As the world marks another health day (April 7), VICTOR OGUNYINKA writes on some critical occurrences in the health sector and some vital areas government could explore in coming years. A lot of events eclipsed the calendar year of a nation. For developing countries, it is always in the circle of political instability, terrorism and […]
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By Ifeoluwa Dada The atmosphere was of pandemonium yesterday at the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba, Ondo State as students of the institution clashed with indigenes of the community. According to an eye witness, the clash started as a protest on Saturday morning after an accident involving commercial motorcycle riders left a student in a next
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That’s King James, posing as a Pizza employee at Blaze Pizza. PHOTO: BLAZE PIZZA Meet Ron, the 6ft 8ins first-day employee at Blaze pizza who loves spicy sauce, hails from Michigan and knows absolutely nothing about basketball (honest.) With his towering stature, customers remark that he looks similar to Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade, a
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Wendy Bell WTAE/FACEBOOK A Pittsburgh TV station has fired a white anchorwoman over racist comments she posted on Facebook about a deadly mass shooting. WTAE severed ties with Wendy Bell following her controversial comments she made about a suburban ambush that left five people – including a pregnant woman and her unborn child – dead on March 9.
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The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) had the foresight of putting paid to health anomaly in Nigeria. Bounded by countless circumstances, VICTOR OGUNYINKA examines the ills and potentials of the programme. The strength of good governance is reflected in the efficiency of its programmes and polity. In ensuring that Nigerians get access to qualitative health
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Established with the sole aim of breathing life and efficiency in service to Nigerians, VICTOR OGUNYINKA examines how far Servicom has gone in living up to its billings 12 years on. I know there are servicom units in hospitals but I don’t have the faintest idea of what they do and I have never taken the time
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By Victor Ogunyinka Afmobi Nigeria, owners of Palmchat (a social media and IM app) and Palmplay (an app store), has announced Ms Janet Lawal as the winner of its N1million #CrazySelfie competition held on Palmchat app. The competition, which ran between December 2015 and January 2016 witnessed entries from all over the country and was
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By Victor Ogunyinka Thousands of Nigerians will be beneficiaries of a N500million grant seed capital set aside for young Nigerian entrepreneurs and students. This was disclosed at the launch of the YESGrant Scheme by the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum in partnership with Heritage Bank, which took place at the Four Point Hotel, Lagos. The event,
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By Victor Ogunyinka The Akwa Ibom State government has partnered with Jenesses Mega Tech Limited for the first edition of the flagship tourism event. While addressing the exhibitors and stakeholders at the event and the need for public-private partnership as a tool for diversification at the Tranquillity Hotel, Uyo, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Otuekong
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Pope Francis The 79-year-old Pope Francis joined the social media platform, Instagram, on Saturday under the username @franciscus, and shared a photo of himself praying while kneeling. He captioned the photo: “Pray for me,” which the pope shared in nine different languages. Today reported that Instagram CEO and co-founder, Kevin Systrom, was on site and also documented the moment.
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