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The Federal Government has started the process that will lead to stopping doctors in public service from engaging in private practice. The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, who briefed State House Correspondents alongside his Labour and Productivity counterpart, Chris Ngige, said this was the decision of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the permanent forfeiture of 56 houses linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The houses, located in Lagos and Port Harcourt, were said to have been acquired by the ex-minister between 2011 and 2013 using front companies. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission claimed that Diezani paid …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that the empowerment of the girl-child will mitigate her vulnerability in the society. Obaseki made the assertion on the occasion to commemorate the United Nations International Day for the Girl-child, marked on October 11, each year. He said that “comprehensive education covering formal, informal and non-formal modes, for the girl-child will prepare …

…As Army deploys personnel to security flash-points Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, is to meet and discuss with Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Mongonu, on ways of tackling the upsurge in criminal activities in parts of the state. Obaseki disclosed this in Government House, Benin City, on Wednesday, while fielding questions from journalists on the measures his …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has received the technical report on the proposed Gelegele Seaport, which is envisioned to serve as a key artery for the state’s economic diversification efforts. The governor received the report at the Government House, Benin City, on Wednesday, from the Technical Committee on the actualization of the Gelegele Sea Port, led by its chairman, Engr. …

About 21,780 out of 33,000 teachers failed the primary four test administered to test their competence by the Kaduna State government. The state is therefore shopping for 25,000 new teachers as one of the plans to restore dignity and quality to education. Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State unveiled the planned recruitment when he received a World Bank’s delegation in …

Edo State Private Property Protection Taskforce has handed over Mr. Johnbull Agbonsomwan of Iguomon Community in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state, to the Police over his son’s involvement in illegal sales of land. Mr. Agbonsomwan will be released when his son, Mr Owenaze Johnbull, who is currently on the run, is apprehended. According to the Vice Chairman of …

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, on Monday, declared that it was most unfortunate for the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, to assert that he (Kachikwu) was never involved in the recent Crude Oil Term Contracts. Kachikwu, who is the Chairman of the NNPC board, in a leaked memo to President Muhammadu Buhari, …

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, Monday stunned participants at a two-day stakeholders meeting on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn Child Adolescent Health and Nutrition, RMNCAH+N when she lamented that there was no single syringe at the Aso Rock clinic. Aisha Buhari Mr. Buhari also said that the clinic which was budgeted for in the nation’s budget lack drugs and equipment, …

The Federal Government says it will not relent in its yam export policy which is aimed at attracting foreign exchange for the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this during a sensitisation walk in commemoration of the World Food Day in Abuja on Tuesday. Ogbeh, who was reacting to reports that some yams recently …