Nigeria has 24,000 practicing doctors – NMA
Only about 24,000 of the 91,079 registered medical doctors between 1963 and 2021 in Nigeria, are currently serving the country’s ...
Month: October 2022
67 days after hajj, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau pilgrims’ agencies yet to refund Nigerians who missed 2022 pilgrimage – CSO
The Independent Hajj Reporters (IHR) has said it's worrisome that 67 days after the completion of 2022 hajj operations, the ...
Kanye West apologises over anti-semitic remarks
Kanye West, an American musician, has apologized to those who were offended by his recent round of anti-Semitic remarks. When ...
Troops kill bandits near Kaduna-Abuja highway
Troops of the Nigerian Army Operation Whirl Punch have killed armed bandits in a location several kilometers off Kaduna-Abuja Road. ...
BREAKING: Liz Truss resigns after 44 days as British prime minister
British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation Thursday after six turbulent weeks in office, making her one of the ...
10 killed in Abeokuta tanker explosion
Fire from a tanker explosion has burnt 10 persons to death along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday. Witnesses said the ...
A professor’s pay-slip and lessons from ASUU strike, by Azu Ishiekwene
After eight months’ strike, one of the longest in the country’s history, university teachers finally returned, at gunpoint, to the ...
Ekiti speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, dies at 66
The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye, is dead. He died on Wednesday night, according to family ...
Court orders probe of two heads of Kano agencies
A Magsitrate Court in Kano has ordered the probe of the Managing Directors of the Kano State Urban Planning and ...
Maasai sale starving cattle for pittance over drought in Kenya
Cows too weak to stand, with sores on their hides from lying on the ground and ribcages protruding from their ...