The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Adamawa State capital, has again set a record with yet another breakthrough as a team of surgeons led by the Chief Medical Director of the centre, Prof Auwal Abubakar, successfully separated eight-month-old conjoined female twins. The eight –months old twins are named: Grace and Mercy and held from Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State, South-South Nigeria. Our correspondent recalls that earlier this year, the Civil-Military Relations Unit of...

The  Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company has again donated medical equipment worth N180 million to the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Yola and the Adamawa Primary Health Care Agency. Presenting the equipment at the FMC, the NLNG General Manager for External Relations, Mrs. Eyono Fatai-Williams said the company had made several interventions in various hospitals in the South-South and Lagos to help improve healthcare delivery to Nigerians. “In our fight against COVID-19, we have intervened in...

Lagos Helicopter Crash: ‘We Are Grateful Nobody in the Building Was Injured’ – Helicopter Owner Say

Quorum Aviation Limited, owners of the bell 206 helicopter that crashed in Lagos on Friday afternoon has confirmed that the fatalities involved were its crew and that no one on the ground was affected. The firm said in a press release that two people died while another sustained injuries and was being treated at the hospital. “Preliminary reports indicate that of the three souls on board – all crew, two of the crew members lost...

Bryan Brothers Announce Retirement from Tennis

Bob and Mike Bryan, the most successful men’s doubles team in the history of tennis, are bringing the curtain down on their 22-year professional career, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The Bryans, 42, captured a professional era record 119 titles together, including 16 Grand Slams, 39 ATP Masters 1000s and the ATP Finals title four times. “We just both feel it in our guts that it is the right moment,” Mike told the...

Hiromu Inada, the world’s oldest Ironman says he hopes to keep competing into his 90s. The 87-year-old Inada already has a certificate on his wall that confirms his status as the world’s oldest Ironman, but the Japanese man is still pounding away on his training bike. In 2018 at the age of 85 years and 328 days, Inada went to Kailua-Kona in Hawaii and set a new mark for the oldest person to complete the...

The Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in collaboration with a USAID funded project, Breakthrough Action Nigeria, has staged a COVID-19 and tuberculosis awareness campaign at the central motor park, Muda Lawal in Bauchi State. Professor Tajudeen Baruwa, the National President and leaders of  NURTW in Bauchi, said the campaign was to enlighten motorists on how to curb the spread of coronavirus and tuberculosis. Professor Tajudeen said motor parks by their nature usually houses...

Commission for Persons With Disabilities Gets Governing Council

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Governing Council of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities as well as the appointment of an Executive Secretary. Presidential aide, Femi Adesina, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said the appointments were in line with the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act , 2019. According to the Act, the commission shall be headed by a part-time Chairman and six members...

Dana Air Increases Flights to Abuja

Dana Air says it will introduce additional flights between Abuja and Lagos and commence Lagos to Owerri, Port Harcourt to Abuja beginning from Aug. 28. Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, the airlines’ Manager, Media and Communications, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Ezenwa quoted the airlines’ Accountable Manager, Obi Mbanuzuo as saying the additional flights were due to the feedback from the guests and popular demand for flights at specific times. “The additional...

Breaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive for COVID-19, the state government disclosed on Monday. Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, the Commissioner for Information in Lagos, said that Mr. Abayomi would continue to discharge his duties while isolating at home. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tested positive for the virus,” Mr. Omotosho said....

Another Starved, Tortured Boy Rescued In Maiduguri, Borno State

As the wave of revelations and operations by human rights groups to rescue victims of abuse away from family members in  Nigeria continued, officials again rescued another starved and tortured boy whose full identity is yet to be ascertained in Maiduguri, Borno state capital. The boy, believed to be 9 years old but not confirmed by his family had been subjected to severe beating, torture, and starvation by his step-mother whose identity is being withheld....

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