Diaspora remittances stabilises at $21.8bn in 2025 amid global pressures 

Diaspora remittances stabilises at $21.8bn in 2025 amid global pressures 

•Sub-Saharan Africa remains  most expensive By  Babajide Komolafe Diaspora remittances into Nigeria stabilised at $21.8 billion in 2025 despite mounting global economic pressures, tighter immigration policies in major economies and rising transfer costs across Sub-Saharan Africa. Vanguard analysis of  data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Quarterly Statistical Bulletin for fourth quarter 2025, Q4’25, showed […]
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Elite capture and death of democracy, by Dakuku Peterside

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

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

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

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.