The Chief Executive Officer of Synlab Nigeria, Kenneth Okolie, has argued that privatising healthcare alone will not solve Nigeria’s healthcare challenges unless the country also addresses widespread poverty and expands access to healthcare financing.

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ogun State, Dr. Biodun Collins Ogundipe, has declared that many Nigerian leaders lack the capacity and expertise required to effectively address the country’s worsening insecurity, insisting that the persistent security crisis is a reflection of poor leadership.

The joint security operation between the Ogun and Lagos State Police Commands has rescued five kidnapped victims and neutralised four suspected kidnappers during a coordinated operation in Ogun.

Nigeria’s role as an economic powerhouse and gateway to regional markets was a central theme at the 10th Nigeria-EU Business Forum, where the European Union and the ECOWAS Commission highlighted opportunities to deepen trade, investment and sustainable economic growth.

The death toll from twin earthquakes in Venezuela rose Friday to 920, with tens of thousands reported missing as international rescue teams boosted a desperate and slow-moving search for survivors.