The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has taken a firm stance against 86 government agencies and departments with outstanding electricity bills totaling N47.1 billion. In a notice issued on Monday, the AEDC has given these entities 10 days to settle their debts or face disconnection. Among the entities listed in the notice are the Presidential…
…We have gotten to a point of no return on CCMAS. …It is not possible to acquire a varsity certificate in Nigeria in six weeks. Nigeria’s educational system has long been plagued by challenges such as underfunding, lack of infrastructure, and low-quality delivery of learning. In an interview with African Health Report’s Gom Mirian, the…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi Nigerians are set to witness another wave of petrol scarcity as the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) announces the withdrawal of operations starting Monday, February 19th. In a letter addressed to the General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), NARTO’s National President, Yusuf Lawal Othman,…
NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos have seized a significant amount of Loud, a potent synthetic cannabis strain. The drug was hidden inside large speakers within a cargo shipment from New York, USA, as reported by NDLEA’s Media and Advocacy director, Femi Babafemi, in Abuja on Sunday. Officials from the NDLEA…
The implications of the search for greener pastures by health services providers in a country are grave. When a nation allows its workforce in the health sector to seek better remunerations and welfare generally, in foreign countries (Oyibo land), because it failed to do the needful for its people, the consequences could be telling. One…
Medicine dealers, manufacturers and importers have been directed to cease supplying drugs to Sabon Gari Market and Niger Street, both in Kano State. The directive was handed in to prevent the circulation of Substandard and falsified medicines in the market. Any organization found not complying with the directive risks losing the site license and product…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola and Kenya risk social unrest owing to the rising prices of fuel and other commodities. The AfDB gave the warning in its macroeconomic performance and outlook for 2024 wherein it projected the continent’s economy to grow higher than the 3.2 per cent recorded in…
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation is ranked 40% on the list of the most promiscuous countries in the world. Australia has also been identified as the most sexually liberated and open-minded country globally. In a global study that examined the sexual behaviours of 45 nations, Australia obtained the highest score on the Global Promiscuity Index….
The Minister of Works, David Umahi has called for a meeting with leading cement producers in the country to address the increasing prices of their product. A statement released by his Special Adviser on Media, Orji Uchenna Orji, in Abuja on Saturday, revealed the minister’s concern over the significant rise in the cost of cement,…
In the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Nigeria ranks 109th out of the 125 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2023 GHI scores. With a score of 28.3 on the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Nigeria has a level of hunger that is serious. Data for GHI scores, child stunting, and child wasting are from 1998–2002 (2000),…
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