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4 days ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf
Where once sorrowful farewells lingered, a new story is being written in Badagry. The Door of Return Tower, now under construction, transforms this historic slave port into a powerful symbol of reconnection—welcoming descendants of enslaved Africans back home, and turning a painful past into a promise of cultural rebirth and unity, reports Associate Editor ADEKUNLE YUSUFThe Atlantic wind is warm in Badagry, but for some, it carries a chill—one heavy with memory.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf |Emmanuel Chidi-Maha |Alao Abiodun
The Duchess International Hospital has achieved a remarkable medical milestone by performing complex open‑heart surgery on “Master D,” a five‑year‑old boy born with Tetralogy of Fallot—a serious congenital defect that disrupts normal blood flow to the lungs. Over three days, from May 19 to 21, 2025, a multidisciplinary team led by Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Mudasiru Salami worked in stages for a combined 14 hours to correct the defect.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf |Alao Abiodun
The Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) is intensifying efforts to reduce Nigeria’s dependency on imported drugs by promoting home-grown innovations in traditional medicine—an initiative aligned with the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda. At a press briefing held Tuesday in Lagos, the Director-General of NNMDA, Prof.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf |Alao Abiodun
In the bustling heart of Lagos last week, more than fifty of Nigeria’s leading cancer specialists converged for the third annual Brachytherapy Summit at the MEDSERVE‑LUTH Cancer Centre. Against the summit’s theme, “Advancing Gynaecological Brachytherapy in Nigeria: Bridging Gaps through Innovation, Collaboration and Skill Enhancement”, experts devoted two days to reshaping the landscape of women’s cancer care.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf |Alao Abiodun
In a bold convergence of art and advocacy, Nigeria is preparing to unveil its inaugural Road Safety International Film Festival (RSIFF), a pioneering endeavour aimed at redefining how citizens absorb, internalize, and respond to the principles of safe driving.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf
Agriculture holds the key to ending poverty, boosting health, and powering economic growth—yet its true potential remains unrealised without smarter financial systems.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf
Technology has long been a catalyst for economic growth, but in Nigeria’s agricultural sector—where over 70% of smallholder farmers remain financially excluded—the need is not just for innovation, but smarter and accessible financing. Despite Nigeria’s 84 million hectares of arable land, only a fraction is being maximally utilized. The real challenge? Not land scarcity, but the financial bottlenecks limiting farmers from scaling their operations.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf |Alao Abiodun
In a bold and strategic move to transform the delivery of primary healthcare services in Nigeria, the Federal Government has launched an unprecedented reform initiative that will see the deployment of 774 Performance and Financial Management Officers (PFMOs)—one in every local government area across the country.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf |Alao Abiodun
In a country where an estimated one in three adults in urban areas and one in four in rural communities are living with hypertension, new figures from the Nigerian Hypertension Society (NHS) paint a grim picture: less than 2.5% of affected Nigerians successfully manage to keep their blood pressure under control. The revelation came from the President of the NHS, Prof Simeon Isezuo, during the 2025 World Hypertension Day commemoration in Abuja.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf
Artificial Intelligence (AI), once the stuff of science fiction, is now reshaping the world at a breathtaking pace—from detecting diseases earlier to powering search engines, chatbots and navigation apps. As the global economy becomes increasingly digitised, an expert in computer science education, Dr. Ismaila Temitayo Sanusi, has urged Nigerian governments to act swiftly to prepare youth for a future dominated by AI technologies.
