•Founder of ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola (2nd left), his wife, Yeye Aare Modupe Babalola (middle) and the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Smaranda Olarinde (2nd right) and others with the patient at the VIP ward of the Hospital The procedure at the dedicated twin-transplant theatre of ABUAD Multi-system Hospital With its first kidney transplant successfully performed last week, […]
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said the experience with the COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that it is not tenable for Africa to depend on import for 99 per cent of vaccine and 90 per cent of pharmaceuticals. She lamented that most of the continent’s population today remains unvaccinated, as […]
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FBN Holdings Plc has affirmed that Mr. Tunde Hassan-Odukale holds the single largest equity stake in the group. He is followed by Mr. Femi Otedola. In a regulatory filing yesterday at the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), FBN Holdings (FBNH) stated that its current shareholders’ structure show two shareholders with “material” or significant or substantial shareholdings of […]
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Senate President, Ahmad Lawan • We have gone far with Electoral Act amendment, says Senate spokesman Governors are mounting pressure on senators and House of Representatives members to reconsider their position on direct primary mode of picking candidates by political parties, it was learnt yesterday. The governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum […]
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide yesterday expressed concern over the implications of the seven-day sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and challenged Southeast governors to summon an emergency meeting of Igbo stakeholders to restore peace to the zone. The Prof. George Obiozor-led group said the meeting was necessary to stave off threats to the […]
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The fate of the erstwhile Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, is hanging in the balance as the Police Service Commission awaits the recommendations of the Force Disciplinary Committee on his case. It was gathered that the FDC’s recommendations would form the crux of the commission’s decision and also determine […]
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Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed There were strong indications on Wednesday that the federal and state governments had agreed to the suspension of the deduction of $418m Paris Club refunds from states and local governments’ accounts pending the determination of court cases on the issue. It was learnt that following […]
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• We’ve received no response to our suit, says Oyetibo, ruling holds today • Don’t make our party ungovernable, BoT chair appeals to Secondus The Peoples Democratic Party has yet to file a response to the appeal filed by its suspended Chairman, Uche Secondus, before the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, it has been […]
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A 34-year-old student of the Nasarawa State University, Emmanuel Akiko, has been killed by hoodlums who invaded the Nasarawa Housing Estate on the Makurdi-Jos Road, Lafia, Nasarawa State. Our correspondent, who visited the area on Wednesday, gathered that the assailants, who came in their numbers around 10pm on Saturday, gained access into the estate through […]
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Security experts have said correctional officials cannot be absolved from the incessant attacks on the correctional centres in the country. The experts, in separate interviews, insisted that it is impossible for attacks to have taken place without the connivance of some officials. One of them, Jackson Ojo, said, “Before you can have a jailbreak, there […]
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