Nigeria’s healthcare system presents a stark paradox: pockets of advanced medical practice exist, offering a beacon of hope, while the majority of the population struggles with access to even basic healthcare services. The recent narrative of “reverse medical tourism,” championed by Vice President Kashim Shettima, highlights a promising, albeit limited, trend. Foreign patients, including those…
Taxation evokes different emotions for different folks. Take the case of Icelandic students who, under the auspices of the then International Union of Students (IUS), gathered in the streets of Reykjavik to protest the exorbitant charges of Icelandic banks. As if the messages inscribed on their placards and banners weren’t driving their messages home enough,…
The Northern Christian Youth Professionals (NCYP) have condemned alleged campaigns of calumny against the National SecurityAdviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, the group warned those behind the dastardly act to deceased from distracting the NSA from the critical work of securing the nation. The statement signed by Isaac Abrak,…
By Jack Okude The year 2027 provides former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar the best chance of realising his life long ambition of becoming the president of Nigeria. The next round of elections offers Atiku the best opportunity so far because all the odds seem to…
Shuaibu Miqati, Chairman, Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Appeal and Reconciliation Committee, has described the defections of some prominent chieftains of the party in Kaduna to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as “a sad and worrisome development.” On Saturday, 50 prominent members of PDP in Kaduna state were received into the APC by…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has observed that despite several alleviation programmes, the nation’s poverty index has been on the increase. Sani made the observation on Saturday when Nentawe Yilwatda, minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Kaduna. He said the fact that…
