By  Chioma Obinna LAGOS—The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) yesterday lauded the approval of a new salary structure for Medical and Dental Practitioners,  known as consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) by the Federal Government, describing it as  a “progressive gesture.” In a statement issued in Lagos and co-signed by the President and Secretary-General of NMA,  Dr. […]

By Evelyn Usman, Ifunaya Okafor & Chioma Nwafor LAGOS—A 46-year-old man has been arrested for impersonating the late Chief Executive Officer of ASCON Oil, Mr. George Enemuo, who died in the 2005 Bellview air crash with other 116 passengers on board the ill-fated aircraft. The suspect, whom police identified as Mr. Ugochukwu Ernest, was discovered […]

Fellow Nigerians, as we mark Nigeria’s 49th year of nationhood, this day offers us an opportunity for celebration, reflection, and rededication: celebration of that historic day when we joined the league of free nations; reflection on how far we still have to go to give full meaning to our freedom, and the commitment we must continue to provide for the actualization of the nation’s dream of becoming one of the world’s twenty largest economies by the year 2020.

General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Enugu, Major General Mohammed D. Isah, has called on soldiers to remain vigilant at their duty posts, while pledging the determination of the army to checkmate the current unrest by militants in the Niger Delta.

CHAIRMAN of the Ughelli Security Management Committee, Chief Godwin Asaboro has denied that the Ughelli vigilante was involved in the crisis that bedeviled Irri community, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State as the people of Oleh said they were not having any rift with their Irri neighbours.