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Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu on Friday ordered the immediate arrest and suspension of three federal Permanent Secretaries over their alleged involvement in the operation of another fake agency uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, who disclosed this to newsmen after briefing President Tinubu on the latest findings from the commission’s ongoing investigation into fictitious agencies and weaknesses in public sector processes.named the affected Permanent Secretaries to include M S Danjuma, Engr Nadungu Gagare, and Richard Pheelangwah.The Commision’s latest discovery is coming barely few weeks after exposing…

MedServe, the healthcare subsidiary of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), has entered into a five-year agreement with Roche Diagnostics to deploy automated laboratory systems across 12 sites in Nigeria. The partnership forms part of the first phase of MedServe’s wider programme to expand access to modern diagnostic and oncology services, with installation at the first laboratory site already underway. The initiative comes amid growing concerns over healthcare funding and the need for African countries to strengthen domestic healthcare systems and reduce dependence on external capacity. Under the agreement, Roche Diagnostics will provide laboratory systems and implementation support, while MedServe…

Things don’t get less complex once the Earth gets involved. The acoustic shock waves may strike soft soil, hard rock, various forms of human infrastructure, and so on, each of which will affect how energy gets transmitted. Some of the energy gets converted into what are called Rayleigh waves, where the energy is transmitted as a wave that moves along the Earth’s surface. The rest go deeper, forming waves that may move through some combination of loose material or the underlying bedrock. To extract information about the Earth’s structure, you have to understand what the seismic waves from a thunderclap…

Ofcom would not comment on any investigation but said it treated complaints in strict confidence and would not “publicly confirm the identities of individuals concerned”.Farage claims reporters from Sky News approached his daughter’s home while he was out of the country.Sky News says it did not interact with his daughter, and was trying to ask Farage about a £5m gift he received from cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne before he entered Parliament in July 2024.A parliamentary standards investigation into whether the gift broke any rules resumed earlier this month after Farage was re-elected as MP for Clacton following a by-election he…

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has inaugurated sub-committees ahead of the 67th Regular National Council on Health (NCH), urging members to ensure that their recommendations are evidence-based, practical and focused on improving healthcare delivery in Nigeria. The ministry said this on Thursday during the inaugural meeting of the sub-committees in Abuja. The 67th NCH is scheduled to hold from 16 to 20 November in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The council, which will bring together key stakeholders across the federal and state health sectors, will be held under the theme, “From Commitment to Results: Delivering Quality and Equitable Healthcare…

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of three permanent secretaries over the discovery of a new fake agency. The phoney agency, known as the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, was said to be operating within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The suspected permanent secretaries are M.S. Danjuma, Nadungu Gagare, and Richard P. Pheelangwah. The president also ordered the immediate arrest of the alleged promoter of the fake agency, George Buchi Nwabueze. The chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Musa Aliyu, who disclosed…

Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare made an instant impact for Ajax, scoring and providing an assist as the Dutch giants came from behind to beat FC Sion 4-2 in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League play-off tie in Switzerland. Ajax found themselves trailing at half-time but produced a dominant second-half display, scoring all four of their goals after the break, with four different players getting on the scoresheet. Marcos Leonardo had Ajax’s first two clear-cut opportunities of the contest, but it was Sion who broke the deadlock in the 34th minute. Franck Surdez found space inside the box…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is finally setting sail for home theaters. The blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s epic poem will be available to rent and purchase on digital beginning Nov. 17, following its theatrical debut on July 17. The film is also slated to arrive on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray the same day. The digital release comes four months after Nolan’s nearly three-hour epic opened exclusively in theaters, marking a substantially longer theatrical window than most major studio releases. Nolan…

At least 15 people have been killed in a Russian double-tap drone strike on a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials have said.Another 130 people – including 23 children – were injured in the city’s biggest mall. More people are also reported to be trapped in the rubble.President Volodymyr Zelensky said the “absolutely cynical and despicable” daytime attack in his home town was carried out in “two waves”, with the second strike targeting emergency workers at the scene.Dramatic footage verified by the BBC shows the second drone hitting the already burning shopping centre in…

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, ordered the immediate arrest of George Nwabueze and the suspension of three permanent secretaries — M.S Danjuma, Nadungu Gagare, and Richard Pheelangwah. BusinessDay gathered that George Buchi Nwabueze is allegedly operating as head of a “National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office”, another “fake agency”, recently uncovered by the federal government The directives, BusinessDay gathered, followed the discovery of the fake agency in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF. Musa Adamu Aliyu, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC disclosed this…