The rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State, Prof Adedayo Fasakin, has rejoiced with the Muslims in the institution and across the country as they mark this year’s Eid-el-Maulud. In a statement titled “Happy Eid-el-Maulud to our Muslim Community,” he said: “This is to felicitate with our Muslim Brothers and Sisters in Federal […]
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Yaba psychiatric hospital… overstretched; Photo: Sharon Adebayo Ogunleke About 75% of those who need mental healthcare lack access Nigeria has only 300 psychiatrists to treat over 200m people Africa has one psychiatrist for every 500,000 inhabitants, 100 times less than the WHO recommendation Stigmatisation major challenge to accessing healthcare says Adesokun Jehovah’s Witness marks global […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Government has deployed a security team to the Ipapo/Iseyin axis in Oyo North Senatorial District, following the abduction of some farmers by unknown gunmen on Saturday. The state government appealed to the people of Ipapo to be calm in the wake of the fresh abduction of the four […]
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By Jacob Akindele In 2008, I read an article in The Guardian on Chinua Achebe’s ire toward his fatherland, in which the great writer was reminded that had he not been born in Igboland Nigeria, his masterpieces would not have arisen and captured by him for posterity “with such simplicity, potency and impact.” Many Nigerians […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the registration of the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Lecturers in Academics (NAMDA) by Federal Government. NLC said the government violated a labour law by registering the unions because another union already exists in the sector. Presenting certificates of registration […]
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Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages Management, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (Aka MC Oluomo) is leading millions of supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to embark on a Solidarity Walk in support of APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. The rally tagged five million man […]
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Dr ‘Niyi Sunmonu is the National Coordinator of the newly registered Congress of Nigeria University Academics, a new union of academic staff working in public universities. In this interview with Bola Bamigbola, he insisted CONUA was not registered to rival the Academic Staff Union of Universities: When was the Congress of Nigeria University Academics formed […]
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No fewer than 200 Nigerian-trained doctors were licensed by the government of the United Kingdom in just one month. Checks on the website of the General Medical Council, the body which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the UK, showed that the GMC licensed at least 200 Nigerian-trained doctors between August […]
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MC Oluomo, supporters hold rally for APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Lagos State. The chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages management committee, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo, and other supporters of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, defied the heavy rain on Sunday to hold their five-million-man rally for […]
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The National Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in this interview, shares with Godfrey George his thoughts on Nigeria at 62, insecurity in the country and other national issues: Nigeria clocked 62 on Saturday, (October 1, 2022). From your assessment, is the country where it ought to be? […]
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