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Mar

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2023

Another 25 Nigerian nurses face forgery charges in the US

Education, Health, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsAmerica, Education, Health, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, Nurses

Following high-end investigations, the Texas Board of Nursing, United States, has announced that it has charged no fewer than 75 nurses to court over issues bordering on falsification of certificates. On the list posted on the website of the board, 43 of the names were identified as nurses of Nigerian origin. The PUNCH had in February reported that 18 Nigerian nurses in the US were charged with certificate forgery. The US authorities had said that list would be updated continuously as the board received additional information about “the fraudulent diploma/transcript scheme.” Checks by our correspondent revealed that the list had grown…

Mar

13

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Dad says daughter was preparing for master’s in UK before dying in a train crash

Lifestyle, MetroAccident, Education, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, RIP, Security

By Dayo Oyewo Oreoluwa Aina, a National Youth Service Corps member, was one of those who died on Thursday when a Lagos State Government staff bus collided with a train in the PWD area of the state. In this interview with DAYO OYEWO, her father, Femi Aina, speaks on her daughter’s plans after the service year How did you receive the news of your daughter’s death? I was in Abuja watching the television around 9 am when I saw the incident. An hour after that, I got a call that my daughter was involved in it. That was when I…

Mar

13

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Governors give Malami, Emefiele Tuesday ultimatum to obey Supreme Court

Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, Abubakar Malami, Economy, Emefiele, Lifestyle, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Wodu and Raphael Ede State governments, which sued the Federal Government on the naira redesign policy, have given the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, till Tuesday to comply with the order of the Supreme Court on the currency. The state governments threatened to file contempt charges against the two top officials on Tuesday should they fail to obey the apex court which ordered that the old N1,000, N500, and N200 should be in circulation alongside the new notes till December 31, 2023. Over one week…

Mar

12

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tenth National Assembly: A Fair Bargain For South East Overdue

Abia State, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, National Assembly, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Senate

By Ifeanyi Okali It was Holly Black who said, "We don't need to be good. But let's try to be fair". Since the beginning of the current political dispensation in 1999, there is arguably any region that has been unfairly treated like the South East region of the country. It has again resonated with an age-long animosity, strife and suspicion, leading to a heightened campaign for self-determination and balkanisation in sheer contrast to the dreams of our founding fathers. Apart from being the only zone that has not produced an elected president since Independence in 1960, South East has in…

Mar

11

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Meet the four frontrunners in Enugu guber race, their chances

Opinion, Politics2023, Enugu State, Frank Nweke, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Outsiders and resident political neophytes have quaked and shivered over the noises generated by the activities of social media crusaders on who leads the pack of four frontrunners in the governorship election of Enugu State. The attendant disturbances have snowballed into name calling and charges, often accentuated in denial of profiles of the contenders, to score some cheap points. Those who had been of the Ebeano political organization now deny their membership and join in clubbing it to the ground. The ones who are kit and kin and thorough bred Gburugburu is swearing to high heavens like Peter before the…