The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commenced a five-day warning strike today, following the expiration of its fresh ultimatum to the Federal Government over unpaid allowances, salary arrears, and unresolved welfare issues. This was disclosed in a statement and signed by NARD Secretary-General, Doctor Oluwasola Odunbaku. Odunbaku stated that the grievances are the […]
Nigeria’s First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has unveiled the Green Nigeria Challenge, a nationwide competition to combat desertification and poor sanitation. The programme features three categories: households in eleven northern states will plant trees for a twenty million naira prize; community groups nationwide will reclaim dump sites for fifty million naira; and states, excluding Enugu, […]
Christian Eriksen has reached an agreement to join Wolfsburg this season. The Denmark midfielder became a free agent this summer, after his contract with Manchester United expired. Eriksen already turned down an offer to join Championship side Wrexham. Wolfsburg have now agreed personal terms with Eriksen, who flew from Odense to Braunschweig to finalise the […]
Poland has introduced restrictions on air traffic along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine amid increased tensions, a day after multiple drone incursions into the NATO member’s airspace. Poland shot down suspected Russian drones in its airspace early with the backing of aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the […]
A manhunt is ongoing for the killer of conservative activist and influential Trump ally Charlie Kirk, who died after being shot at a university in Utah. Two people who were arrested have since been released, with officials saying they have no current ties to the shooting. It’s not clear if police have any leads on […]
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has stated that Ghana has agreed to accept West African nationals who were deported from the United States (US). Mahama later confirmed that Ghana had already received a group of fourteen deportees, including Nigerians and one Gambian. He further said that the deportees had already been facilitated a return to […]
Reactions have trailed President Tinubu’s commitment to tackling the persistent power supply crisis crippling the nation’s hospitals. Some residents of Ibadan, in a chat with Dominion News, commended the president for the initiative and stated that it is a step in the right direction. While some questioned its execution, adding that most political office holders […]
As Nigerian tertiary institutions continue to experience certain ills from their students, with most of these atrocities committed by what the majority described as underage, revisiting the eighteen years as the appropriate age for the entrance into tertiary institutions has been stated as one of the ways to correct these ills. A lecturer, Doctor Falilat […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has lamented the electoral management body’s inability to sanction political parties, candidates, and their supporters who engage in premature campaigns ahead of elections. According to Yakubu, while the Electoral Act prescribed a fine of Five hundred thousand naira for campaigns conducted less than twenty-four […]
The Federal Ministry of Education has published the full list of twenty-six trade areas approved under its revised technical-education curriculum. According to a statement signed by the Ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Bon Folasade, the revised curriculum will convert all Federal Science and Technical Colleges to Federal Technical Colleges from the 2025/2026 academic […]