A Consultant Ocular Oncologist, Dr Abia Nzelu, has decried the growing incidences of cancer disease and the poor attention being given to it in Nigeria. Nzelu, also Executive Secretary, Mass Medical Mission (MMM) in charge of cancer care, made the assertion in an interview in Lagos. The expert also said that dearth of cancer management […]

Say “We are taxpayers too, help us” By Adesina Wahab Privately-owned universities in the country have faulted the stance of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETfund, that money accruing to it is only meant to develop public tertiary institutions in the country and that private tertiary institutions should look elsewhere for financial assistance and support. […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Mr Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources to use their leadership positions “to urgently probe how N116 million was spent by your Ministry to buy biros, letterhead and toners in 2015, and to disclose the amount spent on the same items […]

By Omeiza Ajayi Amid fears of a possible resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, Proprietor of the Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Centre in the United States, Dr Godwin Maduka has advised the federal government to support local research initiatives into tropical diseases and other viral infections. At a news conference yesterday in […]

Following the decision of four of the six chairmanship aspirants to throw their weight behind the aspiration of Mr. Justice Iyasere, the incumbent Vice Chairman of Udu Local Government Council, Delta State, Udu elders and leaders have resolved to endorse his candidature, urging Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the state leadership of the party to listen […]