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Winifred Bosa. Kidnappers have set free three students and five employees of the Nigerian Turkish International College (NTIC), kidnapped two weeks ago from the school premises in Isheri, Ogun State. They were released at about 8:45pm on Tuesday and have been reunited with their families,The Nation reported. The kidnapping in the school, formerly known as Nigerian […]
Funds under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, has soared to N6.02tn at the end of November 2016. The funds rose from N4.6 trillion at the end of the 2014 financial period to N5.3 trillion in 2015. According to the Director-General, National Pension Commission, PenCom, Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, explained that what has kept the funds was […]
Fidelia Okafor THE Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has pledged to continue to support the Nigerian Air Force in the training of its critical manpower especially in the area of air traffic control. The Managing Director of the agency, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu made these remarks while receiving students and instructors of the Department of Air […]
From Winifred Bosa , Lagos. Men and officers of Zamfara state command of the Nigeria Police Force, including members of their families , are hence forth not to receive any medical services from the doctors of the state. Announcing this in a statement jointly signed by the Chairman of the association Dr Tijjani Abubakar and […]
From Winifred Bosa , Lagos. Government hospital officials has been directed to ensure strict enforcement of the Federal Government’s “No Work No pay” policy in their various institutions on striking members of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) .\ The ministry of health in a circular signed by the Head, Department of Hospital Services Dr. […]
From Winifred Bosa , Lagos. Pharmaceutical importers under the aegis of Association of Pharmaceutical (APIN) Importers of Nigeria have raised alarm on an imminent scarcity and increased cost of medicament in the nearest future. This is sequel to an attempt being made by the federal government via a secular from the Finance ministry imported medicaments […]
From Winifred Bosa , Lagos. With the new records in indicators of human-caused climate change, as well as loss of Artic sea ice , the United Nations weather agency has reported that 2016 is the hottest year on record, surpassing the exceptionally high temperatures of 2015. With globally averaged temperature in 2016 being about 1.1 […]
From Winifred Bosa , Lagos. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission regrets the recent bombing of the Rann refugee camp in North-eastern Nigeria, near the Cameroon border which caused the death of more than 100 people and left about 120 wounded . In effect the commission has in a statement encouraged the […]
From Winifred Bosa, Lagos. The repeated patronage of foreign hospitals by our top government officials and increasing medical tourism to hospitals overseas by well to do Nigerians is an indication of poor state of the health institutions in the country. This observation was made by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) as President Muhammadu Buhari leaves […]
winifred bosa With the confirmation of 19 Lassa fever cases so far in seven states namely; Ogun, Taraba, Nasarawa, Edo, Ondo, Rivers and Plateau states , the federal government through the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has called on Nigerians to maintain high food and personal hygiene. NCDC advised Nigerians to keep their foods […]