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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has debunked speculation of a defection to All Progressives Congress (APC), describing such rumours as unfounded and misleading. Addressing journalists, Mutfwang reaffirmed his loyalty to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a platform he said has shaped his political ideals and reflects the will and aspirations of his people. “I haven’t had that conversation of leaving PDP for APC with anyone,” he said. “The media has speculated a lot, but nothing has happened.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf |Alao Abiodun
In the ancient city of Jos—cradled by rolling hills and tempered by a climate often likened to the Mediterranean—change is taking shape not just in rhetoric but in real, tangible movement. On Thursday, June 12, 2025, amid warm applause and renewed civic pride, Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State inaugurated 15 gleaming new metro buses—an unmistakable symbol of a government in motion and a people rediscovering momentum.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf |Alao Abiodun
It begins with a story. A grandmother recounting folktales under a moonlit sky. A weaver shaping adire patterns with practiced hands. A griot singing of kingdoms long faded. For centuries, Africa’s culture has survived not through monuments or manuscripts, but through memory and movement—told, danced, worn and passed on.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf
Health Every June 8, the world pauses to mark World Brain Tumour Day, but in Nigeria, the day comes and goes with little more than a whisper. Yet, for thousands of families across the country, brain tumours are not abstract clinical phenomena—they are a devastating reality marked by misdiagnosis, inaccessible care, financial ruin, and avoidable deaths.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf
Amid rising global health inequities and dependence on foreign pharmaceuticals, Nigeria is quietly charting a bold, locally-driven path to healing. At the forefront is the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA), which has recently birthed 23 scientifically validated traditional remedies.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Adekunle Yusuf |Alao Abiodun
In the silent corners of too many Nigerian homes, the same tragedy repeats itself: a young woman, full of life and dreams, dies while giving birth. Her family mourns. Her community moves on. The system shrugs. And the country, once again, fails to ask the most important question — why? In 2023 alone, an estimated 993 Nigerian women died for every 100,000 live births — making childbirth one of the deadliest risks a woman can take in the country.
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3 weeks 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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4 weeks 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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4 weeks 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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4 weeks 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.
