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No fewer than 7,256 trained nurses in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom between March 2021 and March 2022, The Punch has learnt. The figure is contained in information obtained from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of the United Kingdom on Thursday. Nigeria has continued to witness an increase in the rate of health workers migrating from […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says 28 presidential hopefuls purchased its nomination and expression of interest forms. In April, the ruling party fixed N30 million as the cost of its expression of interest form for the presidency, while N70 million was fixed for the nomination form. The cost of the APC presidential form sparked varied reactions […]

No fewer than 727 medical doctors trained in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom between December 2021 and May 2022, The Punch reports. The figure was contained in data obtained by our correspondent from the website of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom on the number of foreign doctors working in the UK. The data […]

Presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that he won the 2019 Presidential election but was robbed of the mandate by the All Progressive Congress (APC).  He alleged that the APC denied him.the mandate given to him by voters in 2019 using […]

A man has drowned while recreating the ‘king of the world’ pose from the Titanic with his girlfriend on a Turkish pier after the couple slipped and plunged into the sea. Furkan Ciftci and his girlfriend Mine Dinar, both 23, had stood at the edge of the Izmit Marina Pier in the north-western Turkish province […]

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi has pledged to turn Nigeria from a consuming nation to a producing economy if he is elected the president of the country in the 2023 presidential election. Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, made the pledge when he met with […]

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has re-echoed his support for Senate President Ahmed Lawan’s presidential ambition, noting that he is ready to be a “sweeper” at the Presidential Villa if the dream becomes a reality.  The Senate Chief Whip said this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “With Ahmed Lawan, I am ready to be the sweeper […]

The dollar exchanged at N600 on Monday at the parallel market, heightening fears of a further devaluation of the nation’s currency. The rate at the Importers and Exporters Window was, however, N415.75 on Monday, widening the exchange rate spread to N184.25. Naira has weakened in the parallel market due to increased speculations, falling external reserves, […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted owners of some Honda and Acura car models of how hackers have devised means of starting their engines wirelessly. According to Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC Director, Public Affairs, research has exposed a vulnerability used by nearby attackers to unlock these vehicles. Adinde said the vulnerability is a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) […]

A presidential aspirant under the All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu has stated that qualifying to be president of Nigeria doesn’t require strength but intelligence and smartness to overcome the numerous problems bedevilling the country. Tinubu stated this when he met with delegates of the APC ahead of the party primaries in Minna on Friday. He […]

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has pulled out of the 2023 presidential race to retain his ministerial seat. The former governor of Anambra State and member of the All Progressives Congress made his withdrawal known in a statement on Friday. In the statement, the minister said that after meeting with the President and […]

Ahead of the primaries of the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), aspirants are mopping up dollars across the country, leading to the further depreciation of the naira. Daily Trust reports that the dollar has hovered between N550 to N570 in the last two months before it jumped […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the plea to back down from its ongoing strike. The union, which met with Federal Government officials at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday night, maintained its stance on the industrial action. Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, had invited the […]

Nollywood actor and comedian, Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY, has opened up on his alleged beef with his colleague, Basketmouth. In an Ask Me Anything session he recently organised on his Instagram page, AY claimed that he didn’t have issues with Basketmouth but that the latter had “uncontrollable superiority complex.” AY noted that he […]