By Afolabi Oyekunle. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr Kayode Opeifa, has urged young biomedical scholars to embrace emerging opportunities, strengthen research and develop homegrown innovations to improve healthcare and advance humanity. Opeifa made the call at the 12th Annual Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), where he addressed medical scientists, healthcare professionals, researchers and academics. Reflecting on his academic journey at the University of Ilorin and the University of Lagos, Opeifa said the strong educational foundation he received had played a significant role in shaping his career. He described medical scientists as the engine room of the healthcare sector, urging students to maximise their academic and clinical training to become globally competitive. He also encouraged them to embrace research, keep pace with global medical developments and explore emerg...

By Afolabi Oyekunle.  Ogun State Government has defended its handling of the succession process to the Awujale stool, revealing how it intervened in the internal crisis within the Fusengbuwa Ruling House and insisting that the emergence of the next monarch must strictly follow due process. The government also warned individuals and groups allegedly sponsoring media attacks and spreading disinformation to pressure it over the succession process to desist or face the full weight of the law. The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, stated this in a statement on Wednesday, stressing that the government had acted with fairness, restraint and in accordance with the Awujale Chieftaincy Declaration and the Obas and Chiefs Law of Ogun State, 2021. He explained that following the demise of the late Awujale, Oba Sikiru Adetona, the government had consistently recognised the Fusengbuwa Ruling House’s entitlement to produce the next occup...

By Afolabi Oyekunle. Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr Oluwaseun Faleye, has assured personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) of comprehensive protection under the Employees' Compensation Scheme (ECS) for injuries, disabilities and diseases sustained in the line of duty.  He said that their dependents will also be taken care of in the case of death during the course of work. Speaking on Wednesday at the sensitisation and onboarding ceremony of the NSCDC on the ECS at the Corps' National Headquarters in Abuja, the NSITF MD said the engagement was of critical importance to the welfare of men of the Corps who risk their lives daily to protect critical national assets and infrastructure. "An institution entrusted with protecting the nation must therefore have a dependable system for protecting its own workforce. Those who protect our nation must themselves be protected. That is the prin...

By Afolabi Oyekunle. Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has ordered the immediate reconstruction of the Saje-Elega-Adedotun Road in Abeokuta South Local Government Area, with construction work expected to commence next week as he called for collaboration with leaders of communities, local government chairmen and religious leaders. The governor gave the directive on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ meeting with ward and local government executive members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), held at the Centenary Hall, Ake, Abeokuta. Abiodun said the reconstruction was part of his administration’s commitment to upgrading infrastructure and giving Abeokuta, the state capital, a befitting facelift. In a move to strengthen the party’s internal cohesion, the governor also announced plans to constitute a reconciliation committee to address lingering disagreements and promote unity among APC members, particularly in Abeokuta South. The committee, which will be chaired by the st...

By Afolabi Oyekunle Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has put smiles on faces of Judges in the state as he announced allocation of 49 newly constructed duplexes to judges of the State High Court, in a major intervention aimed at strengthening judicial welfare and improving the conditions of service in the state. The governor made the announcement on Wednesday during the swearing-in ceremony of five new High Court judges at the Executive Chambers, Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The newly appointed judges are Luqman Oke, Adebimpe Obienu, Fatima Daudu, Rafiat Kadiri and Oludotun Osho, bringing the total number of judges in Ogun State to 49. Abiodun said the 49 duplexes, located at the President Muhammadu Buhari Estate along Kobape Road, Abeokuta, were provided in fulfilment of his administration’s commitment to judicial welfare and the creation of an enabling environment for the effective administration of justice.             ...

By Afolabi Oyekunle The Ogun State Government has approved major road construction and rehabilitation projects across the state, alongside the procurement of an advanced Siemens helium free 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine for the Gateway Medical Centre of Excellence. According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, the decisions were reached at the State Executive Council meeting held on Tuesday.             Hon: Kayode Akinmade The approved road projects include the construction of the RCCG New Auditorium Road to One Million Junction in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area and the rehabilitation of two stretches of Old Ondo Road in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area: Lagos Garage to Epe Garage and Lagos Garage to Adeola Odutola College. The Council also approved the construction of Saje Junction to Elega Road and the reconstruction of the corridor linking Ajitadun...