By Chioma Obinna THE Medical Guild, yesterday, urged the Lagos State government to withdraw a circular which removed doctors, undertaking housemanship and the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in the state, from the Scheme of Service. The Medical Guild, which is a body of medical doctors under the employment of Lagos State Government, also expressed […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday disclosed that it sold N2.113 trillion worth of petrol between March 2020 and March 2021.

FOR their contributions to the development of Nigeria’s health sector, the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, will honour former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; and former Super Eagles Captain, Nwankwo Kanu, and others on August 12.

Famous rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has advised the Police Service Commission, PSC, to excuse one of its members, Austin Braimoh from participating in the probe of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari over his link with internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the ward congresses conducted by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as nullity given the split decision of the Supreme Court faulting the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led national executive.

By Lawani Mikairu Director, Media and Advocacy, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, weekend disclosed  in a statement that operatives of the  Agency have seized 35 wraps of cocaine from the underwear of a lady, Okafor Ebere Edith at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. The seizure was made during […]

An Ogun State High sitting in Abeokuta has ordered the state government to pay a construction firm, Contemporary Group Ltd, the sum of N608,867,925 being the outstanding balance for the construction of two state-of-art model secondary schools and hostels in the state.

Last Wednesday’s Supreme Court verdict that affirmed the election of the Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has inadvertently kick started the rat race for elective positions in the next general elections.

He neither exhibits the traits of an engineer nor possesses the paper qualifications to operate as one. But, with a searing zeal and unbridled focus and determination to leave a mark as an inventor, Azibaola Emmanuel Robert is comfortably at the threshold of making history as the pioneer Nigerian lawyer to manufacture electric cars, heavy duty trucks and allied machines that the country currently imports from other countries.

Former Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has asked the National Council on Health (NCH) to create a forum that will allow all landmark research findings in the national health sector to be domesticated.

Leaders of the Furupagha-Ijaw Kingdom in the Odigbo Council area of Ondo State, have decried their exclusion from the developmental programmes of the Niger Delta and oil-producing areas of the State.

Peter Oboh, the ex-British and Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Boxing champion, has said it’s sad and painful that over 10 Nigerian athletes have been disqualified from participating in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye on Sunday decried the incessant rejection of food and agricultural commodities from Nigeria by the United States of America USA and the European Union member countries over what she described as “poor quality”.

Millions of women in Nigeria and across the world battle a common, often unspoken medical condition known as uterine fibroids that practically dictate their lives.

THE Nigeria Ambassador to the EU, Ambassador Obinna Onowu, has stressed the need for collaboration to address security challenges, improve trade and supply of COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria.