Federal government directs chief medical officers not to pay any doctors out on strike

NIGERIA'S health ministry has written to all the chief medical directors of the country's federal tertiary hospitals asking to immediately invoke the of no-work: no-pay policy in relation to the striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (Nard).

 

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Rano Local Government Area of Kano State passes by-law preventing opposite sexes from meeting at night

RANO Local Government Area of Kano State has taken the sharia laws operational within the state to new lengths with the enactment of a bye-law banning men and women from meeting together in public places at night.

 

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Nigeria and Russia sign military cooperative agreement involving the supply of weapons and training

NIGERIA and Russia have signed a military cooperation agreement that involves Moscow supplying Abuja with equipment and training its troops as part of an expanded cooperative agreement between the two nations.

 

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Rohr names 30-man squad for back-to-back World Cup qualifiers against Liberia and Cape Verde

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has named a 30-man squad for the forthcoming 2022 World Cup Qualifiers against Liberia and Cape Verde next month that does not include the injured winger Samuel Chukwueze.

 

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10 sectors of the Nigerian economy that should be ring-fenced with zero-interest loans for the next five years under an ambitious post-Covid recovery plan

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Food production
[2] Cash crop production
[3] Pharmaceutical production
[4] Machinery manufacturing
[5] Road construction 
[6] Water provision
[7] Power generation and distribution
[8] Animal husbandry
[9] Clothing, textiles and fashion
[10] Assembly plants

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FBI trains 50 Nigerian investigators on how to prosecute cryptocurrency-related crimes

OVER 50 Nigerian investigators and prosecutors have been trained by the USA authorities to tackle the growing menace of cryptocurrency-enabled organised crime according to a recent update from the US Department of Justice (USJD).

 

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Akwa Ibom to demolish churches of clergymen who oppose Governor Udom's succession plan

AKWA Ibom State government has marked a popular church in Uyo known as Holy Ghost Ambassadors Ministry International for demolition after its clergyman Pastor Andy Nyeneime spoke against Governor Udom Emmanuel's plans to foist a successor on the state.

 

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Nigeria's GDP grew by a surprising 5% during the second quarter of 2021 as recovery begins

NIGERIA'S gross domestic product (GDP) grew by a surprising 5% during the second quarter of 2021 according to data just released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) indicating that the country is recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

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Northern Youths Council of Nigeria give Buhari 14 days to reveal identity of terrorism sponsors

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been given 14 days to unveil the identity of the sponsors of Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa (Iswap)  after a former military intelligence officer revealed that the government has all this information.

 

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Kabul airport rocked by explosion as hardliners oppose allowing opponents to escape

AFGHANISTAN'S international airport in Kabul has been rocked by a large explosion thought to be the handiwork of Islamic terrorists sympathetic to the Taliban and opposed to the policy of letting those at odds with its strict Sharia law leave the country.

 

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