By Juliet Jacob Ochenje The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), on Thursday celebrated five years of the VectorLink project’s achievements in the fight against malaria in Nigeria. Implemented in close partnership with the government of Nigeria, the five-year, $7.8 million President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) VectorLink project provided technical expertise…
[ad_1] At a corner of a crowded female hospital ward, Mabel Dauda groaned loudly in pain from where she lay. Nurses dressed in white and blue uniforms moved around the ward, pushing along with them trollies containing medications and other items, as they attended to the patients. Ms Dauda, who appeared to be mid-30, had…
By Gom Mirian The House of Representatives has applauded the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for introducing innovative technologies in the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Hon. Soli Sada, the Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Ejikeme Mmesoma, made the commendation when he visited the board in Abuja on Tuesday….
By Hadiza Ibrahim Two persons have been allegedly killed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Idi-Oro Area of Mushin in Lagos State. They were said to have died after stray bullets from a commando style operation of the operatives hit them on Wednesday night. There were reportedly other casualties with…
[ad_1] The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has partnered with Grassroot Emergency Volunteer Corps (GEVC) to address flooding in Gombe. In a statement issued by the organisation, NEMA said it held an interactive meeting to strengthen its relationship with the emergency corps. The organisations discussed prevention measures to prevent flooding and disease outbreaks in local…
[ad_1] The Kano government on Thursday announced the reopening of 26 entrepreneurship institutes allegedly closed down by the previous administration. According to NAN, Marwan Ahmad, commissioner for works and housing, announced the reopening of the institutes at a press conference in Kano. He said the institutes were established when Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of…
[ad_1] Thirty-two teams will participate in the inaugural Nigerian edition of the one-day Health Champions Cup competition, said the organisers on Thursday. The tournament is scheduled for Saturday at the Alade Sports Centre, Ajasa Command, Ipaja, Lagos. The competition — strictly for U-21 boys and which will be played in the 7-Aside format — is…
[ad_1] The Kwara government has commenced the administration of house-to-house Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) to children between the age of three months and 59 months. SMC is the intermittent administration of full treatment of an anti-malarial medicine during the malaria season to prevent the illness. Inaugurating the SMC, Olufolake Abdulrazaq, the wife of the Kwara…
[ad_1] President Bola Tinubu sent the list of his ministerial nominees to the senate on Thursday; of the 28 names sent, seven of them are women. This means that women represent 25 percent of the ministerial nominees as currently constituted. In 2019, former president Muhammadu Buhari also appointed seven women to his cabinet, but they…
[ad_1] A professor of public health and consultant, public health physician, Yetunde Kuyinu, has called on government at all levels to screen and control diseases in animals to prevent anthrax in humans. Ms Kuyinu, a staff of Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, made the call at a workshop organised by College of Agriculture,…
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