The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, has called on academics in the country to focus on researches that would solve local problems. This was as …
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Hunger protest: NARD mobilises doctors for emergency cases
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors said members in all its branches domiciled mainly in federal and state-owned teaching hospitals, specialist hospitals and public health institutions have been alerted to …
Read More »Over 70 illegal refineries bombed in three months – NAF
The Nigerian Air Force said its Operation Delta Safe had in the last three months destroyed more than 70 illegal refining sites and 80 overhead tanks. The Chief of the …
Read More »Hunger protest: No chance for criminality, Rivers police warn
The Rivers State Police Command has stated it will not tolerate any act of criminality during the hunger protest scheduled for August 1-10 against economic hardship. The police also urged …
Read More »Five schoolchildren killed as bus, train collide in S’Africa
Five children were killed Wednesday after a train collided with a school bus in South Africa, injuring 20 others, the transport ministry said in a statement. The accident occurred in …
Read More »Court restricts Kwara hunger protest to Ilorin square
A Kwara State Magistrates Court has ordered the restriction of organisers of the planned August 1-10 hunger protest in the state to the Metropolitan Square in Ilorin, the state capital. …
Read More »Tinubu, bank chiefs meet over windfall tax
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday held closed-door talks with representatives of leaders of Nigeria’s commercial banking sector at the State House, Abuja, over the recently imposed Windfall Tax. The Minister …
Read More »“No president invested more in education than Tinubu”
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Students’ Matters, Sunday Ashefon, disclosed on Wednesday that President Bola Tinubu deserves credit for his heavy investment in the education sector. The …
Read More »Parents preventing children from vaccinations are liable to imprisonment, Doctors warn
Medical experts, on Wednesday, warned parents and guardians against the dangers posed by not allowing their children and wards to be vaccinated. While blaming social media influence for misinforming the …
Read More »Hunger protest: Avoid excessive force, Shina Peller tells security operatives
A former member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller has urged security agencies to avoid the use of excessive force on the citizens across the country during the proposed …
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