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Diagnostic accuracy among clinical health workers in Nigeria’s public health facilities has declined, dropping from 56.2 per cent in 2023 to 46.1 per cent in 2025, a new report shows. The findings are from the National Health Facility Survey released by the National Bureau of Statistics in Abuja on Wednesday, providing updated data on service quality and healthcare delivery nationwide overall. The report assessed diagnostic accuracy using vignettes across five priority diseases, diarrhoea, pneumonia, malaria, postpartum haemorrhage and asphyxia, and highlighted persistent gaps in healthcare delivery and clinical decision-making across the country in Nigeria. It showed the North-East recorded the…

WAFU-B Workshop to strengthen Women’s Football in West Africa The West African Football Union Zone B Women’s Football Administrators Workshop is currently underway in Abuja. This workshop brings together officials from across the region. The three-day event, supported by the Confederation of African Football, began on April 26 and will continue through April 28. The workshop focuses on improving how the women’s game is managed and organised across WAFU-B nations. Discussions will be centred on sharing ideas, how to strengthen administrative structures, and practical ways to grow the sport. The meeting also allows participating countries to align their plans and…

Organisers of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards have announced the close of voting for the 12th edition of the awards, with winners set to be unveiled on May 9. In a post shared on Sunday, Africa Magic thanked viewers for participating in the voting process across audience categories. “And that’s a wrap! Voting for #AMVCA12 is officially closed. Thank you for showing up, showing love, and backing your favourites all the way,” the organisers said. They added, “Now we wait to see who takes home the wins on May 9th.” The organisers also confirmed that the ceremony will be…

Says North will no longer underrate South The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said some Peoples Democratic Party governors ganged up with some vested interest groups to derail the quest of southern Nigeria to produce the next president of Nigeria. He said it was the agreement of the governors of southern Nigeria that the presidency should come to the South, and he did not betray that agreement. Wike made the explanation at a grand reception organised by the Rivers people on Monday in Port Harcourt to welcome him back from Abuja after the PDP presidential primary. Wike, in…

Nigeria currently maintains with other countries, well over ninety [90] Air Traffic Rights, otherwise known as Bilateral Air Service Agreement [BASA]. This means that Airlines in Nigeria can conduct flight operations in and out of these countries.  Be it for scheduled or non-scheduled flight services. That would, however, be after the fulfilment of the necessary safety requirements as spelt out in the books by both countries’ regulatory authority. Signing Air Traffic Rights by the governments of two countries is the first step in the business of international air travel from one country to another. There are other procedural intricacies involved…

There is a running joke among African tech observers that every founder in Nigeria eventually describes their product as “built for the African market.”What made Thursday’s Pitchathon at The Gathering On 100 striking was how concretely several of its participants demonstrated what that phrase can actually mean when applied with rigour.The competition, held at the National Stadium Surulere in Lagos on Thursday, 23 April 2026, brought together nine early-stage and growth-stage ventures whose solutions shared a common thread: they were built not around the assumption of reliable internet, well-banked consumers or digitally confident small business owners, but around the actual…

As the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited continues its search for technical partners to operate the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has once again insisted that the facilities will never work. Obasanjo spoke during a television interview aired on Saturday night by Sony Irabor Live, which was monitored by our correspondent. He said, “One of the lessons that I learnt is that PPP (public-private partnership) works. Look, one project that has not been destroyed by the government in Nigeria is the NLNG (Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas), where the private sector has 51 per cent, and…

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The race to 2027 has begun, but within the Ondo APC, it is already turning into a battle of survival. Behind official assurances of unity lies a widening struggle for control, influence, and party tickets that could shape the state’s political direction long before the general election, writes PETER DADA The Independent National Electoral Commission has scheduled political parties’ primaries for the 2027 general elections to hold between April 23 and May 30, 2026. The commission also directed parties to submit their digital membership registers at least 21 days before their respective primary dates—a process already underway. In line with…

An oncologist and Medical Director of Jacaranda Cancer Centre, Abeokuta, Dr Kehinde Ololade, has said that Cancer is not a spiritual arrow shot by one enemy hiding somewhere, but a disease that anyone could have, irrespective of status, gender or tribe. Ololade stressed that early presentation of cases remains crucial to fighting the Cancer scourge He disclosed this on Thursday when speaking to journalists during the visit of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, led by its Chairman, Dr Adetokunbo Vaughan The oncologist hailed the visit of the medical consultants to his Jacaranda Cancer…