Author: Maimuna Bashir Isa

AS Nigerians continue to seek greener pastures outside the shores of the country, an investigation by this newspaper has revealed that no fewer than 281 Nigerian doctors are currently practising in other African countries. This is according to data obtained from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. Nigerian doctors are flooding these African countries and others despite the recent pronouncement by the World Health Organisation that Nigeria and 54 other countries face the most pressing health workforce challenges related to universal health coverage. The situation is said to be affecting the operations of the nation’s hospitals being deserted by…

NO fewer than two people have been killed and four others kidnapped by bandits in a fresh attack at Dogon Noma-Unguwan Gamu Community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Several residents of the community were said to have sustained injuries from gunshots during the attack. The police in the state are yet to confirm the attack, but a community leader at Kufana, Musa Yaro told News Point Nigeria that the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday when the bandits invaded the community and started shooting sporadically, during which they shot two people to death and took…

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hon. Zacch Adedeji as the new Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement on Thursday. He said the president directed the erstwhile FIRS Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, to proceed on 3 months of pre-retirement leave, as provisioned by Public Service Rule (PSR) 120243, with immediate effect, leading to his eventual retirement from service on December 8, 2023. Ngelale added that by these directives of the president, the new appointment took immediate effect. “Hon. Zacch Adedeji is hereby appointed in…

THE Central Bank of Nigeria may be asked to withdraw its audited annual financial reports which were released last month, according to findings by of this newspaper. This came after a team investigating the apex bank discovered discrepancies and irregularities in the financial accounts. In August, the CBN released its financial accounts for the years 2016 to 2022 amid an ongoing probe of the financial services sector regulator by a Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had on July 28 appointed a former Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Jim Obazee, as Special Investigator…