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30 Oct
The Ogun State Government on Tuesday sent a second delegation to commiserate with the family of Monday Arijo, who died on Friday after being subjected to corporal punishment by a teacher at Obada Grammar School, Idi-emi. This comes as the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, is already conducting a post-mortem on the deceased to determine…
30 Oct
The House of Representatives has successfully passed a bill during its second reading aimed at establishing a Federal Medical Centre in Lagos State. The proposed legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Federal Medical Centres Act and Establish the Federal Medical Centre, Orile, Lagos State and for Related Matters,” was sponsored by…
3 Oct
Former Defense Minister, General TY Danjuma, has broken his silence on the reason behind his decision to build a state-of-the-art mortuary for the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Jalingo, in Taraba State. Sharing the personal story that led to his actions yesterday while commissioning the morgue, the experience that led to the donation of the…
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