Gom Mirian Plural, an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) platform known for tracking public policy across multiple jurisdictions has just announced its expansion into Africa. The platform seeks to bring political transparency to the continent by enabling access to public policy data in various African jurisdictions, starting with Nigeria and South Africa. Plural has been working…
[ad_1] In a statement on Monday, NSIA said the summit was aimed at driving collaborations amongst partners and improving overall patient outcomes in cancer care. NSIA said participants at the summit included over 200 medical professionals in oncology, over 11 Nigerian tertiary hospitals as well as over 10 external collaborators from the University of Chicago;…
Juliet Jacob Ochenje Following the opening of the Lagdo dam by the Cameroonian authorities, the Federal Government has constituted a high level committee led by the Minister of Hummanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, to proffer solutions to flooding and its consequences in Nigeria. The Minister made this known during a press conference…
[ad_1] Australian doctors have found a live parasitic worm in a woman’s brain in a world-first discovery, according to a new study published on Tuesday. Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) and Canberra Hospital detailed the discovery of the parasitic roundworm. The eight-cm Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm, usually found in pythons, was pulled from the…
[ad_1] The Federal Government has said the opening of Lagdo Dam floodgates by Cameroonian authorities has put Nigerian communities on red alert over threat of flooding. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, who stated while briefing newsmen, restated the preparedness of state governments, and also emphasized the need for urgent response….
[ad_1] Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says it is an insult to beg the federal government for his release from detention. Kanu said a court of appeal verdict delivered on October 13, 2022, cleared him of all charges filed by the federal government. In a statement released by Ifeanyi…
[ad_1] On a Thursday morning in July, the cries of infants rent the air at Ugbogbo Primary Health Centre in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. As needles pierced their skins to deliver a dose of a vaccine, children yelled uncontrollably as their mothers struggled to appease them with breast milk. It was…
[ad_1] The chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kaduna Chapter, Sheyin Madaki, says doctors in the contemporary economic hardship needed alternative sources of income. Mr Madaki said this at the association’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Monday in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The theme of the AGM was “Doctor’s…
[ad_1] As students of the law, we are saddened with the high rise of reported media cases of alleged medical negligence in the Gambian healthcare system. Some of the cases ended up in the court with interesting decisions. In this article, we report some of the alleged negligent cases: The first case was reported by…
[ad_1] Are you feeling trapped in a cycle of unemployment? Are your skills not aligning with the demands of the job market? If so, you are definitely not alone. Global Finance has said that, The global unemployment is projected to reach 208 million people in 2023, with an unemployment rate of 5.8%. But whereas such…
