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As the wave of emigration among Nigerian medical professionals persists leading to rising morbidity and mortality rates, hospitals are worsening the crisis through the casualisation of health workers, particularly doctors. Hospitals employ these doctors without benefits, or job security, and pay them less compared to their colleagues on permanent employment, forcing some of them to leave the profession, investigations by …

Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again – for a possible bomb – in “a matter of months”, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the US strikes on three Iranian sites last weekend had caused severe but “not total” damage, contradicting Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s …

•To forego 2nd term *Must defect to APC•Will conduct LG elections without nominating candidates•SSG, CoS, other appointees abandoned Hope had already waned due to sheer frustration until Thursday, June 27, when pictures of President Bola Tinubu, beaming with smiles and sandwiched by equally excited Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers …

Some loyalists of the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, have decried his resignation, saying it will not augur well for the party. This is just as a group in the North Central demanded that the party chairmanship be zoned to the region. Saturday PUNCH had reported that Ganduje resigned his position on Friday. The spokesperson for …

Elder statesman and business mogul, Aminu Alhassan Dantata, is dead. He died in the early hours of Saturday in United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to the family.He was aged 94. Dantata, an uncle of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, was widely known for his business and philanthropic activities. Mustapha Abdullahi Junaid, late Dantata’s Personal Private Secretary (PPS), confirmed the death …

Suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has appealed to his supporters to accept a new peace deal between him and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. According to the governor, he is willing to make a heavy sacrifice for a total peace in the state. He spoke while addressing his supporters known as the Simplified Family in Port …

CNN — Senate Republicans took a major step toward delivering President Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill” on Saturday, though the fate of the bill is still in question as other hurdles remain, according to report by CNN. With a key procedural vote cleared, Republican leaders must now satisfy numerous holdouts still demanding changes to the bill. Trump’s multitrillion-dollar bill …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin has called on Nigeria Governors to support President Bola Tinubu, by projecting peace and unity across the federation, irrespective of their political, religious and ethnic inclinations. The Benin Monarch  made the call while receiving the Governors elected on the platform of Nigeria’s ruling …

 By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – All Progressives Congress Governors’ Forums (APC PGF), on Saturday stressed the need for the prioritization of fiscal reform, food security, energy transition and infrastructural modernization in the country. The APC Governors who pledged their continuous alignment with national objectives, in line with the principles of constitutional federalism, however, expressed satisfaction with the renewed …

Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo, Chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Edo State Chapter, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit against First Bank of Nigeria Plc at the Edo State High Court in Benin City. The suit, seeking N2 billion in damages, alleges that the bank unlawfully froze his account without a court order, violating his constitutional …