Day: March 6, 2024

LUTH celebrates ‘milestone’ surgery feat on 13-day-old baby

The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) is celebrating what it described as its first minimal access surgery on a 13-day-old baby at the hospital. Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chief Medical Director of LUTH told journalists in Lagos that the surgery on the 13-year-old baby, a girl, is a milestone and the first of its […]

Meta reacts through X as Facebook, Instagram crash

Billions of Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta’s Instagram and Facebook users were yesterday thrown into the dark as the social media platforms experienced total outage. Users across the globe reported widespread problems, including being logged out, encountering error messages, and being unable to refresh their feeds. This led to total panic across the world as users expressed […]

Deadline on NIN/account linkage: Most banks yet to implement directive

As the deadline given to banks to link all bank accounts to NIN elapsed last Thursday, many banks in the country are yet to implement the directive. Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN had issued a directive to all commercial banks in the country last year to restrict tier-1 accounts without proper Biometric Verification […]

LASTMA arrests 19 hoodlums, impounds 123 vehicles

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has disclosed that the agency arrested 19 suspected hoodlums for extorting unsuspecting members of the public in the state. The Public Relations Officer, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed in a statement made available to PUNCH Metro on Tuesday, stating that a preliminary investigation had shown that the hoodlums had been caught using […]

767 manufacturers shut down in 2023 – MAN

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said that 767 manufacturers shut down operations while 335 became distressed in 2023. This came against the backdrop of exchange rate volatility, rising inflation and other economic challenges that have worsened the investment climate. MAN stated this in a statement in which it condemned the recently introduced Expatriate Employment […]

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