Guess work as Fayemi prepares exit note: What future?
Many questions are currently running riot in the minds of many Nigerians about the next job of the out-going Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State. With the conclusion of the off-season gubernatorial...
View ArticleOyebanji succeeds Fayemi as INEC declares Ekiti guber poll result
With the result of the off-season gubernatorial election held in Ekiti State Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Sunday, Biodun Oyebanji of the All...
View ArticleMeet Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, Nigerian-born US official who helped design...
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, the deputy secretary of the treasury helped design the economic sanctions against Russia ‘s Vladimir Putin. The sanctions followed the country’s invasion of its neighbour,...
View ArticleIs Rotimi Amaechi an Ikwerre, Igbo or just a Port Harcourt Boy?
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is lost in minor crowds if there is no major controversy around him. The most recent is his prevarication over whether he is Igbo or Ikwerre. Are both identities not mutually...
View ArticleOyo 2023: Abisoye Fagade joins gubernatorial race
Abisoye Fagade, the 48-year-old founder and managing director of Sodium Group of companies has declared his intention to contest the position of governor of Oyo State in 2023. The announcement was...
View ArticleCharles Odii, creating social change, making a difference
Biography Charles is passionate about helping people discover and pursue entrepreneurship. As a Media and fashion entrepreneur, he is always curious and adventurous. Charles has spent much of his...
View ArticleForbes nominates 2 Presidents, S/Africans for Africa Person of the Year Award
Forbes Africa has opened nominations for its annual ‘‘Person of the Year’‘ (POY) award. The award in its 6th year will allow people to vote from among five nominees. There are two African presidents on...
View Article1,150 benefit as free eye-surgery ends today
… as ultra modern hospital for free eye surgeries nears completion Free eye surgeries intended for 1,400 less privileged Nigerians, which started on September 8, would end today with a 1,150...
View ArticleChan Zuckerberg to invest $3bn to boost global heath care
Pediatrician Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are investing billions in making the world healthier. In an emotional announcement in San Francisco on Wednesday, Chan said...
View ArticlePost-Ebola, West Africans flock back to bushmeat, with risk
As the deadly outbreak of Ebola has subsided, people in several West African countries are flocking to eat bushmeat again after restrictions were lifted on the consumption of wild animals like...
View ArticleNigeria gets Rotary’s $8.15mn to stem recent polio outbreak
Nigeria is to benefit from Rotary International’s $8.15 million meant to fight polio in the country, as the organisation on Tuesday committed an additional $35 million in grants to support the global...
View ArticleIbom specialist hospital requires N15bn to attain full operations
The Ibom specialist hospital requires about N15 billion for the completion of all its on-going projects to enable it become a world class health centre that will attract medical tourist from many...
View ArticleGlobal fund plans to avert life-threatening ailments from 22mn Africans in 2016
Global fund has set a target of saving 22 million lives of Africans from life threatening diseases – malaria, HIV and tuberculosis – under its African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) project for 2016....
View ArticleMalnutrition: Nigeria’s silent crisis
Nigeria is facing a silent crisis with the growing number of children hit by malnutrition, ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK writes. Twenty four year old Blessing Ekanem lives in Ikot Oduot , a farming community in...
View ArticleFG to roll out new health policy, targets malaria containment by 2020
Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, announced on Tuesday that the federal government is planning a comprehensive health policy which will hopefully lift the country’s ailing sector ““This year,...
View ArticleOlajumoke Adenowo, raising transformational leaders, shattering the glass...
Biography OLAJUMOKE ADENOWO is a multiple Award winning Chattered Architect and has been called the “Face of Architecture” in Nigeria. A pioneer recipient of the keenly contested New African Woman in...
View ArticleRussia anthrax outbreak affects dozens in north Siberia
Ninety people are undergoing hospital checks in remote northern Russia because of an anthrax outbreak that killed a boy on Monday. Eight people are confirmed as infected with anthrax, a rare but deadly...
View ArticleBright Simons: Providing turnkey safety solutions that tease the bowels of...
mPedigree The story of mPedigree actually began before mPedigree. It began with a start-up called Wospro between 2004 and 2005. I was then in Europe, criss-crossing the continent as a researcher,...
View ArticleEvidence based model in public health care to tackle health issues in Africa...
Babajide Sadiq, is the founder, Genii Associates, a public health care model out to transform the public health care system in Africa. He received his Bachelors Degree in Human Anatomy in Nigeria,...
View ArticleIK OSAKIODUWA, demonstrating inimitable expertise in his vocation
Growing up My father was in the army so we travelled a lot and changed schools often. One of the effects that had on us was that we grew used to being the new kids in school and making new friends....
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