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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected proposed legislation seeking a six-month jail term or ₦300,000 fine for healthcare professionals over delays in emergency medical treatment. This is contained in a statement issued by the NARD President, Dr Ogar Idoko, in Calabar today. Idoko described the proposed amendment to t...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has explained how candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions can check the approved O’Level and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) subject requirements for their preferred courses. The board advised candidates to verify their subject combinations b...
•Tinubu Nigeria’s external debt stock increased to $145.02 billion at the end of 2025, representing a 6.6 per cent rise from the previous year, according to the World Bank’s International Debt Report 2026. ‎‎The report released yesterday, provides a detailed assessment of external borrowing among low- and middle-income countries, reports Daily...
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•Super Eagles The only time Nigeria and Morocco senior national teams have clashed in Morocco’s administrative capital, Rabat, Nigeria dug their feet into the ground to earn a scoreless draw, win the ensuing penalty shootout and secure qualification to the 14th Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cote d’Ivoire. The date was Saturday, August 28, 19...
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The Senate has rejected calls for the revival of Nigeria Air, while urging the federal government to renegotiate and enforce Nigeria’s Bilateral Air Services Agreement with China to allow Nigerian airlines to operate direct flights to the Asian country. The lawmakers said the existing aviation arrangement needs to be reviewed to address the im...
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•Health care workers Africa’s latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 5,300 people, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the continent’s top health agency. In mid-May, the DRC declared its 17th Ebola outbreak, a deadly disease transmitted through contact with bodily fluids that causes haemorrhagic feve...
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•Students hold signs as they block the entrance of Montaigne High School in Paris, today French students returning from autumn holidays blocked some high schools today, determined to reinvigorate a protest movement despite government concessions during the break. Just one percent of France’s 3,700 high schools for 15 to 18-year-olds called ly...
