Newscenter Media News NIGERIA’S reference point in tertiary health care is in a gory mess. The University College Hospital, Ibadan, inaugurated in November 1957,is highly revered in Nigeria’s medical history. Sadly, it is …
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Minors in deplorable jails
THE 32 minors detained and charged with treason over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protests in August were freed through a presidential pardon.Their post-detention interaction with the media exposed …
Read More »The judiciary, still the last hope of Nigerians
Assurances given recently by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, that the judiciary would live up to its billings under her watch could not have come at a …
Read More »Resolving Nigeria’s forex crisis
NIGERIAN companies are experiencing their worst nightmare in decades. Most are struggling, many are on the brink of collapse, and others are obliterated by the foreign exchange crisis initiated by …
Read More »General’s unwarranted assault on a couple
THE alleged brutal physical assault meted out on an intending couple, Vershima Mker and Lami Iorvihi, by G.S. Mohammed (a major-general) and his aides, in the Federal Capital Territory recently …
Read More »World Bank and the trouble with Tinubu’s economic reforms
Understandably, the economic reforms of the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu have attracted mixed reactions from sections of the populace. While some feel that the government is getting it …
Read More »Ekpa’s arrest: Critical step against globalised terrorism
THE recent arrest of Simon Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian separatist leader and self-proclaimed “Prime Minister” of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, marks a significant milestone in the fight against transnational …
Read More »Nigeria must avoid a debt crisis
NIGERIA’S rapid descent into a potentially unsustainable debt trap causes concern. Nigeria’s total debt is set to hit a record N136 trillion, following President Tinubu’s fresh request to the National …
Read More »Change Nigeria’s obsolete abortion law
WOMEN’S reproductive rights remain a polarising subject in Nigeria. They are rooted in historical and moral complexities. Yet, as society evolves and medical science advances, the omnipresence of draconian laws …
Read More »Tapping the benefits of gas-powered vehicles
The signing, by the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) recently of separate deals with 75 conversion firms nationwide as part of government’s policy of reducing addiction to petrol and …
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