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UK begins recruitment, targets 300,000 doctors, nurses
The National Health Service in England will get more than 300,000 staff under a new plan announced by the government on Friday to deal with a chronic shortage of doctors and nurses. The publicly-funded NHS, which marks its 75th birthday on Wednesday, is facing an estimated workforce shortfall of 360,000 by 2037 due to an
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Car rams into truck, kills three, injures one in Ogun
A Toyota Sienna vehicle, on Friday, rammed into a truck, killing three persons while one other sustained injuries in an accident on the Ogun State axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun Sector Command, Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident on Friday. Okpe said the accident involved
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Remi Tinubu to host Super Falcons ahead of FIFA World Cup
The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, alongside top government functionaries, will attend the send-forth dinner of the Super Falcons ahead of the team’s departure for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The FIFA Women’s World Cup is scheduled to take place over a period of one month, starting from July 20 to
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Land dispute: Benue Speaker calls for ceasefire between warring communities
Speaker of the Benue House of Assembly, Mr Hyacinth Dajoh, has appealed to the people of Mbaivur and Mbasombo in the Ikpayongo axis of Gwer-East Local Government Area to sheathe their sword and allow peace to reign. Dajoh made the call in Makurdi during a meeting with stakeholders from Gwer-East LGA. He invited the President
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Bauchi’s first Professor of Neurosurgery, Abdu Ibrahim, is dead
The first Neurosurgery Professor in Bauchi State, Abdu Ibrahim, is dead. He was said to have died on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, after a protracted illness. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who is currently on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, commiserated with the family, friends and associates of the late
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Removal of fuel subsidy positive step — Group
A group, Global Amnesty Watch, has praised President Bola Tinubu for taking the bold step of eliminating fuel subsidy. According to the group, the President demonstrated strong political will and a desire to boldly address the country’s challenges, liberating it from the clutches of fuel importers and marketers. The GAW stated this in its country
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France’s public-sector debt surpasses €3trn
French public-sector debt topped three trillion euros ($3.25 trillion) for the first time ever, statistics authority Insee said Friday as it presented data for the first three months of 2023. Following a massive surge of borrowing to cushion the impact of the coronavirus and cost-of-living crises, the debt level reached 112.5 per cent of annual
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Bloomberg ranks Dangote Africa’s richest man, Bill Gates 4th in world
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has maintained his position as Africa’s richest man, despite a fluctuating Nigerian currency against the dollar, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Dangote’s wealth was valued at an impressive $15.6 billion in the recently released daily top billionaire lists on Tuesday, placing him at the pinnacle of African billionaires
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NPFL 2023/24 to begin August
The 2023/24 Nigeria Professional Football League season will commence on the weekend of August 26-27, the Interim Management Committee of the league has announced. The abridged 2022/23 season ended earlier this month with Enyimba winning their ninth league title at the Super 6 playoffs in Lagos. After the successful completion of the abridged season which
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Teen’s killing: French operatives arrest 667 people over violence
French security forces overnight Thursday to Friday arrested 667 people in a third consecutive night of violence sparked by the killing of a teenager by a policeman during a traffic control, the interior minister announced. “Last night, our police, gendarmes and firefighters again courageously confronted rare violence. In line with my firm instructions, they made
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