Says About 50, 000 Doctors in Active Practice Instead of WHO’s Recommended 250, 000 The President, World Medical Association, WMA, Osahon Enabulele, has painted a very disturbing picture of state of healthcare in Nigeria, observing that while doctor-to-patient ratio, by international standard, should be a doctor to about 600 patients, what entails is a doctor…
Associates Doff Hats to Afejuku, Literary “Iroko” As He Bows Out of UNIBEN
Anthony Esijolomi Afejuku, a Professor of English and Literature at the University of Benin, (UNIBEN) Benin City, Edo State, on Sunday, blazed the trail as the first retiring lecturer to be honoured, not just by the department, but the Faculty as well. Afejuku, described by one of his associates as an intellectual “Iroko” and “a…
Diabetes Not Caused By Sugar, Can Be cured – Amukele
Renowned lifestyle medicine practitioner, Samuel Amukele, has said that contrary to common belief, diabetes is not caused by sugar. Amukele, who disclosed this in a lecture he delivered on natural medicine at the opening of the 2021 Correspondents’ Chapel Week of the NUJ in Port Harcourt on Monday, said diabetes can be cured within two…
ASUP Drags FG to Court over Appointment of Five Unqualified Rectors
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, (ASUP) has frowned at the appointment of allegedly unqualified rectors for five out of the six newly established Federal Polytechnics in the country. According to ASUP, the appointment of the unqualified rectors was against the Polytechnic Act of 2019. National President of the union, Anderson Ezeibe, knocked the federal…
Assembled-in-Nigeria Electric Car is a Fantastic Innovation,” Says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo exhibited his driving skills at the ongoing Made-in-Nigeria exhibition in Abuja on Tuesday, June 15, when he seamlessly test-drove Kona, the first electric car assembled-in-Nigeria. He testified that it was a fantastic drive and described the car as “innovative” and “a showcase of what is possible in our country.” He drove…
Wike Says Rivers Can’t Provide Free Medicare, Lays Foundation For Renal Centre
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that harsh economic realities would not allow the state government to provide free medical services to people in the state. The governor, who was responding to an appeal by the management of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital to consider paying the bills of indigent renal…
Afejuku Presents ‘Autobiography of Nigeria’
The academic community of the University of Benin, (UNIBEN) Benin City, Edo State, will on Thursday join one of their own, erudite scholar, renowned poet and essayist, Esijolomi Anthony Afejuku, professor of Creative Writing in the department of English and Literature, to present the “Autobiography of Nigeria” at the university’s 245th Inaugural Lecture.A prolific writer…
Over 38,500 Immunised in First Phase COVID-19 Vaccination in Edo
…As Second Dose Begins Next Tuesday Edo State Government on Friday said it had vaccinated over 38,500 persons for the first dose of phase one COVID-19 vaccinations, while the administration of the second dose of the vaccinations would commence Tuesday, June 01, 2021. Health Educator with the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Irene Uabor, who…
AAU Management, Striking ASUU in Game of Wits Over Attempt to Break Strike
A desperate attempt by the new management of the crisis-rocked Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, Edo State, to reopen the university in spite of the ongoing strike action by university teachers, is being resisted by the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Prof. Osarhieme Benson Osadolor-led management of the institution…
Blackout in Nigeria after Collapse of National Grid
Are you experiencing power outage in your area at the moment? Then you may have to wait for some time, as the outage is due to the collapse of the national grid, which occurred around 11:00 am on Wednesday. It is said to have emanated from Shiroro dam in Niger State. The Transmission Company of…
