Ganduje sues Daily Nigerian for N3billion over Dollar video

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 15th November 2018

Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has sued an online platform, Daily Nigerian and its publisher, Jafaar Jafaar, for defamation. He is claiming N3billion in damages. Counsel to Ganduje, Nuradeen A. Ayagi in a writ…

FG’s school feeding: Farmers, cooks, others earn N651m daily

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 14th November 2018

The Home Grown School Feeding Programme, one of the packages under the Federal Government’s Social Intervention Programme (SIP) has created wealth for over 250,000 farmers, cooks and others involved in the scheme. According to statistics…

Nigeria needs 155,000 additional doctors to achieve Universal health coverage – Don

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 14th November 2018

NIGERIA needs additional 155,000 doctors at the ratio of one doctor to 1000 people to achieve the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Professor Usman Ahmed, Provost, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Federal University Dutse has…

Ogoni clean up set to begin as FG gets $180m for oil companies

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 14th November 2018

THE much-anticipated clean-up of Ogoni land may soon begin as the federal government has been able to mobilise about $180 million for the exercise. Consequently, 21 successful companies have been shortlisted to move to a…

Alcohol damages the brain more than marijuana: Scientists

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 14th November 2018

A new research has uncovered novel ways in which marijuana or cannabis affects the developing brain, with the surprising conclusion that using alcohol can damage the brain more than using marijuana. According to the researchers,…

ICPC charges OAU ‘sex-for-marks’ prof to court

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 14th November 2018

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged Richard Akindele, a former lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, to court. Akindele, who allegedly demanded sex from Monica Osagie, a postgraduate…

AfDB assesses success of African Investment Forum

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 14th November 2018

The just-concluded Africa Investment Forum successfully convened key stakeholders and provided a platform for effective dialogue to drive investments into the continent. Running on the margins of the Forum, the Africa Energy Market Place (AEMP)…

Nigerians to pay more for JAMB, driver’s licence under new TSA tariff model – ICYMI

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 10th November 2018

The service charge on all transactions to be paid into treasury single account (TSA) of the federal government will be borne by payers, under the newly-announced model. This means the payment to enroll for the…

HIV: 70% of Nigerians on treatment list are females – NACA

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 9th November 2018

Some seven hundred and forty-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three females are among the 1,090,233 people on Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment in Nigeria by June, National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, says. In a statement…

‘Executive asked us to slash MDAs’ budgets to fund 2019 polls’

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 9th November 2018

THE chairman of the senate committee on banking, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, says the executive proposed the cuts made in the budgets of ministries, department and agencies (MDAs). The upper legislative chamber had earlier approved that…