Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has sounded the alarm over what he described as a “severe and worsening” shortage of medical doctors in the country, revealing that a single doctor now attends to about 3,500 patients. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, Salako said the […]

Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels, has accused her husband, Senator Ned Nwoko, of masterminding the arrest of her elder brother and sister to coerce her into returning home and submitting to a rehabilitation programme.   “Someone pls help me! I feel like I’m losing my mind,” Regina wrote in a string of emotional Instagram stories that

He further appealed to political parties, candidates, and their supporters to maintain decorum and respect for the law throughout the electoral process.  The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has called on Anambra residents to exercise their voting rights responsibly as the state prepares for Saturday’s governorship election. Speaking with newsmen on Monday in Onitsha,

Human rights lawyers, Deji Adeyanju and Marshal Abubakar, have criticised the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Jimoh Moshood, describing him as “acting like an illiterate” for unilaterally declaring a human  rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, wanted. Adeyanju, in a statement on Monday, condemned the declaration as a dangerous abuse of power and a blatant disregard for

Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, human rights lawyer and Special Counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has condemned the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, for declaring human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, wanted, describing the action as a “reckless” breach of his fundamental rights.   In a post on

The Senior Pastor of Guiding Light Assembly, Abuja, Pastor Wale Adefarasin, has criticised the United States for its sudden display of concern over the plight of Christians in Nigeria, following recent comments by the U.S. President, Donald Trump, on alleged religious persecution in the country. In a video that went viral on Monday, Adefarasin noted

Less than a week to the Anambra State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday announced that a total of 2,802,790 eligible voters have been cleared to participate in the November 8 poll. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this during the signing of the Peace Accord organised by the National