NAFDAC APPROVES USE OF GARDASIL VACCINE FOR CERVICAL CANCER Terseer Jackson 17/10/2023. The Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control- NAFDAC, Christianah Mojisola Adeyeye has agreed with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency’s – NPHCDA – decision to introduce the off-label useContinue Reading
Some Nigerians on social media platform X, have been heaping praises on Garba Abubakar, former registrar-general of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), following his sack by President Bola Tinubu. On Friday, Tinubu approved the appointment of Hussani Magaji as the new director-general and CEO of CAC, thereby puttingContinue Reading
A ‘fake’ lawyer, who reportedly won all 26 of his cases despite having no legal training, has been arrested in Kenya. On Thursday, legal officiaThey said the man was a “masquerader” who had stolen the identity of a real lawyer, named Brian Mwenda Ntwigals in Kenya urged police toContinue Reading
As Western politicians line up to cheer on Israel as it starves and bombs Gaza’s civilians, it’s important to understand how we reached this point – and what it means for the future, writes Jonathan Cook. More than a decade ago, Israel started to understand that its occupationContinue Reading
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has announced that Adeyemi Adepoju has been reinstated as the postmaster general of the agency. On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu relieved Adepoju from his role and appointed Tola Odeyemi as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of NIPOST. The announcement made by AjuriContinue Reading
Bosun Tijani, the minister of communications, innovation and digital economy, has announced the launch of a programme to empower Nigerians with technology skills. Tijani, in a social media post on Friday, said the federal government intends to train three million technical talents (3MTT) by 2025 with the initiative. Continue Reading
President Bola Tinubu announced the appointment of the new governing and management team of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) for a renewable term of four years. The most unusual appointment was that of the Chairman of the FERMA Board, Engr. Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam, and 25-year-old first-class Mechanical EngineeringContinue Reading
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has been appointed as the Chairman of the African Governors’ Forum of the World Bank. The African Governors’ Forum is a platform for African finance ministers and central bank governors to engage with the World Bank on issues ofContinue Reading
The National Universities Commission, Saturday morning knocked the National Board for Technical Education over the introduction of a “top-up degree” scheme for graduates of Nigerian polytechnics at the level of Higher National Diploma. The universities’ commission in a statement signed by its acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki, noted thatContinue Reading
