[ad_1] The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has vowed to seal any health facility providing substandard services within the territory. Abubakar Ahmadu, the Director, Medical and Diagnostic, Health and Human Services Secretariat FCTA, issued the warning while addressing journalists after an inspection on Tuesday in Abuja. Private Health Establishments Registration and Monitoring Committee (PHERMC), under…
[ad_1] In May 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared polio a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The WHO defines a PHEIC as an extraordinary event determined to constitute a public health risk to other states through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response. The designation allows…
By Gom Mirian The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, on Monday, said the estimated number of children not attending school in Nigeria is no longer accurate. Bobboyi who said this in Abuja at a one-day colloquium, organised by the Commission in honour of late Professor Gidado Tahir, the…
[ad_1] The World Bank says it will press for more grants and new capital from member countries to fight global crises. Anna Bjerde, World Bank’s managing director of operations, spoke in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday. Bjerde said the extra grants were necessary even as the international financial institution leverages its balance sheet to…
By Gom Mirian The Labour Party (LP) and Peter Obi, its presidential candidate, have three weeks to submit their cases to the presidential election petition tribunal, which is sitting at the court of appeal in Abuja. The five-member tribunal panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, who revealed this while the hearing’s resumption on…
[ad_1] The Jasikan Circuit Court in the Oti Region has sentenced a 34-year-old electrician to seven years imprisonment, for defiling a nine-year-old girl. Lodonu Kwasi, 34, convict, pleaded not guilty to the crime, but was convicted at the end of the trail. Police Detective Inspector Bright Nkansah told the court presided by Mr Alfred Kwabena…
[ad_1] The Oyo government has urged residents, especially rural dwellers, to access quality and affordable healthcare through functional primary healthcare centre facilities. While launching the maintenance manual for the facilities in Ibadan, the health commissioner, Bode Ladipo, said the government had put in resources to facilitate the upgrade of the PHCs. He said the step’s…
[ad_1] The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has condemned the attack on its personnel, who were on patrol duties, at ‘Beat 6’ of the Aflao border, in the Volta Region, by unknown assailants. The incident, which occurred at about 11: 25 pm on Friday night, resulted in three members of the team suffering injuries. A statement…
[ad_1] Samuel Maduka University, a visionary and pioneering entrepreneurial institution, located in Ekwegbe Enugu state is set to launch in September with an array of innovative programs to meet the evolving needs of students and the industry. The university has received official approval from the esteemed Federal Executive Council, marking an exciting milestone in the…
[ad_1] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has solicited the support of traditional rulers in combating drug abuse in the FCT. Kabir Tsakuwa, NDLEA commander in Abuja, made the call during a courtesy call on the Dakachi of Gwarinpa, Malam Yakubu Bayaro. Mr Tsakuwa, in a statement on Tuesday, said the support of Abuja…
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