HEALTH

50 % of foreign-trained Nigerian doctors fail practice test

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

More than half of the foreign-trained doctors and dentists failed examinations to secure practice licence of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, this year. A total 334 doctors and seven dentists who graduated from medical colleges outside Nigeria sat for the assessment this year, Daily

NEWS

Oil depot explosion ‘kills nine’ in Calabar

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

Nine persons reportedly died in an explosion that occurred at Linc Oil and Gas tank farm in Calabar, Cross River state, on Sunday morning. Hafiz Inuwa, the state commissioner of police, confirmed this in an interview with NAN at the scene of the incident. Inuwa said “several other persons” sustained injuries in the explosion and […]

NEWS

Niger govt. donates N30m to survivors of Suleja flood

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

Niger Governor Abubakar Bello has approved N30 million to the state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) to provide relief materials to survivors of Suleja flood. A statement by the governor’s chief press secretary, Jibrin Ndace, in Minna on Sunday said that the governor gave the approval when he visited some flooded areas in Suleja and Lapai […]

Sport

Roger Federer trounces Cilic for 8th Wimbledon title

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

Swiss Roger Federer has clinched his eighth Wimbledon title, ruthlessly beating Croatian Marin Cilic 6-3 6-1 6-4. For Federer, age was not an issue as he dominated his  opponent, seven years younger in all the three sets. The Swiss ace who has now increased his Grand Slam trophies to 19, is 35 years old.

HEALTH

CSO Urges FG To Raise Taxes, Prices Of Tobacco To Reduce Consumption

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on the Federal Government to raise taxes on and prices of tobacco to reduce its consumption in the country. Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, Executive Director, CISLAC said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, insisting that such measure had been implemented in countries where the tobacco […]

NEWS

Boko Haram: Group deploys 1, 730 personnel to Borno

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

A humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Sunday said it had deployed more than 1, 700 personnel to Borno to provide emergency support services to communities ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency. The organisation also known as ‘MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES’, said it was providing intervention in the areas of health care delivery, food and nutrition […]