— Says strike, unnecessary, not in patients’ interest By Dayo Johnson Akure The management of FUTA Teaching Hospital, Akure, has described the strike by the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) as “unnecessary and avoidable,” saying the industrial action disrupts patient care and ignores agreements reached with the union. In a statement by Head […]

By Chioma Obinna The Federal Government has called for stronger private-sector participation and increased investment in Nigeria’s healthcare sector, as the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, marked its 80th anniversary amid growing pressure from trauma cases, rising operational costs, and inadequate funding. Speaking at the anniversary lecture and commissioning of major projects at the hospital, […]

By Chioma Obinna The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), on Wednesday raised alarm over what it described as the ‘rising wave of violent attacks’ on operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, warning that the anti-drug war in Nigeria is becoming increasingly dangerous for frontline officers. The rights group condemned the […]

By Tunji Olaopa When it was established in 1954 as the Public Service Commission, and rechristened in 1979, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) emerged as a statutory institution constitutionally mandated to appoint, promote and discipline civil servants at the federal and state levels of the government. This mandate first emerged from the Third Schedule of […]

By Babajide Komolafe For most of the past two decades, the question of which Nigerian banks were winning had a simple answer. The largest balance sheets generated the largest earnings. The largest branch networks captured the largest deposit bases. The strongest lending relationships produced the most durable interest income. The hierarchy was settled and the […]