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  By Joy Odigie The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Darlington Obaseki, says the hospital conducted its first open heart surgery in January 2023. Obaseki said this on Tuesday in Benin at the 50 per cent subsidised specialised surgeries’ inauguration as part ofContinue Reading

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  By Busayo Onijala/Adeyemi Adeleye    The European Observation Mission Nigeria 2023 on Tuesday advised Nigerians to ensure international best practices at the nation’s forthcoming general elections. A team of two EU Longer Team Observers – Mr Marko Logar and Ms Agnieszka Gorna –  gave  the advice during a courtesyContinue Reading

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  By Clara Egbogota   The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Delta Sector Command, on Monday decorated 107 of its newly-promoted officers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three deputy corps commanders are among the officers decorated at a ceremony held at the sector command’s headquarters in Asaba.Continue Reading

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  By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu   A civil society organisation, the Leadership Orientation and Basic Rights Advocacy Centre (LOBRAC), on Monday, said the currency redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would stabilise the nation’s economy. Mr Stanley Okafor, President, LOBRAC, made the assertion at a sensitisation and advocacyContinue Reading

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  By Oladele Eniola   Mr Ben Llewelyn-Jones, British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, says UK exports to Nigeria amounted to 3.3 billion pounds in the four quarters of 2022. He said that the total UK imports from Nigeria, in the period, amounted to 2.2 billion pounds. This, according toContinue Reading

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  By Moses Omorogieva   The Institute of Security, Nigeria, has urged the academic community and security professionals to work together to re-examine and re-evaluate the threats and vulnerabilities facing the nation’s security architecture. The President of the institute, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, gave the advice at the 15th International SecurityContinue Reading