Gom Mirian The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has warned fuel station operators who tamper with their fuel dispensing pumps to desist or risk having their operating licences revoked. Describing the act as illegal, deceptive and harmful to the public, ththChief Executive Secretary, NMDPRA, Mr Farouk Ahmed, noted in Abuja on Friday,…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The Centre or Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sounded he alarm that climate change may cause an increase in fungal infections in addition to many other threats it poses to the biological, ecological, environmental and societal systems. In a report released on its official Twitter handle on Friday, CDC explained that rising…
[ad_1] By Sarah NEGEDU Residents of the Federal Capital Territory have been cautioned against spreading false information about alleged disappearance of male organs in the territory. This is as the FCT Police Command warned that such rumours can lead to public anxiety and disrupt peace. The Command in a press statement said an incident involving…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi As part of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr.Tedros Ghebreyesus, has called on world leaders to commit to a five-year plan to end tuberculosis (TB) globally. Dr. Ghebreyesus, who said the UNGA meeting for Friday was focused on tuberculosis, declared that it…
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Juliet Jacob Ochenje The doctor who performed two surgeries on the late 14 year-old Adebola Akin-Bright whose small intestine mysteriously disappeared thereafter, Dr. Abayomi Baiyewu of Obitoks Hospital, is not a qualified surgeon. This was revealed on Friday by the Media Assistant to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Eromosele Ebhomele, who…
[ad_1] Aditi Shankar, an eight-year-old girl, has become the first child in the UK to receive a kidney transplant that does not require her to take long-term immunosuppressants. Immunosuppressants, also known as anti-rejection drugs, are required after a transplant to help prevent the immune system from attacking or rejecting the donor organ. The drugs usually…
Hadiza Ibrahim The Lagos State Police Command has explained that it used teargas to disperse a group of people who attended the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad’s procession from Lekki tollgate on Thursday because they blocked the roads and caused a traffic gridlock despite persuasion from force official and other people. The Public…
[ad_1] Economy NHIF workers to reapply for jobs in new agency Friday September 22 2023 The National Hospital Insurance Fund building in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG Employees of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) will be required to reapply for jobs when the 57-year-old State agency is split into three outfits…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi On Thursday, the body of Mohbad, a former signee of Malian Records, was exhumed after about 9 days after he was buried as part of a process to ascertain the cause of his mysterious death. His former label boss, Afeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, and his associate, Samson Balogun, also known…
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