring the post-coup transition has said. Their detention by military officers in May marked Mali’s second coup since the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita the previous […]
US Drone Airstrike Targets Islamic State Member Following Deadly Kabul Airport Attack
Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it used a drone strike to kill a member of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate Saturday. The strike came amid what the White House called indications that IS planned to strike again as […]
NSE Donates N5 million Solar-powered Borehole To Gaba Community
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has bestowed a five million Naira Solar Powered Borehole to Gaba community, in the Bwari Area Council of the nation’s capital, Abuja. The project, NSE divulged, is one of the deliverables it promised during the inauguration of its present Bwari Executive Committee of the branch which is aimed to […]
Ndume- It’s Time For Buhari To Address Nigerians Directly Over Insecurity
Senator representing Borno South and chairman Senate Committee on Army, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians directly against the backdrop of insecurity in the country instead of speaking through his media aides. Senator Ndume made the call on Thursday while speaking with journalists in Abuja. The lawmaker asked President Buhari […]
Government Orders Stoppage Of Striking Doctors’ Salaries
The federal government has begun the implementation of the no work, no pay rule for striking doctors with effect from Monday, August 2, 2021. In a letter dated Friday, August 26 and signed by the Director of Hospital Services Department in the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, the federal government directed all the […]
