Fate played a trick on kidnappers of Dr. Abu Babatunde, Edo medical doctor abducted in Auchi, Edo State, and his brother, who was later killed, as they have reportedly been arrested after visiting the hospital. It was gathered that the suspected Kidnappers were reportedly apprehended after bringing their sick baby to the same hospital where…
Former Pension Reform Task Team Chairman, Dr. Abdulrasheed Maina, is reportedly hospitalised after slumping while accessing his office in Abuja. He was rushed to a private hospital where he is presently recuperating. He is said to be in critical condition. Dr. Maina was in the news recently when he received an award from Garki, Abuja…
A former Nigerian Senator Ibrahim Musa Kontagora is dead. According to People’s Gazette, the Senator died in an Abuja hospital after he was denied a critical surgery over $15,000 bill. The hospital was said to have confirmed a $30,000 bill for Kontagora, who represented Niger North Senatorial District from 2011 to 2015, but he was…
By Erasmus Ikhide The demise of former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London clinic is a tragic testament of his failure in leadership as evidenced in his grand sleaze — ruinoius and decayed state of Nigeria’s healthcare system, enveloped by dust and rust. During his tenure, the presidency allocated nearly a N100 billion for the…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, visited a hospital and secondary school in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, on Monday. Obi visited the Anglican Hospital Diocese of Kubwa and the Anglican Comprehensive Secondary School, Kubwa, where he donated the sum of N10 million each. This particular visit to the school and hospital…
Mrs Eunice Bright Ekwok, who accused an Abuja-based medical doctor of stealing one of her twins during birth in his hospital, has said the doctor had initially admitted to the crime secretly to her but begged her not to let the outside world know about it on the first day she went to the doctor’s…
Waziri The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Lukumanu Sani Waziri, an accountant at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, for diverting over N60 million public funds through unauthorized access to the Government Integrated Financial Information System (GIFMIS). Waziri was arraigned in 2021 alongside two others…
Gunmen on Wednesday attacked the Kankara General Hospital in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State and shot a medical doctor, identified as Murtala Dandashire, in the thigh. The Katsina State Police Command also exclusively informed PUNCH Metro that another individual, whose identity has not been disclosed, was shot and injured in the attack. Our…
The National Hospital Abuja has appealed to the public for assistance in identifying an unconscious patient. The middle-aged man was brought unconscious to the hospital’s Trauma ICU on December 21, 2024 by a good Samaritan and has been receiving medical treatment. The hospital’s spokesperson, Dr. Tayo Haastrup, in a statement on Sunday, December 29, said…
