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    It was outrageous on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, as one of the wards in the University College Hospital Ibadan refused treatment for a sick newborn baby, over his mother’s refusal to remove her Niqab. This Incident brought about responses and counter-responses from different stakeholders and individuals. Some wish the incident should be settled within the hospital environment, while some call for the suspension of those officers involved in it. A petition was also written to the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, on the issue, demanding to look into the absurd event within his jurisdiction. Father of the child, while expressing dismay at the revelations, said on his Facebook page: He was made to pay some bills before those attending to them informed his wife that she could not be allowed access to the ward with her veil. He said; “I don’t know how to put this but I can’t let it go. They just rejected my 4-day-old baby this night aroun

The Osi Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Lateef Gbadamosi Adebimpe is dead. Oba Adebimpe died on Wednesday after a brief illness. His own father, Oba Gbadamosi Akanbi Adebimpe ruled for six months as Olubadan of Ibadanland in 1976. He represented the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin at the unveiling of the new palace of Olubadan at Oke Aremo in Ibadan North local government area on July 10. The unveiling of the new palace as reliably gathered was his last official outing.   He was conspicuously absent at the coronation of Oba Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland held at the Mapo Hall. The details of his transition was sketchy at the time of filing the report. 

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor John Obafunwa as the new Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research. A statement by the Presidency on Monday noted that Obafunwa succeeds Professor Babatunde Salako, whose tenure expires on July 23, 2024. The appointment takes effect from July 24, 2024. The President also extended his appreciation to the outgoing DG for his service to the nation and wished him well in his future endeavours. The statement added, “The President expects the new Director-General to bring his immense wealth of experience and qualifications to bear in this role to further drive the NIMR’s objective of leading research into diseases of public health importance in Nigeria. “The President expects him to develop structures for the dissemination of research findings while providing the enabling environment and facilities for health research and training in cooperation with the federal and state ministries of health.” Obafunwa qualified in m

After eight years in office as Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Prof. Babatunde Lawal Salako will be bowing out of office next Tuesday 23 July, 2024 with a remarkable chain of glittering achievements. When he was appointed in 2016, little did the pundits know that his appointment was for a mission: a mission of destiny reconstruction, infrastructural development, reformation, and global visibility of the Institute.      Today, the imposing modern administrative edifice, with the state-of-the-art facilities situated within the serene environment of NIMR is to say the least, a visible testimony to the sagaciousness of Prof. Salako’s leadership qualities. The building which had been abandoned for many years before Prof. Salako’s appointment, attracted the attention of the DG who mobilized men and materials towards the completion of the edifice. Prof. Salako, like present-day mythical king Midas soon turned around waste to wealth and transformed rubbles to b