The President of the Nigerian Medical Association in Zamfara State, Dr Tijjani Sa’idu, has died. The NMA’s Secretary, Dr Mannir Bature, made this disclosure in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Gusau on Thursday. The…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has enjoin motorists in Abuja, its environs and other parts of the Country not to engage in any panic buying of petroleum products. The group in a statement issued on Thursday by its Group…
Building collapse is a big problem in Nigeria. Often, experts in the building construction sector of the economy have blamed selfish contractors, professionals and lack of proper supervision for the incessant building collapse incidents around the country. They have also…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to place all accounts without Biometric Verification Number (BVN) on a ‘post no debit’ status. The CBN said credit lodgment inclusive of deposits and inward transfers, may be received into…
Listen to audio: Twenty-one countries are on track to fully eliminate malaria within the next five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. The agency says this is an example of the “great progress” the world is making in…
Libya returnees in Benin, Edo state rejected the N1,000 transport fares given them by Government to take them to their hometowns. News from News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) says that the returnees had previously protested the non-payment of stipend as…
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says its management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme has proven effective. Through the community-based programme, UNICEF says malnourishment may be coming to an end in Nigeria. According to UNICEF, 2.5 million Nigerian children currently suffer…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a substantive Director General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). In a statement by the special adviser media to the President, Femi Adesina, the new Director General is Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, a…
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria on Wednesday listed recipes for a stronger naira and a more stable exchange rate in 2018. Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President of ABCON, said the recipes were agreed at a meeting of…
Cape Town, South Africa will play host to the TMT Finance Africa event for the first time, which will see more than 200 regional and international telecom, media and technology leaders, investment bankers, investors, advisers and government representatives meet for…
