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The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, BEN AKABUEZE, says current budget estimates are not sufficient to meet the needs and expectations of Nigerians....

Former President of Nigeria, OLUSEGUN OBASANJO has advised African youths to look beyond what the government can do for them and focus on developing their innate abilities. ...

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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor AKIN ABAYOMI has disclosed that his Ministry has observed that people have begun to have access to fake Covid-19 certificates.ABAYOMI, who disclosed this at a press briefing, promised to clampdown on such people.ABAYOMI also observed that Lagos residents who have tested positive to the virus have a tendency to to give fake contacts and phone numbers at the isolation facilities, making contact tracing diffic...

The Nigerian Medical Association has said Covid-19 vaccines being imported into the country must undergo a quick clinical trial before it is administered to citizens.The NMA President, Professor INNOCENT UJAH, while speaking on a monitored program said reactions to vaccines differ among different races.He added that he was not 100 percent certain whether any African countries were involved in the process of developing the vaccine....

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The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has “conditionally” suspended its strike, ending a protracted industrial action that started since March 2020.ASUU National President, BIODUN OGUNYEMI made the announcement during a briefing of the union in Abuja, explaining that the development followed consultations with its National Executive Council (NEC)....

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 until March 2021.He gave the approval at a meeting with members of the task force at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.At the meeting, President BUHARI received the end-of-year report of the task force led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), BOSS MUSTAPHA.He noted that the mandate of the PTF...

The United States lawmakers have agreed to a roughly 900 billion dollars package of pandemic aid, including money for businesses and unemployment programmes.The money is set to accompany a bigger 1.4 trillion dollars spending bill to fund government operations over the next nine months.The House of Representatives and the Senate are expected to vote on the package today before it will be signed into law by President DONALD TRUMP.The new pa...