By Kazeem Akolawole The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has called on President Muhammadu and the Minister of Health to conclude without any further delay the appointment of a substantive Chief Medical Director, CMD, for the management of the National Hospital Abuja, in line with the established processes and procedures. The Chairman…
By Kazeem Akolawole The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has disclosed that it will host Global African Diaspora Symposium (GADS) in Abuja to address and proffer workable solutions to Africa’s most pressing issues and create necessary partnerships between key Diaspora leaders, especially in the African continent to achieve successful results. The…
Driven by new borrowings, budget deficits Debts comprise domestic/external stocks of fed. Govt and subnational govts. By Louis Achi Nigeria’s total public debt stock has risen to N46.25 trillion ($103.11 billion) as of December 31, 2022, the Debt Management Office (DMO) said, on Thursday, March 30. In terms of composition, total…
By Juliet Jacob Thirty-two per cent (64.3 million) of Nigerians do not have enough food to consume, the World Food Programme, WFP, an organisation within the United Nations, has stated. According to the organisation, 170 million people do not have sufficient food to consume across 19 countries. In a March…
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has said that about 82,000 Nigerian women die yearly from complications from pregnancy or childbirth in the country. It broke it down to 225 women dying every day from maternal mortality, which requires urgent action from the Federal Government and all stakeholders to halt the menace…
[ad_1] Hospital doctors in six of Germany’s 16 states began a one-day strike on Thursday in the latest of a wave of employment disputes to disrupt the country this year. According to the Marburger Bund Association of German doctors, several thousand participants were expected at a rally in the Bavarian capital Munich, demanding a 2.5…
The federal government on Wednesday began online registration of medical laboratories in Nigeria to enhance service delivery. Dr Tosan Erhabor, the Registrar of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria made this known in Abuja at a meeting with stakeholders and the agency’s consultants on automation led by Prof. Effiong Akpan of the University…
By Gom Mirian Experts in the research and development sectors have called on the incoming administration to focus on the growth-enhancing sectors in the country rather than relying solely on revenues from crude oil to develop the economy. The call was made in Abuja at a one-day Leadership and Development Policy Dialogue…
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