West Africa’s healthcare investment momentum builds as WHX returns to Nigeria
Nigeria’s healthcare sector is undergoing rapid transformation, with forecasts predicting a 7.1% expansion and an anticipated market value of US$161.7 million by 2027. This growth is fuelled by a US$1.2 billion Federal Ministry investment in infrastructure and workforce, major oncology and diagnostic expansions by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, and increased imports under the African Continental Free Trade Area […]
Oronsaye Report: Cutting governance cost in limbo
The wise counsel remains ignored By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor Twelve years after the Oronsaye report, the cost of governance has remained high little or nothing has been achieved as the number of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of government soars. Last March, President Bola Tinubu directed the full implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye report, […]
Pulling wool in the face of Nigerians with El-Rufai committee’s recommendations
APC had, in August 2017, set up a 23-man committee on True Federalism headed by the then Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai. ..
Hamster Kombat finally launches; matters arising
The controversy deepened with reports of bugs and accusations of cheating. Several Hamster Kombat miners reported receiving no tokens at all
Impending flood disaster: Panic, fear paralyse littoral states as release of water from Lagdo Dam begins
‘The few yams and cassava we salvaged could not even last for one month and I don’t know how my family can survive the impending hunger’
Deadly Floods: Govs get fresh alert as River Niger water level rises
On the heels of the deadly floods that hit Maiduguri, Borno State capital, last week, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, has issued an alert to state governors, especially those around River Niger, of the possibility of floods in the coming weeks following what the agency described as the river’s rising water level.
