Nigeria is witnessing a surge in reverse medical tourism, in a striking shift in global medical trends, with patients from the United States and other countries opting for affordable and high-quality kidney transplants within its borders. Vice President Kashim Shettima made this claim on Thursday while receiving members of the Nigerian Association of Nephrology (NAN)…
OPINION By Etim Etim Akwa Ibom State Chapter of APC has two secretariats in Uyo, the state capital. They stand four kilometers apart, separated by acrimony and bad blood, but bonded by decay and abandonment. They are a clear restatement to the parlous conditions of the party in the state, long strewn in crisis, bitterness…
The Federal Government has launched a free-to-use 112 emergency number for Nigerians to call in the event of kidnappings and other security-related incidents. The National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Major General Adamu Laka, disclosed this during a press briefing on the activities of the Multi-Agency Anti-Kidnap Fusion Cell under the Office…
The ongoing battle between former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, and his successor, Uba Sani, has continued unabated after El-Rufai accused Sani and the state government of arresting and detaining some of his former aides, Bashir Sai’du and Jimi Lawal, on what he described as ‘trumped up charges’. The two former aides are currently…
United States Attorney, Susan T. Lehr announced that a 36-year-old Nigerian man, Edwin Okoronkwo, who was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft will be deported after completing his jail term. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Okoronkwo to 75 months imprisonment…
