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The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has cancelled remedial programmes in nursing training institutions in Nigeria. The NMCN disclosed this in a memo by the office of the Secretary-General/Registrar of the council. The memo, with reference number N&MCN/SG/RO/CIR/24/VOL.5/54, was titled, “Abolishing the remedial…

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission should not have been in existence, stressing that the commission currently operates outside the Constitution. Agbakoba stated that since the EFCC is a…

The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit has banned cash withdrawals from accounts belonging to the Federal Government, all its agencies, and also state and local governments. This, the NFIU said, would take effect from March 1, 2023, adding that any government official that withdraws…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said it has procured no fewer than 43 Truscan scanning equipment worth $2,451,000 to check the quality and quantity of drugs produced and imported into the country. It also said it would reach…

The Nigerian Medical Association, South-South Zone, has threatened to shut down all hospitals in Delta State to protest against the murder of one of its members, Dr. Uyi Iluobe, by gunmen who attacked his hospital, Olive Clinic, at Oghareki, in the Ethiope…