The medical doctors denied departure by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) were offered jobs in the United Kingdom. The medical doctors were being offered between £51,384 (N25.1m) and £98,112 (N47.9m) per annum as reportedly stated in the advertisement for the various positions. More facts emerged Saturday on why 58 NigerianContinue Reading
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has reacted to the allegations made against him by Joy Nunieh, a former Acting Managing Director of Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Nunieh recently made some damning revelations about the Minister and former Governor of Akwa IbomContinue Reading
An Abuja Court of Appeal sitting has affirmed the election of Yahaya Bello as the Governor of Kogi State. The five-man panel of the court led by Adamu Jauro in a unanimous judgment on Saturday, dismissed four appeals against the polls for lacking in merit. The appeals were filed byContinue Reading
The Ghanaian government says it will punish those involved in the attack on Nigerian high commission in Accra. TheCable had reported how armed men invaded the commission in Accra, demolishing some apartments that were under construction. In a statement, Ghana’s ministry of foreign affairs and regional intervention said the incident is beingContinue Reading
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said only emergency and essential flights will be allowed to operate. This was disclosed in an All Operators Letter, signed by the NCAA Director-General, Musa Nuhu. Nuhu, however, made it clear that resumption of domestic flights and airports has been postponed until furtherContinue Reading
Historic racism and hostility towards immigrants could be partly to blame for black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) people being more likely to die from Covid-19, officials claimed today. Public Health England (PHE) published the long-awaited second part of its report into how the coronavirus has hit BAME communities harder. It saidContinue Reading
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has revealed some of the drugs used in managing COVID-19 patients in Nigeria. The drugs include “chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and some other combinations, including antiretroviral drugs.” Ehanire spoke about the COVID-19 treatment regimen while addressing the media on Friday. He said “To see whatContinue Reading
May 25, 2020 will go down as a day to forever remember for Florence Gold George. It was a day she could not hold back her tears yet again. As the tears rolled down her cheeks, she fought for composure but her strength failed her. After a while, she musteredContinue Reading
The Nigerian Government has finally lifted the ban on religious gathering across the country. The ban on religious gatherings had lasted for two months, a move taken to check the spread of Coronavirus. However, at the briefing of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday, Chairman of theContinue Reading
THERE may be no going back on transparent and democratic primaries for the choice of governorship candidates by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo and Ondo states, it was learnt yesterday. At a meeting with nine APC governors, National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said democratic primary as a coreContinue Reading
