World Kidney Day: Health workers forum offers free AV fistula surgeries
By Etop Ekanem The Progressive Healthworkers Forum, a coalition of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, is offering free AV fistula surgeries to chronic kidney disease patients across Delta State to mark World Kidney Day 2026. Disclosing this in an official statement recently, the forum said the initiative, which targets beneficiaries from all three senatorial districts of Delta […]
Mobile Court convicts 17 traffic offenders in Ogun
No fewer than 17 traffic offenders were on Wednesday convicted by a Mobile Court sitting in Ogere, Ogun State, as the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) intensified enforcement against traffic violations along major routes.
Ekiti PDP rejects Wike-backed congress, affirms Odeyemi as chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has rejected the outcome of a parallel state congress allegedly backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, describing it as unconstitutional and not binding on the party’s recognised leadership.
Shettima, NEMA DG visit Maiduguri bomb blast victims
Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Hajiya Zubaida Umar, on Wednesday visited victims of the recent bomb blasts in Maiduguri who are receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).
NANS protest in Osun over poor power supply
Students under the banner of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) staged a protest in Osogbo, Osun State, on Wednesday, demanding an end to the country’s worsening electricity supply.
‘Murderers’ must pay for killing Iran’s Larijani -Khamenei
Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Wednesday in a written message that the killers of security chief Ali Larijani, who died in an Israeli strike, “will have to pay for it”.
