Hindered by poor conditions of Nigeria’s health care, bad remuneration and deteriorating hospital facilities, many medical doctors are abandoning the country for greener pastures abroad. Investigations revealed that although the exodus of doctors was not new, it had been on the increase in the last two years with countries such as the United States, the […]
The Federal government has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC to go ahead and deactivate 2.24million improperly registered SIM cards on or before 25th September. The Minister of Communications, Dr. Ibrahim Pantami issued the directive on Monday during the inauguration of the newly constituted Board of NCC. Pantami, who frowned at the development, described as […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted an Economic Advisory Council (EAC), according a statement Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The advisory council replaces the current Economic Management Team (EMT), and is to report directly to the President. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, before now headed the Economic Management Team. Adesina said: The […]
Nigeria’s Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL), which exports Bonny Light crude oil, was shut down and placed under force majeure last week, a spokesman for operator Aiteo said on Tuesday. The spokesman did not give a reason for the shutdown. The pipeline is one of two that exports Bonny Light, so the terminal is currently […]
The oil market is tightening up in the short run, but a major surplus is looming for next year, making OPEC’s task of balancing the market a “daunting one.” That conclusion came from the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest Oil Market Report, which contained some optimistic conclusions regarding the health of the global economy, but […]
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has approved the appointment of 180 additional aides to serve as Executive Assistants (EA) and senior technical Assistant (STA). Mr Clement Nweke, Principal Secretary to the governor in a statement in Abakaliki, directed the appointees, which include two former members of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, EBSHA, and ex-deputy […]
The nation’s foreign exchange reserves have declined further, falling to the lowest level since March 12, latest data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria on Sunday showed. The external reserves, which rose to a high of $45.18bn on June 10, 2019 from $43.17bn on January 1, dropped to $42.84bn on September 12. The reserves […]
No fewer than 319 Nigerians will be evacuated from South Africa on Tuesday. The PUNCH learnt on Sunday that arrangements for the evacuation would be tidier than the previous one, which was done on Wednesday. The Federal Government had on Wednesday evacuated 187 Nigerians from South Africa following xenophobic attacks by its citizens on Africans. […]
Authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has finally released the cut-off marks for the 2019/2020 admission exercise into various courses with Medicine and Surgery recording the highest marks. The cut off marks will end weeks of anxiety among candidates that picked UNILAG as the first choice and participated in the Post-UTME exams recently. Daily […]