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Some traditional doctors in Ijebu land have expressed their readiness to lend a full backing to operation Amotekun been the community police to curtail all sort of criminalities in Yoruba land. When contacted, some of the herbalists said the local police group orchestrated by Southwest governors should not worry if the Federal Government bar them from using the modern arms. They said local charms would be improvised for the team free of charge to accomplish their assignment. Chief Aremu Agbomola,…

Angélique Kidjo Dedicates Her ‘Best World Music Album’ Grammy Award to Burna Boy

January 28, 2020

Angélique Kidjo beat artist Burna Boy to the Grammy award for ‘Best World Music’ for her album ‘Celia‘ and she used the opportunity to dedicate the award to him. While accepting her award, the singer took time to praise the wealth of new talent coming from the continent. She said, “The new generation of artists coming from Africa are going to take you by storm and the time has come.” Burna Boy’s nomination was a major milestone for contemporary African music and the…

CBN REVIEWS BANK CHARGES

January 28, 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reviewed downward electronic transfer and ATM fees as well as card maintenance fees. The new charges were contained in the latest GUIDE TO CHARGES BY BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS just released by the CBN. According to the CBN, bank customers will now pay N10 for electronic transfers below N5,000, and N25 for electronic transfer between N5,000 and N50,000. Only electronic transfer above N50,000 will attract N50 charge. Previously, bank customers pay N50…

PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE DROP ROYAL DUTIES AND HRH TITLES

January 28, 2020

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will no longer use their HRH (His/Her Royal Highness) titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties, Buckingham Palace has announced. The couple will also no longer formally represent the Queen. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to repay £2.4m of taxpayer money for the refurbishment of Frogmore Cottage, which will remain their UK family home, the statement added. The new arrangement comes into effect in spring this year, the palace said.…

CONJOINED TWINS SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATED BY 78-MEMBER TEAM IN NIGERIA

January 28, 2020

Two sisters, who were joined in the chest and abdomen, have been successfully separated in a surgery by a 78-member team in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. Mercy and Goodness Ede are now well enough to go home six weeks after surgery, according to pediatric surgeon Emmanuel Ameh, who led the team that performed the operation at the National Hospital. The surgery to separate the twins happened in November last year but details have only just been released by the hospital, because…

UIMSA CLINICAL PRESS conducted an interview with the amiable Opeyemi Muili. She is the newly elected Regional Coordinator of the Nigerian Medical Students’ Association (NiMSA) South-West Region.

January 27, 2020

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She will shoulder the responsibility of coordinating and organizing events and activities which will bring together the South Western Medical Students’ Associations under the aegis of NiMSA. A. D: Please can you give us a brief introduction of yourself?O. M: My name is Opeyemi MUILI. A 500 level Medical Student, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. I am the third of four children. Former Vice President and Treasurer, two time IFUMSA Honourable. A mental health enthusiast, also interested in…

THE STRENGTH IN THE LITTLE THINGS

January 27, 2020

We all have dreams and goals we hope to accomplish. For some, it might be to get that dream house or car. For others it might be to get that scholarship or to be successful in one’s career path. It might even be the dream of having a really exotic wedding which requires us to go through a lot of ups and downs and twist and turns and put in hours of hard work in other to reach them. For…

NIGERIA TOPPLES GHANA TO BECOME BEST PLACE TO STUDY MEDICINE IN WEST AFRICA

January 27, 2020

Ghana has lost its place to Nigeria as the best destination to study medicine in West Africa, the TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION (THE) reveals. The decision to study medicine is a life-changing one and THE states that The University of Ibadan is West Africa’s best bet. According to the 2020 World University Rankings (WUR) the Nigeria-based University ranks between 301-400 on the clinical, pre-clinical and health ladder while University of Ghana is positioned at 501-600 out of selected 1,500 best universities…

LITTLE GREEN DRESS

January 26, 2020