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A telehealth service provider, Pre Diagnosis International, has submitted that most of the deaths being recorded in the country lately might have been due to the negative effects of growing self-medication among citizens as a fallout of inability to access proper clinical care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was ...

  As the coronavirus pandemic forces firms to downsize and cut their wage cost to cope with the adverse economic realities, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is bucking the trend with a different approach that puts its staff first, writes Segun Adams.   In a pandemic year where employees ...

The New Nigeria Collective (NNC) group has asked the leadership of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) to tread with circumspection in the way it is handling its engagement with the Ocean Marine Solution Limited (OMSL), the company supporting the Nigerian Navy to provide security at the Secure Anchorage Area (SAA) ...

New Nigeria Collective has expressed concern over the rising cases of coronavirus in the country. NNC, in a statement, warned Nigerians to take personal responsibility and observe all the safety protocols. Part of the statement read, “We, as a concerned entity in Nigeria, have taken judicial notice of the unceasing ...

His first feel of the world was the Kobomoje compund in the brown roof town of Ibadan 53 years ago. Saidi Balogun has since then grown to become a force in the Nigerian movie clan called Nollywood. The role interpreter has grown in stature and value hence, his status as ...

I got a call from Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in early 2016. I had never met him but someone had given him my number. He said—- “My name is Osagie Ize-Iyamu. I would like you to come and work for my campaign. I have seen several of your articles and one ...

Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation, has described as “evil and despicable” claims by Italian prosecutors, led by Fabio De Pasquale (pictured), that he benefited N200 million “in kind” from the OPL 245/Malabu deal of 2011. Sergio Spadaro, the Italian deputy prosecutor, had told a Milan court on Thursday ...

Access Bank through the W initiative, has empowered women, owned and managed SMEs by putting together an innovative bundle of offerings designed to support the more than a few aspects of business during the global pandemic. The W Initiative of Access Bank remains a pioneer proposition to promote women’s economic ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Cable understands that DSS operatives arrived the EFCC headquarters in Abuja Monday afternoon and quietly whisked him away without creating any scene. His arrest comes a few days after ...

I have been inundated with phone calls by those who felt my last week outburst against my party’s guber candidate was rather harsh. Rather than controvert my submissions, they tend to pander to undue sentiments to rein me into dropping my gauntlet. This I found somewhat awkward. Between conscience and ...