Tag: Nigeria
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What should we tell the President? (1) – By Muhammad Sagagi
By Muhammad Sagagi There is certainly a seeming lack of policy coordination in reform implementation (both vertically – between FG and other tiers, and horizontally
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Nigeria is on the road to Haiti, not Venezuela – By Owei Lakemfa
THE Nigerian masses are troubled. They are hungry, angry and losing faith in civil rule. The times call for leaders at all levels to be at work, seeking solutions. Unfortunately, many government officials are spending scarce resources and precious time carrying out propaganda.
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Nigeria missing as 11 African countries project strong growth in 2024
Nigeria is missing from the list of 11 African countries expected to experience strong growth in 2024. According to the African Development Bank Group, in its latest Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook of the continent, Africa will account for 11 of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, but Nigeria is not expected to be one…
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Nigeria, Egypt lose matches at ongoing ITTF World Championship
Two of Africa’s representatives, Nigeria and Egypt have suffered defeats at the ongoing ITTF World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) taking place in Busan, South Korea. A statement by Olalekan Okunsan, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nigeria Table
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Presidential or parliamentary system: What can work for Nigeria? – By Etim Etim
Our endless search for solutions to our self-inflicted problems has become comical. We appear to be in a merry-go-around, trying one idea after the other. Restructuring. State Police. Fiscal Federalism. More States. Float the Naira. Managed Float. Privatization. Structural Adjustment. Sovereign National Conference
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Nigerians cry out over quackery in Health Sector
…it’s a major cause of disabilities, PWDs lament Federal and state governments and regulatory agencies have been tasked to adopt more stringent measures to curb medical quackery bedevilling Nigeria’s health sector. The President of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Dr. Casimir Ifeanyi, led the call for the Federal Ministry of Health…
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Insecurity: Nigerian Senate okays mandatory certification of citizens, after meeting Ministers, Service Chiefs
As a way of tackling the menace of identity fraud, multiple identity and insecurity in Nigeria, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Interior, is to make registration and certification of Nigerian citizens compulsory. This was part of the resolution reached during the interface between the Nigerian Senate, the Service Chiefs, Heads of Security Agencies…
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JAPA: 15,000 nurses left Nigeria in 2023, Nursing council Registrar, reveals
The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Faruk Abubakar has said that over 15,000 nurses and midwives left the country in 2023 to seek greener pastures. Abubakar said this while speaking on the controversy surrounding the nurses’ certificate verification on Tuesday’s edition of a national tv station. The nurses staged protests at…
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Nigeria urgently needs divine deliverance – Pastor Adeboye
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says Nigeria’s problems require spiritual solution. Adeboye, who was in Kaduna, expressed confidence that though the problems seem to have persisted and in some areas getting worse, they will not last forever. He also said his tour of Nigeria, which brought him…
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Omah Lay reveals what will happen to the world if Nigeria wins AFCON
Popular Nigerian singer, Stanley Omah Didia fondly called Omah Lay had expressed his belief that the world would shake if the Super Eagles of Nigeria emerged victorious in the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON).