Six years after award of contract, a new state-of-the-art cancer centre at the National Hospital has eventually been constructed and commissioned for use. The plan had been in place to replace the previous cancer machine at the hospital with two…
Last Thursday, the New York Times ran an editorial suggesting that the Red Cross should no longer be everyone’s default charity during disasters like the recent hurricane and subsequent flooding in Texas. What might an alternative look like? Perhaps a high-tech billionaire couple…
Nigerian eCommerce giant, Konga has reportedly laid off over 60% of its workforce, in what seems to be a move to drastically reduce operational costs. According to Quartz, “CEO Shola Adekoya informed staff of the cuts yesterday November 30 and…
The latest developments about Michael Flynn are “very, very, very bad,” a source close to the president said, according to NBC News. Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI and agreed to cooperate with investigators working on…
OPEC and non-OPEC oil giant Russia have agreed to extend oil output cuts until the end of 2018 following hours of discussions in Vienna, according to two reports. The move was heavily signaled ahead of the decision but the oil…
It was the flood that ensured that Ntonya Sande’s first year as a teenager would also be the first year of her married life. Up to the moment the water swept away her parents’ field in Kachaso in the Nsanje…
With one in seven adults living with HIV, Zimbabwe has one of the highest prevalence rates in the world, a situation aggravated by a major shortage of public health workers and serious economic challenges. Yet despite the difficulties, 1 million…
PEDULUM By Dele Momodu, Email: dele.momodu@thisdaylive.com Fellow Nigerians, I’ve always wondered what drives or propels the man, former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. For real, I have never seen a man so fastidious about his dream and so…
Like Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari’s office damaged by rats after spending three months on medical vacation, Mice, cockroaches, ants and a broken toilet seat are some of the dozens of issues reported to maintenance workers by Donald Trump’s White House…
Nigerian super eagles will play Argentina, Croatia, and Iceland in Group D at the 2018 FIFA world Cup in Russia The draw was held in Russia on Friday evening. It is the fifth time Nigeria will be pitched against Argentina…
