Telcos’ rising revenues, profits fail to reflect in quality of services

• MTN rakes N7.2 trillion income, invests 18% on capital projects in five years • Airtel capital spending shrinks by 23 percent since 2020 • Access gap needs N700b, says NCC • Telecoms stock defies industry challenges • NATCOMS claims MNO infrastructure over-stretched • ALTON assures of service improvement • Nigerians await Mafab, Airtel’s 5G […]

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Biden sends US delegation to attend Tinubu’s swearing-in

US President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks during the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 1, 2023. – President Joe Biden announced on April 25, 2023, he is running for re-election in 2024, plunging at the record age of 80 into a ferocious new […]

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Blasts in Sudan’s capital dim hopes for latest ceasefire deal

This picture shows a deserted street in southern Khartoum on May 23, 2023, after a one-week ceasefire between Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces officially went into force. (Photo by – / AFP) Explosions again shook Sudan’s capital on Tuesday, dimming hopes that a US and Saudi-brokered humanitarian ceasefire will take hold on the […]

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Why I am not bothered by Tinubu’s swearing-in – Atiku

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said he was not worried that the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would be sworn in on May 29, before the conclusion of petitions seeking to nullify his election victory. Atiku is currently challenging the declaration of Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) […]

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Oyo launches maintenance manual for PHCs

Oyo State Special Adviser on Health and Chairperson of Governor’s PHC Renovation Steering Committee, Dr. ‘Funmi Salami speaking at the event Oyo State Government has launched maintenance manuals for the Primary Healthcare Centres in the state, urging residents, especially rural dwellers, to access quality and affordable healthcare in each functional facility. A statement by the […]

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Ooni’s Queen Aderonke holds Africa Fashion Week in Brazil May 25

. Takes Nigerian adire fabrics to South America As part of the efforts to promote African culture through Nigeria’s adire fabrics, Queen Aderonke, a queen of the Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has concluded arrangements to hold the first edition of Africa Fashion Week Brazil. Queen Aderonke who is a leading voice in […]

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PDP lashes Ondo APC chairman over ‘unguarded’ claim

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has lashed the chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Engnr Ade Adetimehin over his claim that he had grounded the PDP in the state. Also, the party alleged that at the national level, the “APC as a political party has been the architect of Nigeria’s […]

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We will work with Tinubu to restore Ondo as Nigeria’s leading cocoa producing state – Akeredolu

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has promised to work with the incoming Bola Tinubu Presidency to restore Ondo as Nigeria’s leading cocoa-producing state. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, said that he assured that the state will soon reclaim its position in quality cocoa production in the country, he said that the state is […]

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Clinical effect of pure honey on wounds, burns

By Dr. Bidemi Ojeleye Wound healing is a complex process involving many interdependent pathophysiological and immunological mediators to restore the integrity of damaged tissue cells. Skin wound healing is a regenerative response to various pathologies caused by trauma, surgery, and burns, leading to the repair and functioning of damaged cells. Since most wounds are susceptible […]

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