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target=_blank>Buhari: We’ll Deploy Technology, Overhaul Security Architecture to Stem Crime
To fix CCTVs on highways, license states to use drones Saddens by persistent traffic gridlock in Apapa Shi’ites suspend protests, sue FG over proscription Amnesty International condemns sect’s ban Davidson Iriekpen in Lagos, Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday unfolded a two-pronged approach to stem the spike
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target=_blank>Buratai to Officers: You Must Be Loyal to President, Constitution
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, wednesday demanded absolute loyalty of officers and men of the Nigerian Army to the president and the constitution, saying such a requirement is non-negotiable for military professionalism. He charged personnel to remain apolitical and uphold the tenets of the military profession. Buratai
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target=_blank>NDIC: Banks’ Losses to Fraud Jumped to N15.15bn in 2018
Pays N116.25bn to depositors, shareholders of failed institutions James Emejo in Abuja The banking industry lost N15.15 billion to cases of fraud last year, indicating an increase of 539 per cent when compared to the N2.37 billion lost in 2017. Also, the total amount involved in fraud in the year under review stood at N38.93
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target=_blank>‘Insufficient Power Supply, Others Constrained Business Activities’
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Wednesday disclosed that some firms in the country have identified insufficient power supply, high interest rates and unfavourable economic climate as major factors that constrained businesses in July. Other factors, according to the bank, include financial problems, insufficient demand and unclear economic laws. The CBN made the observations in
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target=_blank>Airline Operators Worried as FG Gives More Frequency to Emirates
It’s only for Hajj operation, says airline Chinedu Eze Airline operators and other stakeholders have raised concern over the federal government’s decision to allow international mega carrier, Emirates, to operate additional frequency to Abuja. With this latest approval, THISDAY gathered that Emirates operates four times daily to Nigeria from its base in Dubai, translating to
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target=_blank>Buhari Passed WAEC Exam with Five Credits, Official Tells Tribunal
Alex Enumah in Abuja A senior official of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Henry Adewunmi, wednesday told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that records showed that President Muhammadu Buhari sat for the 1961 WAEC examination. Led in evidence by Buhari’s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), the witness told the tribunal that 18 candidates sat
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target=_blank>Open Defecation: A Nation under Threat of Epidemic
Ayodeji Ake writes that with Nigeria ranked second in the world for practicing open defecation, which signifies that 47 million persons translating to 24 per cent of the population, are engaging in the anomaly, Nigerians are at the threat of an epidemic outbreak To many, open defecation might not be anything new but its attendant
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target=_blank>Nkechika: BHCPF Will Complement Health Insurance Programme
Dr. Ben Nkechika is the Director General, Delta State Contributory Health Commission. In this interview with Martins Ifijeh, he said with a governor who understands the operational manual of the Basic Health Care Provisions Fund, it would totally complement the state’s health insurance scheme. Excerpts: Is there a disparity between BHCPF and health insurance scheme?
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target=_blank>NMA Vows to Set up Anti-quackery Team
Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan The Oyo State Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Akin Sodipo, has raised alarm on the increasing menace of quackery among medical practitioners in the country. Sodipo, who raised the alarm at a press briefing to mark the 2019 scientific conference and annual general meeting of the association in
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Optometrists Call on FG to Fund Regulation of Practice
Bassey Inyang in Calabar The Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA) has called on the federal government to provide more funding for the regulation of optometry practice in Nigeria. The NOA said the call became necessary due to the humongous consequences refractive error and visual impairment has on the nation’s economy. National President, NOA, Dr. Ozy Okonokhua, […]
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