Auwal Abdul-Jabbar

Auwal Abdul-Jabbar

Reps ask INEC to clean up voter’s register

The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to clean up the voter’s register by removing names of dead people.NAN report dislosed that this followed the adoption of a motion by Mr Leke...

Reps approve N22.7trn loan for FG

The House of Representatives has approved the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the N22.7 trillion loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) extended to the federal government under its Ways and Means provision.The Ways and...

NCAC tasks Nigerians on peaceful coexistence

The National Council of Arts and Culture, (NCAC) says the time is now for Nigerians to place priority on peaceful coexistence and cultural unity for the country to overcome it challenges.The Director-General of the Council, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe...

IPAC seeks review of Nigeria’s electoral process

The Chairman Inter-Party Advisory Council, (IPAC) Alhaji Yagbagi Sani has urged the political class to review what happened during this year’s general election with a view to finding out what needed to be sustained or changed in deepening...

Sudan: 637 Nigerian students arrives safe border

The Ministry, of Foreign Affairs and that of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development have confirmed that the first batch of 13 buses conveying six hundred and thirty seven (637) stranded Nigerian students, had arrived the identified...

WHO launches initiative to address COVID-19 cases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has launched the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative, (PRET) an integrated approach to pandemic planning, by focusing on groups of pathogens.Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said this during an...

Removal of fuel subsidy suspended

The National Economic Council, (NEC) has suspended the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products which was initially scheduled for June after the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.Briefing State House Correspondents at the end of Thursday’s meeting,...

Abike Dabiri-Erewa: FG to evacuate students stranded in Sudan

The Chairperson and CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has insisted that the Federal Government is making “tremendous progress” to evacuate stranded Nigerian students in conflict-hit Sudan.Dabiri-Erewa, made the disclosure on Monday that every Nigerian student...

Stakeholders advocate increased spending for health sector

Some stakeholders in the health sector have urged governments to close the gaps in the health sector through monetary and non-monetary reforms incentives to encourage qualified health workers to work in rural areas. The call was made by...

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