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The Federal Government has given the nod for engagement of retired health workers, mostly medical doctors, nurses, and other clinical healthcare workers, on contract basis. The government, in a circular to this effect, said salaries of the retired health personnel re-engaged would be the same amount they were collecting before their retirement. The Ministry of Health, in a circular dated …

Hits back at critics of strike suspension: We didn’t sell out to Tinubu •On provisional pay rise for state workers: Structure already on ground •’ Pensioners captured under cash transfer On Monday, the Organized Labour suspended the proposed indefinite strike over the removal of petrol subsidy and disagreement with the government over palliatives to cushion the effect of the policy. …

• Declare State Of Emergency On Roads Now – Commuters• Engineers Back Umahi On Reforms, Seek Return Of Weighbridges Following frequent accidents on major federal highways in the country that often result in loss of lives and property, as a result of their dilapidated state, Nigerians have called on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration to make good its promise …

As the altercations between musician David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and an event company owned by a former chairperson of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, continue, PREMIUM TIMES has uncovered the real reason the musician failed to show up for an event in Nigeria for which he was paid in advance. Reports had emerged on Sunday that …

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has told the Supreme Court that submitting a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission by a candidate is a weighty constitutional matter that the apex court must consider. Atiku stated this in a deposition he made to the Supreme Court on Friday while presenting …

Edo State Government has unveiled plans and programme of activities for the seventh edition of the Alaghodaro Investment Summit, organised yearly by the private sector in the State to mark the anniversary of Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration. In a statement, the Chairperson, Local Organising Committee and Executive Secretary, Alaghodaro Economic Summit Limited/Gte, Eire Ifueko Alufohai, said the five-day event will …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON A 48-year-old man has said that he connived with two others to rob a petrol station and not kill its supervisor because he was unfairly treated by the owner of the business in Benin City. It was learnt that the robbers had sneaked into the filling station located along Benin-Agbor road in Benin City, killed the supervisor, …

As stakeholders highlight US courts verdicts on the legal tussle over the authenticity of President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University  (CSU) certificate as metaphor for judiciary, they also express concerns about the implication of the revelations on the image of the country. The release of the academic records of President Bola Tinubu to the counsel of the Presidential candidate of …

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli soldiers battled Hamas fighters in the streets of southern Israel on Sunday and launched retaliation strikes that leveled buildings in Gaza, while in northern Israel a brief exchange of strikes with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group raised fears of a broader conflict. There was still some fighting underway more than 24 hours after an unprecedented …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in the 10th Senate over their collection of both salaries and pensions as senators. This was stated in a press statement issued by the deputy director, SERAP, Kolawole Oluwadare, and made available to The PUNCH on Sunday. Joined in …