Dr Uchechi Iweala the Son of Dr. Okonjo Iweala, Breaks Medical Record In USA Dr Uchechi Iweala has become the first to perform a robotic spinal surgery in Maryland, USA. The Abia born surgeon, who hails from Ohuhu in Umuahia North LGA, is the son Dr Okonjo Iweala. By this feat he has broken medical…
●Commissions Leadership Centre in Ibadan Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has eulogised a global media icon, Aare Dele Momodu for his commitment to human development. Governor Adeleke stated this while speaking at the official commissioning of the Dele Momodu Foundation Leadership Centre, Alakubosa GRA, Ibadan, Oyo State. He described Chief Dele Momodu as…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to creating a business-friendly environment, calling on investors to take advantage of the state’s peace and growing economic potential. He made the call during a courtesy visit by delegation from Alpha Morgan Bank Limited, led by the Group Managing Director, Mr. Ade Buraimo, on…
Amid ongoing leadership tensions within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), staff and management of the party’s National Secretariat have called for calm and pledged their support for the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) to recognize Arch. Setonji Koshoedo as Acting National Secretary. In a press statement jointly signed by over 80 staff members…
No US president has met a Syrian leader since Bill Clinton saw Hafez al-Assad, Bashar’s father, in Geneva in 2000 in a failed effort to persuade him to make peace with Israel. Donald Trump became the first US president in 25 years to meet a Syrian leader on Wednesday after he offered sanctions relief in…
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said Nigeria needs $10 billion annually for 20 years to have a steady electricity supply. Speaking at the inauguration of a 2.5 megawatt solar hybrid power project at the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State, the minister identified inadequate maintenance, insufficient investment, and the inability to upgrade transmission…
Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has been announced as the headliner of the 2025 Things Fall Apart Festival, a week-long celebration of Chinua Achebe’s literary legacy. The Centre for Memories, organisers of the festival, in an Instagram post on Tuesday, said the festival will take place from June 29 to July 5, 2025, at the…
US President, Donald Trump, on Wednesday, told interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa that his order to lift sanctions on Syria is a major policy shift, describing it as an “honour”. White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt said Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman praised Trump for lifting sanctions on…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that his administration has built three functional Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in each of the 351 electoral wards since inception. He expressed his administration’s willingness to share the template with the Federal Government in its plan to build 8,800 PHCs across the country. Makinde made this disclosure…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 717 confirmed Lassa fever cases out of 4,881 suspected cases from January to May 4, 2025, in 18 states, across 93 local government areas. This was disclosed in the latest situation report by the NCDC on its website on Wednesday. So far, the country has…
