The Zamfara Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, has threatened strike action in Ahmad Sani Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, over the non-implementation of promotion arrears of members. The threat is contained in a letter addressed to the office of the State…
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested nine suspects for vandalism of critical national assets and infrastructure. The FCT Commandant of the NSCDC, Olusola Odumosu, revealed this on Wednesday, saying…
The Nigerian Navy said its troops of Forward Operating Base BONNY, while acting on credible intelligence, discovered and apprehended a suspect in possession of one AK-47 rifle, three AK-47 magazines, and thirty-six rounds of 7.62mm x 39mm ammunition. This was…
A 31-year-old Alfa, identified as Jubril Dalamun, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police, Omolola Odutola, told the…
A shooting spree in Awka, Anambra State capital on Thursday morning, has claimed several lives, sources have hinted Newsmen. One of the sources, a student, said the shooting happened in Ifite Awka, at approximately 9:15 a.m., leaving several people dead.…
A Chief Magistrate in Ondo State, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, has remanded a 15-year-old female student of Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, for allegedly stabbing her 17-year-old colleague, Habib Salau, to death. The magistrate ordered her remand at the Ondo State Juvenile…
The West Africa Post Graduate College of Medical Laboratory Science (WAPCMLS) has stated that the Nigerian government spends N8 billion annually to import vaccines from the USA and Europe. The General Secretary/Registrar of the College, Dr Godswill Okara, disclosed this…
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have locked horns over the directive issued by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, barring heavy-duty trucks from accessing the Olaiya Flyover due to safety…
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+ Global), and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) have expressed concerns over the high rates of stigmatization against…
The Federal Government, through the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has said grain hoarders and smugglers are responsible for the persistent hike in food prices in Nigeria. The Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Tunji Bello, made this known at…
