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A hospital with medical equipment worth about $2.15m which was seized from a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), has been handed over to the Nigerian Air Force, The PUNCH has learnt. The hospital, St. Solomon Hospital, which is located on Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos, is said to have state-of-the-art equipment including a Magnetic Resonance …

The Presidency has finally come out with a bumper package aimed at accelerating the return of peace to the troubled Niger Delta region and ensure steady production of oil, Nigeria’s biggest foreign exchange earner, and gas, the badly-needed feedstock for the nation’s power generating plants. On the cards are the renewal, and re-award of existing oil pipeline protection contracts, possibly …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo didn’t hide his conviction about Abia, the indisputable commercial nerve center of the South Eastern Nigeria when he unequivocally remarked: “Nigeria has no business with China if all hands are on deck to develop Aba as a major industrial Base.” This was no exaggeration. It is true as the Vice President spoke from the point of …

Based on extant Senate rules, the upper legislative chamber will not reconsider Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should he be re-nominated. Citing Senate Rules, Order 131, Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) said President Muhammadu Buhari could not validly re-nominate Magu for the job again as the provision would not allow members …

Preparatory to the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which commences tomorrow, a retreat was held on Friday and Saturday for fiscal and monetary authorities, which included Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma; and Minister of Industries, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okey Enelamah. The …

The Federal Government has declared that it would no longer condone the activities of some foreign nationals who take unprocessed minerals through illegal routes out of Nigeria; thereby denying the country of revenue accrued to it through its vast mineral endowment. The federal government, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, noted that it has commenced moves aimed at …

Wherever she goes – a hike in the woods near her Chappaqua home, at the theater for a Broadway show, delivering a speech to a room of women and girls – Hillary Clinton causes a stir. Fans ask for photographs. Crowds stand for extended ovations. Such appearances have been rare. In the more than four months since her devastating election …

The Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has survived a damning report from the Congressional Budget Office, bipartisan opposition, criticism from virtually every corner of the healthcare industry, and even dueling powerpoint presentations. This week, it is likely to face its most consequential test yet – a vote on the floor of the House. Even …

Hillary Clinton says she’s “ready to come out of the woods” and help Americans find common ground. Clinton’s gradual return to the public spotlight following her presidential election loss continued with a St Patrick’s Day speech in her late father’s Pennsylvania home town. “I’m like a lot of my friends right now, I have a hard time watching the news,” …

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon approve the setting up of a 29-man committee to engage organised labour in negotiating a new national minimum wage for workers in the country. The minister also hinted that the report of the National Minimum Wage Review Committee soon to be set up by …