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The Chief Medical Director of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Prof. Bishop Ekele, says contrary to insinuations in some quarters, the hospital did its best to save a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, who died in the facility on Sunday. He, however, said only the family of the deceased could disclose the …

The Northern Elders Forum has said that it regretted that it got rid of then President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 elections to vote in the incumbent, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The group expressed disappointment that Buhari disappointed millions of Nigerians including members of the All Progressives Congress who trusted in his leadership prior to the poll six years …

Seven days after the Rivers State Government dragged the Federal Inland Service before the Supreme Court challenging the order by the Court of Appeal directing parties to maintain status quo in the Value Added Tax dispute, there is uncertainty over when the apex court will sit on the matter. This is despite the urgency of the matter as some firms …

At least 353 Nigerian doctors have been registered to work in the United Kingdom  in the last 100 days. 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 353 Nigerian-trained doctors between June 10, 2021 and …

A Bill seeking to introduce stiffer punishment for kidnapping, wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement for ransom, has passed second reading at the Senate. This was sequel to the presentation of the lead debate by the sponsor, Ibikunle Amosun (APC-Osun) during plenary on Tuesday. The bill is titled “Abduction, Wrongful Restraints and Confinement Bill 2021”. Leading the debate on the general …

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has arrived in Addis Ababa to begin his new role as AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa region. The Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, had on August 26 tapped Mr Obasanjo to help the organisation’s drive to promote peace, security, stability and political dialogue all over the Horn of Africa. …

The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Tuesday said marketers were unable to offtake the full 450,000MT of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) allocated to the Nigerian market by the company due to various factors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Austin Ogbogbo, marketing manager of the NLNG , said this while speaking to journalists in Lagos. Mr Ogbogbo noted that NLNG …

An American doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law all but dared supporters of the state’s near-total ban on the procedure to try making an early example of him by filing a lawsuit — and by Monday, two people obliged. Former attorneys in Arkansas and Illinois filed separate state lawsuits Monday against Dr. …

The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Prof Chris Bode on Monday in Lagos told visiting members of the House Representative Committee on Health that the protracted resident doctors ‘strike has caused instability and disruption of services in the healthcare system of the hospital. This came as members of the House of Representative Committee on Health …

A coup attempt in Sudan “failed” early Tuesday, state media reported, as the country grapples with a fragile transition since the 2019 ouster of longtime president Omar al-Bashir. Top military and government sources told AFP that the attempt involved a group of officers who were “immediately suspended” after they “failed” to take over the state media building. Prime Minister Abdalla …