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Minister of health, Prof. Ali Pate has confirmed that the Federal Government has made provisions for retired medical providers in non-administrative positions to be re-engaged on contractual basis.   Addressing newsmen during a visit to the National Hospital Abuja, the minister stated that the decision became necessary due to the …

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 21-year-old suspected vandal, Ibrahim Ashafa, for removing metal drain ducts on the Third Mainland Bridge.   The suspect was caught about 4:30 a.m. on Monday, August 28, 2023 by operatives on patrol of the bridge.    …

Megan Imirowicz, an American teen who fatally doused her father with chemical gutter cleaner because he was too drunk to take her to a hair appointment, was freed from jail after spending just over 500 days behind bars. Imirowicz, from Michigan, was facing a life sentence in connection with death …

The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has urged the government to retain retired consultants to tackle the brain drain in the health sector.   The professional group gave the advice while expressing concern over the massive brain drain in the nation’s health sector. It said many consultants …

Abuja, Nigeria – Adeola Ehi had been looking forward to taking her two-year-old daughter home to meet her grandparents for the first time this Christmas. But increased household spending which included an unexpected rent increase made the 43-year-old communications consultant shelve the planned journey. In Nigeria, where more than half …

A family evacuated from the floods has not received the promised tents or mosquito nets. Credit: Altaf Hussain Jamali/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Sunday, September 25, 2022 Inter Press Service Karachi, Sep 25 (IPS) – Last week, for at least six days, hundreds of flood-affected villagers from around the outskirts of …

If a country’s strength is its people, then Russia might be in trouble. According to official statistics, nearly four million Russians left the country in the first three months of 2022. “We were very afraid of being questioned at the Russian border as we heard they didn’t want to let IT …