FMC Nguru CMD loses twin daughters
….Medical community mourns Hadiya, Aisha Usman By Maryam Abdul-aziz Usman, Damaturu The Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Yobe State, Dr Hadiza Usman Abdullahi, has lost her twin daughters, Dr Hadiya Usman and Dr Aisha Usman, two days apart. Hadiya, a medical doctor, died on Friday, while her twin sister, Aisha, a […]
PMS Pump price reduction and the economy – my take away
IT is no longer news that the Federal Government has announced a reduction in the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol.
While I have made my position known on my Twitter handle that ‘a little over 10% reduction in cost of the final (crude oil) product (PMS) in response to an over 50% drop in the cost of the raw material is a good try and that Nigerians can get a better deal’, I am constrained to make this further intervention for a few reasons.
Deregulate petrol price now, or never
The Federal Government directive last week Monday to slash fuel prices is a sobre and welcome development which Nigerians should all applaud. The projected direct effect of this development is immediate reduction in the cost of public transport fares, transportation of goods and reduced production costs of goods and services. This ultimately should lead to reduction in prices of basic commodities, and increased buying power for the citizenry.
TEP Centre holds convention, tackles girl child challenges
As part of efforts to improve innovation and practice in secondary education in Nigeria,The Education Partnership Centre (TEP Centre) and Results for Development Institute (R4D) held its first convening of stakeholders in the secondary education space under the auspices of the Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education (PSISPE), addressing the challenges of the girl child and marginalised youths.
UI gets new Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Gbemisola Oke of the Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (UI), has been elected the 7th Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the institution
We are recovering stolen PVCs – INEC Chief Mike Igini
I did not come with any particular magic wand, except the power of information. My colleague and predecessor and the staff here did a good job. I am building on what he did through another strategy, mainly anchored on information dissemination and dissuading those who snatched PVCs to stop doing so because it would be useless and unhelpful. Such action, apart from being criminal under the laws, is also redundant given the fact that all PVCs will be useless without the presence of the owner of the card when used with the proposed card Readers.
