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Enugu State governor Peter Mbah today toured the state's pace-setting Enugu International Hospital, equipped with same healthcare facilities obtainable in hospitals in Europe and the United States (US). When commissioned, the facility will help quickly save lives of health-challenged persons who require intricate medical equipment not found in the country, while also domesticating the billions of Naira often expended in capital flight.

*Billions Spent By Nigerians On Medical Tourism To Be Domiciled In Enugu By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Ahead of the imminent inauguration of Enugu International Hospital, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has undertaken a tour of the facility, declaring the state ready to welcome the world. Mbah said the hospital was now fully installed with state-of-the-art medical equipment and would help to reverse medical tourism out of the country, ensuring that the state secures a large chunk of the multibillion-dollar market. Fielding questions from newsmen on Thursday evening after a pre-launch walkthrough of the facility situated at Rangers Avenue, Independence…

Providence smiled on a lady, identified simply as Chinyere, as she was rescued from unknown persons, suspected to be kidnappers, after they lured her to Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), from her base in Arochukwu, Abia State, with a promise of employment and to partake in the famed bouquet of riches of the nation's capital. On getting to FCT, rather than do as promised, they kept her in a hotel in a situation akin to being detained, aware that the general environment is strange to her even as the group reportedly secretly perfected their plans behind her back. Chairman of…

From a top personality steeped in discipline and who knows that such virtue is a key ingredient for societal cohesion, has come words of advice for the authorities. Former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has called for the prompt arrest and meting of decisive punishment for politicians and other persons making inciting statements. He stressed that such official response will send warning signals to others that nobody is above the law and also serve as future deterrence. Irabor, who was CDS during the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, made the call today (Thursday, 13 August) during an interview…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will step down from her position at the end of the month, President Donald Trump has announced. Leavitt, whom the President called one of his "most trusted aides", will depart from her role to spend time with her young children and family - "a decision I totally understand and respect", Trump wrote in a social media post. "Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party," Trump added. As presidential spokesperson, Leavitt's portfolio is the same as that of Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on…

*Moves To Organize Football Tourney By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Inmates of Medium Security Custodial Centre, Okere, in Warri, Delta State, have probably never had it so good in recent time as a new colleague in the centre and suspended Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads) in the state, Hon. Reuben Izeze, has showered them with the milk of human kindness. The Commissioner found himself in the restriction house following the orders of a High Court which ordered his remand after he was arraigned by the police over an alleged assault on State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori's Senior Special Assistant on…

Former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, has described the late Professor Alfred Bandele Kasunmu, SAN, as a distinguished legal icon who contributed immensely to the development of the Nigerian Bar through his integrity, scholarship and leadership. Ayorinde, a holder of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), and who is also Chairman, Board of Partners at BA Law LLP, in a tribute to Kasunmu, who died at the age of 92, recalled that when he was elevated to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of…

“I have no regrets. I will continue to support and encourage the Muslim-Muslim ticket. What they say will not stop me. They started it; at a point, we suffered in their hands." These, among others, were the words of controversial Islamic cleric and Chairman of Jos zone of Jama'atu Izalatil Bid'ah Wa'ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Izala Scholars Council, Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir. Widely criticized for his earlier comments describing Christians as "infidels" and supporting the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Jingir has now doubled down on his remarks. According to him, he is unrepentant over the…

By our reporter Though he has not been adjudged guilty, Delta State Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads), Hon. Izeze Izeze Rume Yakubu Reuben, has been suspended indefinitely from office with immediate effect. The Commissioner was sent home reportedly on the orders of State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. The suspension was announced in a statement signed by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Kingsley Emu, on Monday. The statement defended the suspension as being made to enable security agencies conduct an impartial investigation into allegations linking the Commissioner to the alleged assault of the Senior Special Assistant to the…

*Welfare, Protection Of Lives Of Military, Top Priority Under My Watch --He Assures By Tony Ezimako, Abuja Presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the forthcoming 2027 election, Mr Peter Obi has flayed the bid to compel Nigerians to accept unverified certificates as a norm, warning that the country is setting a dangerous precedent by lowering standards on which society is built. His stern warning on his X handle came against the recent publication by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of the education attainments of presidential candidates of the various political parties jostling to lead the country in 2027.…