Prof. Muhammad Mahmud says Nigerian universities are still good choices for study of medicine
The Chief Medical Director, National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), Prof. Muhammad Mahmud, says Nigerian universities are still very good choices for the study of medicine. Speaking in Abuja, the Chief Medical Director who admitted that there were challenges of funding and equipment, however added that Nigerian medical trainees were about “the best in the world” owing […]
The IOM sets to launch a new housing initiative for the Internally Displaced Persons
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is set to launch a new housing initiative for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Northeast, where climate-proof housing with local materials would be built for them. IOM Nigeria’s Chief of Mission, Laurent De Boeck, who stated this on Wednesday at a media briefing in Abuja, pointed out […]
The Presidency assures No Plan to move Federal Capital to Lagos
The Presidency has dismissed insinuations that President Bola Tinubu has the intention to move Nigeria’s capital from Abuja to Lagos. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, yesterday clarified in response to the controversy over moves by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) […]
Two injured as refuse container explodes in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command and the FCT Federal Emergency Management Agency have debunked reports of a bomb explosion in Maitama, Abuja yesterday. The police noted that preliminary findings indicated that an overheated metal refuse container activated under intense heat and exploded, thereby causing injury to two refuse evacuators, who are currently receiving medical […]
FCT Police Command debunks report of a bomb explosion in Maitama Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command and the FCT Federal Emergency Management Agency have debunked reports of a bomb explosion in Maitama, Abuja yesterday. The police noted that preliminary findings indicated that an overheated metal refuse container activated under intense heat and exploded, thereby causing injury to two refuse evacuators, who are currently receiving medical […]
Federal Government to fully automate Student Loan Scheme and fund with Education Tax
The Federal Government has announced that the Student Loan Scheme expected to commence soon would have as one of its sources of funding, the Education Tax under the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The FIRS Chairman, Zacch Adedeji who revealed this while briefing the press at the Presidential Villa, Abuja alongside the Executive Secretary of […]
Ohanaeze Ndigbo calls on President Bola Tinubu for immediate action against insecurity in Abuja
A pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on President Bola Tinubu to take immediate action to address the escalating insecurity challenges in Abuja. In the past few weeks, several incidents of kidnappings have been reported in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with scores taken away by suspected bandits who demanded huge ransoms for their […]
Mr Nyesom Wike gives reason hampering the fight against banditry in FCT
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Monday said that inadequate equipment and operational vehicles were hampering the ongoing war against banditry and kidnappings in FCT. Wike, during a media chat with journalists in Abuja, also blamed the recent surge in kidnappings in some border communities of the FCT to lack of […]
Abuja high court invalidates 2024 River State appropriation bill
The Federal High Court, Abuja has invalidated the passage of the 2024 Rivers State appropriation bill by FIVE LAWMAKERS led by Edison Ehie. Tagged ‘Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation and Continuity’ the five-member faction of the Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, had on December 13, passed the N800bn 2024 budget proposal presented to it […]
President Bola Tinubu meets with members of the SCSN at Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met yesterday with members of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN) at the State House, Abuja. The meeting between the president and council is coming just about 48 hours after the President of SCSN, Sheikh Abdur-Rasheed Hadiyyatullah, expressed regrets for supporting the Tinubu-Shettima same-faith ticket last year. Speaking with […]