NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL OF NIGERIA

NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL OF NIGERIAThe Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria is a category B parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Health established by Decree No. 89, 1979 now known as Nursing and Midwifery (Registration etc) act. Cap. N143, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. The Council is a body Corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.

Insecurity: Nigeria, US Face-off In Whose Interest?

LEADERSHIP’s United States Bureau Chief, ABIODUN OLUWAROTIMI, writes on the possible political and diplomatic implications that the recent federal government’s termination of the US military training of the Nigerian Army could have on both nations

The federal government had three weeks ago terminated a contract it gave to military trainers from the United States. These trainings were to ensure that a battalion of the Nigerian Army was trained on how to combat insurgency in Nigeria. Well, the US has also stopped buying Nigeria’s oil. Accusations and counter accusations have been widely reported from both governments in its aftermath. Monitors predict that this could lead to a diplomatic rows between both nations, predictions both countries have dispelled.

Is the Nigerian Civil Service Irreformable?

I have been asked to choose a topic for reflection as my 55th birthday gift to the enlarging constituency of reform of the public sector.  The tone of the title I have chosen would appear rhetorical and even somewhat provocative especially given the evidence of the short, medium and long-term reform interventions that have littered, especially, the evolutionary path of the Nigerian Civil Service (NCS) since 1954. To ask whether the NCS is irreformable could therefore be seen, and rightly so, as casting some form of doubt on Nigeria’s past reform efforts.

A Message for Obasanjo

 

The simplest composition to write about Nigeria is to do a narrative about the person of President Olusegun Obasanjo. It is instructive that this man goes by many identities.  He could also pass for Pastor Obasanjo or letter writer Matthew. It is difficult to pin him down. But I have made a discovery. He is best suited to the character of Nanga the politician in A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe, 

7 'Dumpster Puppies' nursed back to health by Nevada shelter

Seven puppies that were left for dead in a California dumpster fully recovered and found homes for life, thanks to a Nevada shelter whose staff rallied to save their lives.

The 2-day-old orphaned animals, nicknamed the "Dumpster Puppies," remained attached to their umbilical cords when they were found on Oct. 29 in Susanville, California. Staff from the Pet Network Humane Society in Incline Village, Nevada, drove at least two hours each way to try to save them after receiving a call from a California shelter.

SIKIRATU SINDODO ROMANCES US BASED PROMOTER, TOLAD PROMOTIONS

Chicago based show promoter, Tolad Promotions ha been identified to be the sole facilitator of the new move the Nollywood actress, Sikiratu Sindodo is set to release, Wurawunmi. Sources who hinted us of this development said that for months now, Sikiratu and Tolad have been sighted in some cities in the United States of America doing what’s up together on a movie they were said to be doing together.

Banky W, Wizkid In Alleged US Fraud Scandal

According to reports gathered by Nigeriafilms.com, some angry US fans have alleged Banky W and his EME team of defrauding them of their hard earn money over the sudden cancellation of EME US tour that should have been held in California in August.

As we gathered, after Banky W cancelled his show in July 2011, efforts by some fans, who had earlier bought ticket for the show, to get refund of their money or get the show rescheduled as promised by EME has been successful.