Usman Mustapha

2 days ago | icirnigeria.org | Mustapha Usman |Usman Mustapha

THE Nigerian government has approved the establishment of MediPool, a new group purchasing organisation that will guarantee a reduction in the costs of drugs and other medical consumables in Nigeria. According to the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, the approval was made during the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja on Monday, May 12.

3 days ago | icirnigeria.org | Mustapha Usman |Usman Mustapha

THE United Kingdom (UK) has announced plans to end overseas recruitments for social care workers as part of a strategy to overhaul its immigration system. The new policy, outlined in the recently released white paper titled “Restoring Control over the Immigration System”, showed that the UK aimed to curb the increasing number of migrant workers in the social care sector and address long-term demographic challenges.

3 days ago | icirnigeria.org | Mustapha Usman |Usman Mustapha

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it had launched an investigation into numerous complaints regarding the recently released 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The results, announced last Friday, May 9, have sparked reactions, with many candidates and Nigerians expressing dissatisfaction with the conduct of the examination on social media. They also alleged that there were irregularities in the results released by the examination body.

3 days ago | icirnigeria.org | Mustapha Usman |Usman Mustapha

UNITED States President Donald Trump has announced his intention to sign an executive order aimed at significantly reducing the prices of prescription drugs in the United States. In a statement on Sunday, May 11, via its TruthSocial handle, Trump said the move would lower drug prices between 30 per cent and 80 per cent, addressing what he described as a long-standing disparity in global medication costs.

3 days ago | icirnigeria.org | Mustapha Usman |Usman Mustapha

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has elected a professor, Chris Piwuna, as its new national president. A consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital and Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos, Piwuna succeeds Emmanuel Osodeke, another Professor of Soil Science from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, whose tenure began in 2021.