archiveSeptember 13, 2018

  *says Nigeria loses about $2 billion yearly due to poor healthcare *Buhari should reconstitute Boards of Medical Lab Science Council - AMLSN *seeks proper regulation of healthcare services to check quackery, unethical practices The Federal Government on Thursday expressed concern over the spate of industrial crises in the health...

    BudgIT, under its Open Budget Partnership project has signed a MoU with Ebonyi State Government. This development was to kick-start a partnership with the state to improve its level of transparency and accountability. According to a statement by Budgit, the success of the OpenKaduna initiative, which started in...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has come with details of the bailout fund given to each state by the Federal Government. 1) Abia ( N14.152 billion ); 2) Adamawa ( N2.378 billion); 3) Bauchi ( N8.60 billion) 4) Bayelsa (N12.85 billion); 5) Benue ( N28.013 billion); 6) Borno...

  The Nigerian equities market closed negative for the seventh consecutive session, as negative sentiments continued to drive sell pressure in notable counters even as the benchmark index dropped 0.84 per cent to 32,022.23 points on Thursday. Accordingly, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses rose to 8.11 per cent and 16.27...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the alleged defection of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). APC spokesman, Yekini Nabena, in a statement, said the defection wasn’t a surprise. He said it...

  The United States likely surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest crude oil producer earlier this year, based on preliminary estimates in EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). In February, U.S. crude oil production exceeded that of Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than two...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has adopted direct primaries for nomination of its candidates for the 2019 general elections. This was disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday by the Chairman of ADC in Enugu State, Stella Chukwuma. The chairman said it was a collective decision of...

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, was on Thursday elected chairman of the West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) at the ongoing sub-regional meeting in Nigeria. Shortly after his unanimous election, Emefiele in his acceptance speech averred that “a lot of work needs to be done, especially...

  An Abuja High Court sitting has ordered the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to produce before it, the result it recorded for the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in the May/June 1981 examination. The court, in a ruling  by Justice Othman...

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday night named Yusuf Magaji Bichi as the new Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS). Bichi will take over from Mr. Mathew Sieyefa, who had been service in acting capacity since the sack of Mr. Lawal Daura by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on August 7,...