The Federal Government has approved the appointment of Chief Medical Directors for Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and Jabi, Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement shared on the X account of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, on Friday, March 22. Dr. James Omietimi was appointed as the Chief Medical…
A pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a living human, a United States hospital announced on Thursday. Massachusetts General Hospital said the genetically-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease. Surgeons from the Mass General Transplant Centre conducted the four-hour surgery on Saturday. The procedure marked a major…
The All Progressive Congress, APC, Forum has held a closed-door meeting in Abuja with leaders and chieftains of the party in Plateau State to strategize and intensify their plans on Governor Caleb Mutfwang of the state to decamp from the People’s Democratic Party ( The Forum asked the governor to dump the PDP for the…
A former spokesman of the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, has alleged that the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is plotting to unite with former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai in the Social Democratic Party, SDP. Bwala claimed Obi’s move followed the decision of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to…
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has suspended all mining activities in the state until a miners’ data has been compiled. The governor gave the directive when he met with members of the Miners Association of Nigeria, Benue Chapter in Makurdi. He also directed the Mineral Resources and Environment Management Committee, MIREMCO, to immediately begin documenting…
Sixteen state governors have submitted reports expressing their support for establishing state police to the National Economic Council. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, on Thursday. The reports were received at the 140th NEC meeting presided over by Vice President…
Abducted students of Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State will soon be rescued, the Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru Abubakar, has assured. He spoke on Thursday in Kaduna while addressing troops of 1 Division in the frontline of fighting bandits in the North-West and other parts of the country. The Minister also…
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has begun moves to increase minimum wage for workers. A statement issued on Friday by the governor’s spokesman Tersoo Kula said the governor already constituted a committee to review the current minimum wage and make recommendations to the government. He said the committee headed by the Secretary to the…
University Don and Public Affairs Analyst, Peter Awunah, has knocked Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State for engaging in needless battles, making him to lose focus. According to him, Alia is on the verge of setting a new record as the governor who made more promises than any of his predecessors. He said this in…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State can’t stop the operation of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, in the state. IPOB said the deployment of soldiers to the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State was illegal and a waste of government resources. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of…
