Ogun students rally behind Abiodun’s APC ticket, hail peaceful primaries
By Joseph Erunke The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Ogun Joint Campus Council,JCC, and the National Association of Ogun State Students, NAOSS, have endorsed the emergence of Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, as the All Progressives Congress, APC flag bearer for the Ogun East Senatorial District. The student bodies described Abiodun’s emergence as a […]
Elite capture and death of democracy, by Dakuku Peterside
Democracy does not always die with the sound of boots, bullets, or decrees. Sometimes it dies quietly, under the cover of legality, procedure, and familiar political language. The constitution remains intact. Party offices remain open. Primaries are announced. Delegates assemble. Leaders speak solemnly of unity. Yet, behind the ceremony, the substance of democracy may already have […]
Damaturu Specialist Hospital performs first lower jawbone surgery on 40-yr-old patient – CMD
By Ndahi Marama, Damaturu The Yobe State Specialist Hospital, Damaturu, has successfully carried out a highly specialized segmental mandibulectomy with reconstruction — a major maxillofacial surgical procedure performed for the first time at any state-owned facility and the first in North-eastern Nigeria. The surgery aims to remove a small or large part of your lower […]
Brain drain: MedReach taps diaspora doctors to rescue Nigeria’s healthcare system
By Joseph Erunke A Nigerian-led telehealth and care coordination platform, MedReach, is emerging with an ambitious mission to close the country’s widening healthcare access gap by connecting patients to licensed doctors, nurses, pharmacies, laboratories, and home-care providers through a digitally coordinated system. Founded by healthcare innovator and Registered Nurse John Giwa Olatunbosun, MedReach is positioning […]
Africa running short of ports – Dangote
President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has warned that Africa is facing a shortage of ports, particularly in West and Central Africa.
Rotary spends $3bn, targets 2029 to eradicate polio
By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY THE Rotary International and Rotary Foundation said not less than three billion dollars have been expended since 1985 globally to eradicate polio and that 2029 is the date now targeted to eradicate the challenge. The Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer of the organization, John Hewko disclosed this on Wednesday in […]
TechHer, Cummins equip 212 FCT students with digital, safety skills
By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – IN a bid to close the gaps in access to structured digital literacy education, TechHer, in partnership with Cummins and with the support of the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB), delivered a two-day Digital Literacy and Online Safety School Tour across two Junior Secondary Schools in the Federal Capital Territory, […]
Edo community protests removal of firetruck fire razes spare parts market
By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY LAST Saturday’s evening fire that burnt down a spare parts market in Ubiaja, Esan South West local government area with goods worth several millions of naira lost has sparked reactions from the indigenes and residents of the area. They are demanding for the return of a fire service truck which […]
May & Baker worries over rising cases of HBP among Nigerians
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of May & Baker Nigeria Plc, Pharm. Patrick Ajah, has raised alarm over the growing burden of hypertension in Nigeria, warning that millions of Nigerians are living with dangerously high blood pressure without knowing it.
Comrade Edwin Madunagu’s long march to 80
By SOLAR Collective May 15, 2026, marked the 80th birthday of one of Nigeria’s most enduring revolutionary intellectuals — Edwin Ikechukwu Madunagu: mathematician, journalist, Marxist theorist, archivist, teacher, agitator, and organiser. For more than five decades, Edwin Madunagu has stood firmly on the side of workers, students, women, peasants, and the oppressed. While governments changed, dictators […]
Asthma: Avoid triggers; take medications correctly, keep air clean
Asthma is a chronic condition that affects breathing and can become life-threatening during severe attacks.
