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FG set to employ 200,000 health personnel

Given the short fall in the number of workers in the country’s health sector, the Federal Government has disclosed that it is set to recruit 200,000 Nigerians under its Community…

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JAMB, EFCC partner to fight exam malpractice in Nigeria

To stem the rising cases of examinations malpractice in the country, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board JAMB is seeking to partner the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC to…

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Nigeria is under policed. State, community policing is the way out – Osinbajo

Nigeria’s Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said for a country the size of Nigeria, the one policeman to 400 persons according to the UN prescribed ratio, would require almost…

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Indices are there, Nigeria still in a bad recession – Orji Kalu

Former Abia state governor Orji Uzo Kalu says the country is still in a bad state of recession, despite the numerous statements by government officials to that effect.   In…

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We are coming back to power in 2019; Wike boasts

Governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike has disclosed that the opposition People’s Democratic Party PDP will reclaim the presidential seat in the 2019 general elections.   Wike while addressing party…

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Reps uncover fresh $202 million missing from NIA coffers

The House of Representatives committee on public safety and national intelligence says it has uncovered a fresh $202 million missing from the coffers of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency NIA.  …

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No deployment of soldiers to Gboko – Nigerian Army

Panic and uneasy calm pervaded Benue state yesterday when a large number of army personnel were sighted moving into the state in droves. Reports had it that the troops were…

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Late VP Dr. Alex Ekwueme for burial today; FG renames varsity after elder statesman

Elder statesman and Nigeria’s former Vice President Dr. Alex Ekwueme will be laid to rest today in his hometown Oko in Anambra state South East Nigeria.   As a way…

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FG to Nigerians: 4,500MW daily of electricity guaranteed

The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that from 2018, the country will have access to a minimum baseline daily power supply of 4,500Mega Watts (MW).  This will be realized through…

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Ooni: ‘We have no reason not to develop as a nation’

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi says Nigeria has no business being tagged with its present status of ‘developing nation’ if citizens were made to believe in the country…

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