[ad_1] Rwandan surgeons at King Faisal Hospital (KFH) with a visiting team of American surgeons successfully performed three living donor kidney transplants this week. The launch of this service is in line with the government’s ongoing efforts to reduce costly medical referrals abroad. Over the past seven years, 67 Rwandan patients have been transferred abroad…
[ad_1] Kashim Shettima, the vice president-elect, says removing petrol subsidy and ending the multiple exchange rate system are issues that will pose the initial challenge to the incoming administration. Shettima spoke at the public lecture and Juma’at prayer held at the National Mosque in Abuja as part of the 2023 presidential inauguration programme of events….
[ad_1] UN chief seeks global cooperation as 76th World Health Assembly begins. Accelerating Implementation of the NHIA Act to Improve Health Insurance Coverage in Nigeria. Nigerian government launches strategy to bridge workforce gap in PHC’s. Pfizer installs telemedicine centre for breast cancer patients in Abuja. Brain Drain: New Report Puts Percentage of Professionals Willing to…
[ad_1] Diezani Alison-Madueke has informed a federal high court in the Abuja division that she had been away from the country since May 2015 because of cancer treatment. In a writ of summons against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) marked CV/6273/2023 and seen by TheCable, the…
[ad_1] Sudan’s army has asked reservists and retired soldiers to re-enlist to boost its troops amid the ongoing war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a rival paramilitary. The call comes after a seven-day truce which both parties have not stood by since the war started in April. Although the army initially said all retired…
[ad_1] The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that due to the myriads of problems bedeviling the country, the starting point of his administration might not be rosy but assured Nigerians that they will surmount the challenges rapidly. He said this on Friday in Abuja at the Jumat Prayer and lecture as part of…
[ad_1] Celine Dion, the ace Canadian singer, has canceled all her upcoming 2023 and 2024 world tour as she continues to battle with neurological disorder. In December, the songstress revealed that she was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS). SPS is a rare neurological disorder with features of an autoimmune disease that causes one’s muscles…
[ad_1] A reproductive health expert, Ijeoma Onuorah, says that the use of contraceptives for family planning does not cause cancer but reduces the risk of cancers. Mrs Onuorah said this at the 2023 International Day of Families, organised by the Anambra State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare,…
By Gom Mirian Researchers in Nigeria have developed four prototype innovations to address the challenges of hunger, poverty, quality education, responsible consumption, and manufacturing in the country. The prototypes were developed by eighteen public university lecturers in the Research for Impact (R4i), an initiative of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TET Fund) in collaboration…
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, observed his last Jumat prayer at the State House. Buhari was accompanied by Bola Tinubu, president-elect. After the Jumat service, Buhari took Tinubu on a tour of the various working areas of the State House as his tenure comes to an end on May 29. Speaking with journalists after…
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