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Immediate Past President of the World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele, has called for ethical governance of health systems as part of his suggested strategies to promote global health. Dr. Enabulele made the call while speaking as an International Guest Speaker on Ethical Governance and Global Health at the 2024 Conference of the South African Medical Association (SAMA) held …

The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, PUNCH Online has learnt. FG, ASUU Multiple sources in the academic sector confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. The chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Gbolahan Bolarin, who …

Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, struck out the treasonable felony charge the Federal Government filed against the convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore and Olawole Adebayo Bakare (aka Mandate). Justice Emeka Nwite struck out the charge, in a ruling after A.R. Tahir, counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister …

Seyi Tinubu The eldest son of President Bola Tinubu, Mr Seyi Tinubu, on Monday, pleaded with Nigerians to exercise patience with his father’s administration as they weather the challenging economic times. This followed protests in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, where angry youths took to the streets to decry the rising cost of living. More so, a 41-year-old man identified as …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked settlers on the Abuja Science and Technology Village in Chika-Aleita along the airport road to immediately vacate the area or face demolition. The minister gave the order on Monday during an inspection tour of the village, alongside his counterpart in the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Godfrey …

Cement Manufacturers have agreed to sell a 50kg bag of cement at a retail price between N7,000 and N8,000, depending on location nationwide, PUNCH Online reports. However, the manufacturers stated that the price drop from the current market price would depend on the fulfilment of certain government interventions to ameliorate critical challenges faced in the industry. The Minister of Works, …

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has taken a firm stance against outstanding debts owed by various government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), including the Presidential Villa, with a total debt amounting to N47.195 billion as of December 2023. In a published notice in the national daily (PUNCH) on Monday, February 19, AEDC made it clear that these indebted MDAs have a 10-day ultimatum, …

The Senate has said that the Federal Government is committed to the transformation of the education sector for rapid development in the country. Describing education as the bedrock of the development, the Senate stressed that for Nigeria to get it right, the challenges facing the education sector must be properly addressed. Speaking yesterday in Abuja when the newly inaugurated leadership …

Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has given a 7-day ultimatum to the All Progressives Congress  (APC) in the State to replace the working tools of Journalists damaged during an attack on them at the Lurshiville Hotel, GRA, Benin City, venue of the collation of results for Saturday February 17, 2024 parallel primaries of the party.  APC …

Katsina gov signs executive order, sets up task force Sule: What Nasarawa is doing to address high cost of living Again, PDP governors attack APC over economy, others As governments at all levels intensify efforts to halt the current food crisis, Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has signed into law an executive order to check food scarcity and prohibit hoarding of food …