Author: Sonia Onoja

  Chief Medical Director of the IBB Specialist Hospital in Minna, Niger State, Dr Bala Waziri, talks to CHIKA OTUCHIKERE about the challenges in the health sector and measures governments can take…

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has said that the Federal Government has resumed the payment of arrears to beneficiaries of the N-Power programme. N-Power is a scheme…

The Senate, on Thursday, okayed 11 Justices shortlisted for appointment to the Supreme Court. The confirmation of the 11 Justices came a day after the Senate received a letter from President Bola…

  The Nigerian Army Council has promoted a total of 47 Brigadier Generals to Major Generals. Also, 75 Colonels were elevated to the rank of Brigadier General.   Their promotion is coming…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated that Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent in the second quarter of 2023 going by the bureau’s newly adopted methodology. According to the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cut in transport fare by 50 percent for inter-state travellers and free train ride during the Yuletide celebrations. In a reaction…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday approved a 50 per cent slash in price of interstate transport fare for Nigerians traveling during the yuletide from Thursday, December 21, 2023 to January 4, 2024….

The scarcity of cash in banks has reportedly adversely affected economic activities in Southeast Nigeria as residents struggle to buy foodstuffs and other items for the Yuletide. Visits to commercial banks in…

The Enugu State Police Command has reiterated the ban on the sale and unauthorised use of firecrackers across the state ahead of Christmas. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer,…