The Olu Akinkugbe Pharmacy Education Trust (OAPET) kicked off its fundraising and investment drive for the proposed N2.5 billion Olu Akinkugbe Faculty of Pharmacy, with a launch event at The Metropolitan Club, Ikoyi, in Lagos, yesterday. The eight-man trusteeship council, which comprises eminent Nigerians and leading minds in pharmacy practice, has been established to govern […]

An Islamic cleric, Salawudeen Lukman, 36, has disclosed that he did was not aware of how his customer got the human part he used to prepare a ritual soap.

Nigeria’s hopes to join the league of vaccine producing countries may not be realised in the near future except there is a paradigm shift in the nation’s commitment towards investment in the vaccine manufacturing industry.

By Owei Lakemfa Nigerians have since colonial times basically belonged to two groups: the conservative, pro-establishment and the progressive, anti-establishment. During colonialism, the conservative group was symbolised by Oba Dosunmu of Lagos, while the latter was symbolised by Oba Ovonramwen, Nana of Itsekiri and Jaja of Opobo who rejected colonialism. The anti-colonial struggles witnessed people […]

The Ekiti State Police Command on Sunday said that in collaboration with other security outfits, it is combing the bushes to rescue a popular trader, Alhaja Nusirat Saliu, who was abducted on Saturday in Iyemero-Ekiti. ASP Sunday Abutu, the command’s Spokesperson in Ekiti, disclosed this to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti while reacting to the invasion of […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The acting Och’Idoma, HRM, Chief George Edeh has urged the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu to lead the party without fear or favour. The Royal Father who gave the charge Tuesday when he received Senator Ayu and his entourage in his Otukpo palace […]

Nigeria’ Project, launches documentary magazine Dairy giant FrieslandCampina WAMCO has announced the launch of a documentary magazine titled, “Dairy4Growth Nigeria: Pathways for Change,” while lauding achievements of the Project and its impact on the country’s dairy sector. The magazine was unveiled at the FrieslandCampina FDOV Technical Conference, which showcased knowledge gained during five years of […]

*Says country requires additional 702 paediatric surgeons to address problem By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–MINISTER of Health,Osagie Ehanire,has lamented the shortage of surgical experts in the nation’s health sector,noting that the country at the moment has what he described as “surgical workforce crisis.” This development,he said,has resulted to a situation where there is “only one surgeon, obstetrician, anaesthetist/100,000 […]

By Adekunle Adekoya AS I observed in last week’s edition of this column, the year 2022, which will come in 27 days thence promises to be momentous for ordinary Nigerians, in so far as making ends meet is concerned. With subsidy on petrol removed, and the commodity selling for nearly double what it sells for […]

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly required full complement of relevant institutions and agencies to deliver on its constitutional mandate. Lawan made the remark as a guest lecturer at the first ‘Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series 2021′” which was facilitated by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS). He spoke […]