Beyond the Headlines
Nigeria’s oil production increased to 1,426,574 barrels per day in January 2024. The country’s drilling performance was published in the latest crude oil and condensate production data of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The figure represents the highest production level since March 2021 when output was 1,428,613 bpd. According to the NUPRC […]
Members of the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has given the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) 14 days to reverse its ban on sachet alcohol. The association, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), issued the threat during a protest at the NAFDAC headquarters […]
The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Faruk Abubakar, on Tuesday, said an average nurse in the country earns not less than N135,000 monthly. Abubakar said this while speaking on the controversy surrounding the nurses’ certificate verification on Tuesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Morning Brief. Nurses under the aegis of the […]
Faruk Abubakar, Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, has said that over 42,000 nurses left the country in the past three years. Abubakar expressed worry about the trend, emphasizing the crucial role nurses play in the healthcare sector. The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) had on Monday held […]
Suspected terrorists abducted an unspecified number of traders travelling along the Kaduna- Birnin Gwari Road A graphical illustration of gunmen. Bandits have killed two policemen, and two other residents and abducted about forty persons in an attack on Kasuwa-Daji Town under the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area in Zamfara State. Residents said the bandits invaded […]
China urged Israel on Tuesday to stop its military operation in the Gazan city of Rafah “as soon as possible”, warning of a “serious humanitarian disaster” there if fighting did not stop. “China follows closely the developments in the Rafah area, opposes and condemns actions that harm civilians and violate international law,” a foreign […]
Russia declared Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as “wanted” on criminal charges Tuesday in an unprecedented step against its Baltic neighbours. It was not immediately clear why Kallas, who has led Estonia since 2021, was listed as “wanted”. Relations between Moscow and EU member Estonia, which is home to a sizeable Russian minority, have […]
Mobile internet access in Senegal was suspended on Tuesday for the second time this month, the communications ministry said, after authorities banned a march against the delay to February’s presidential election. President Macky Sall’s decision to push back the February 25 vote until December plunged Senegal into a crisis which has seen three dead […]
Oluwole Oke, a member of the house of representatives, is proposing a bill to create three new states in the south-west geopolitical zone. Oke, who represents Obokun/Oriade federal constituency of Osun state, chairs the house committee on judiciary. The bill proposes to amend the first schedule, part I of the constitution to create three […]
The head of military junta in Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, has vowed that none of the three Sahel countries would rejoin the regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Gen. Tchiani made the vow in an interview he granted to RTN news channel in capital Niamey Monday. Daily Trust reports that […]
