The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commended Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State for being the first Governor in the country to pay the new hazard allowance and the newly adjusted Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) to resident doctors. NARD, in a letter co-signed by its President, Dr Dele Olaitan and Dr. Anaduaka Obinna, and dated June 1, 2024, the association noted that the payment of the hazard allowance and adjusted CONMESS would...

No fewer than 6,000 Nigerian refugees from Chad and Cameroon would be repatriated. Tijani Ahmed, Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugee, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday at the end of a Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees. Ahmed said 6,000 people would be returned from Chad while the number to be repatriated from Cameroon would be determined before the start...

Climate change, unsustainable agricultural practices, and population growth have been identified as challenges facing the Northern region. This is contained in a communique read by the chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum and governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya at the end of the NSGF meeting in Kaduna on Tuesday. Part of the communique reads: “The Forum noted that Human Capital Development is critical to the progress and prosperity of the region and...

Nigerians are facing a tough decision as the government threatens a complete blackout if a proposed increase in electricity tariffs is not accepted. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, warned that without the tariff hike, the country’s power grid could collapse within the next three months, leading to a total blackout. “The entire sector will be grounded if we don’t increase the tariff. With what we have now in the next three months, the entire...

The House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to halt the recently announced increase in electricity tariffs. This action follows concerns raised by lawmakers regarding the fairness and timing of the price hike. On 3rd April, NERC approved an increase in electricity tariffs for Band A customers, those classified as receiving at least 20 hours of daily power supply. The House of Representatives, however, argues that the process lacked transparency...