Delta State Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (3rd left); being conducted round the Delta Leisure Park and Film Village by the project consultant, Arc. Kester Ifeadi (2nd right) when he( the Governor) inspected the level of work on the facility in Asaba on Friday .With […]
SENIOR Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr Y.C Maikyau was on Friday sworn in as the new President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA following the expiration of Olumide Akpata-led administration. Maikyau, who was sworn in as the 31st President of the NBA, won the election held earlier in July with 38,000 electoral votes. At the […]
THE All Progressives Congress on Friday dismissed speculations on social media that its publicity committee expended a whooping N800m to host the presidential election that produced Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as its flagbearer. Social media has been awash with unconfirmed accounts of how the media committee set up by the party expended between N600m and N800m […]
THE National Broadcast Commission, NBC has temporarily suspended the shutdown of the indebted Broadcast stations. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday and signed by the Director General of the Commission, Balarabe Ilelah The suspension it said was sequel to a follow-up meeting held with Executives of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), […]
INTERNET fraudster, Ramon Abbass, popularly known as Hushpuppi will be sentenced on September 21, 2022, according to the The United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles. This was made known to Channels Television in a mail on Friday by the court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mroze. Recall that Hushpuppi’s sentence […]
IRKED by the alarming circulation of illicit herbal intoxicants in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, weekend commenced a nationwide clampdown on all manufacturers and distributors of herbal preparations laced with high concentrations of tobacco, cocaine and cannabis. Findings by the agency showed a dangerous trend in the use […]
SAVERAL weeks after health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, suspended its strike, the Union is urging President Mohammadu Buhari to expedite action on the demand for adjustment of Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS,, CONHESS, as done for Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, CONMESS, and other of their demands. Making this […]
THE Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi has disclosed of an ongoing discreet investigation of all anti-vandal units of the corps in the wake of concerns against increasing wave of oil theft in the country. Vowing to reverse the trend, Dr Audi charged all relevant officials of the […]
THE biggest gathering of healthcare trade professionals in the West African region, Medic West Africa Exhibition and Conference, returns to the Landmark Centre in Lagos with focus on healthcare innovation. Billed to hold 7-9 September, 2022 the conference is being organised by Informa Markets, will bring together healthcare equipment manufacturers, distributors, procurement professionals, dealers, medical […]
TOWARDS driving innovative healthcare and reducing medical tourism in Nigeria, Burjeel Medical City, BMC, a multi-specialty tertiary care hospital and clinical research Centre based in the UAE, is set to collaborate with the Nigerian healthcare institutions. Burjeel Medical City, a 400-bed quaternary care facility located in Abu Dhabi, the facility offers comprehensive cancer care services […]