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Stakeholders By David Adeoye  Ibadan, Dec. 16, 2022 – Dr Bode Ladipo, the Oyo State Commissioner for Health, has called for concerted efforts of stakeholders to address the issue of brain drain in the nation’s health sector.  Ladipo made the call at a Town Hall Meeting on “Primary Healthcare Services” organised by Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) in collaboration with the International Budget Partnership in Ibadan on Thursday.  According to him, the issue of brain drain needs to be looked at holistically governments. “There is need for concerted efforts of …

Abuja, Dec.16, 2022 – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has so far recovered over N30 billion out of the N109 billion allegedly stolen by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed. Its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this at the ministerial media briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Idris was arrested by the EFCC on allegation of frauds initially estimated at N84 billion He was suspended from office by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to enable him to face investigation, Idris, was said to have …

Abuja, Dec. 16, 2022 – A  High Court in the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja has declined to grant an application seeking to stop the new cash withdrawal policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The application was brought before Justice Sylvanus Oriji by 10 named applicants for themselves and on behalf of 20 million  Nigerians who do not use banks. Details of the court processes were obtained by journalists in Abuja on Thursday, although the court took the decision on Tuesday, President Buhari, Attorney-General of the Federation, Central Bank …

Abeokuta, Dec. 15, 2020 – A 49-year-old man, Ganiyu Shina, was on Thursday arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly bathing with blood at a community river in the Kotopo area of Odeda Local Government. The suspect was said to have been arrested at No 4, Oguji Street, Obantoko Abeokuta. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Command’s Spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on in Abeokuta Thursday. He said the suspect was arrested when members of the community sighted him at the river bank where he parked his Nissan commercial …

Kano, Dec. 15, 2022 – The High Court of Shariah in Kano State has sentenced an Islamic preacher, Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara ,to death by hanging after convicting him for blasphemy. The Judge, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, convicted him on Thursday after finding him guilty of all the four charges brought against him by state prosecutors. He was accused of inciting riots in kano State through his alleged blasphemous preaching. BBC Hausa reports that Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara reacted to the judgment, saying he was not guilty as charged. The judge, …

Abuja, Dec.15, 2022 – The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmad, has called for adequate protection of whistleblowers to foster the culture in Nigeria. Zainab told journalists in Abuja on Wednesday after presenting the draft of new Whistleblowing Bill to the Federal Executive Council that the current policy had lost its viability and momentum. She said that there was an outreach to all six geo-political zones and the singular and prevalent outcome from those surveys was that people were concerned about their safety. The minister said that the current Whistleblowing Act …