An American court in January asked Airbus Helicopter SAS, the manufacturer of the helicopter in which top Nigerian banker Herbert Wigwe was travelling before a fatal crash, to pay the family of a victim of another crash $75 million. Wigwe was the group CEO of Access Bank, Nigeria’s largest bank by assets. His wife, son…
[ad_1] A Nasarawa State medical doctor, Dr. Ahmed Isaiah, has died from Lassa fever at the National Hospital, Abuja. Members of the Nigeria Medical Association in Nasarawa State held a procession for the deceased in Lafia on Tuesday, for the doctor who died on December 31, 2022. The NMA chairman in the state, Dr. Peter…
[ad_1] The national assembly has invited the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to a meeting over its strike action. Innocent Orji, NARD president, said he has received an invitation to attend a meeting with the leadership of the national assembly. The resident doctors began a five-day warning strike on Wednesday due to the federal…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America following the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of heroin at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos. The NDLEA…
Hussaini Ibrahim Kafi in Kano The Kano State Government has expressed profound satisfaction with the recent Court of Appeal judgment, which upheld its reforms in traditional institutions and reversed earlier Federal High Court rulings concerning the Kano Emirate Council. In a press conference held at the NUJ Press Centre in Kano on Saturday, January 11,…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 08:35, March 03, 2023 China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao (2nd L), Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen (2nd R), and assistant minister of commerce Chen Chunjiang (1st R) attend a press conference on building up confidence, making great efforts, and taking new steps for high-quality development of commerce held by the State Council Information…
[ad_1] Stakeholders in the health sector have identified a paucity of funds as a factor militating against the effective and comprehensive enrolment of beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). They stated this on the sideline of the just-concluded two-day health stakeholders meeting on ‘Improving the Realisation of the Right to Health in Nigeria’…
The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with more than 37,000 confirmed cases reported since it erupted. WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the extension of the emergency following a meeting of international experts who noted progress in some countries but also highlighted a surge…
[ad_1] MTN Ghana has sustained its growth momentum as its 2023 half-year revenue rose by 32.3 per cent to GH₵6.2 billion from GH₵4.6 billion in the same period last year. The growth of the company, which was listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange in 2018, was driven by data services, which rose by 41.0 per…
In Nigeria, where intense sunlight is sometimes a menace to human lives, the tribe of Persons With Albinism (PWA) is constantly battling with a silent crisis that risks their survival. The PWA individuals are genetically predisposed to skin cancer due to their lack of melanin. Despite being entirely preventable, skin cancer deaths within this community…
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