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The Federal Government is expected to meet with leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday to resolve the ongoing industrial action by the doctors. A statement signed by the Deputy Director, Press in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Samuel Olowookere, said the leadership of the striking doctors, the leadership of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Tuesday the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting has been postponed due to inadequate time to prepare the documents for the meeting. The minister stated this in a statement issued in Kano by his Special Adviser, Mr. Segun Adeyemi. He said the two-day public holiday declared for the Eid …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has tasked charitable persons, governments, religious groups and other organisations to remember the people of Benue State and others in distress, as the world celebrates the International Day of Charity on September 5, 3017. Obaseki said the scale of the crisis resulting from the flooding in parts of Benue State was beyond the power …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday challenged Nigerians to abate the growing separatist agitations and debates about the unity of Nigeria, tasking them to rather channel their energies and resources towards building a great nation. Osinbajo made this remark while representing President Muhammadu Buhari at a feast in commemoration of the Eid-El Kabir celebration in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said it …

The Federal Government has deployed 711 N-Power agricultural extension agents to Edo to boost agricultural activities in the state. The Programme Manager of the State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), Mr Peter Aikhuomobhoebe, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Benin on Monday. Aikhuomobhoebe also disclosed that the Federal Government provided another 100 Knapsack sprayers to the state. He said …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday attributed the continued Boko Haram attacks being witnessed in the North-East geopolitical zone to the huge size of the area. He said the country would still be witnessing such attacks being carried out by members of the Boko Haram sect because of the vast area involved. Osinbajo spoke when he represented President Muhammadu Buhari at …

Allegations of ethnic and religious bias in appointments into top management positions in the nation’s cash cow, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, drew the ire of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and other opinion moulders in the South, who described it as a threat to national unity. Maikanti Baru While Afenifere described it …

Resident Doctors this morning announced that they have commenced indefinite strike. The doctors under the umbrella of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD who had last week met with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole where government made some offers to them said they rejected the offers. A one …

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently embroiled in controversy over its alleged reluctance to investigate a 13-year old petition alleging an illegal sale of a parcel of land in Abuja, with the use of forged Certificate of occupancy. The petitioner, Mr. Philip Odigie, a businessman and Managing Director of Philova and Jason Engineering Company, …

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, said on Sunday that any threat to the United States or its territories, including [the U.S. territory of] Guam or its allies, will be met with a massive military response, “a response both effective and overwhelming.” Joined by Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mattis stood in front …