[ad_1] Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has signed two bills into law to boost healthcare service delivery in the state. They are a law for the establishment of the Yobe State Emergency Medical Ambulance Service and another for the establishment of the Yobe State Healthcare and Health-Related Facilities Inspection and Monitoring Agency. This…
[ad_1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to permit the sale of abortion pills in retail pharmacies across the country, as part of efforts to circumvent a Supreme Court judgement banning abortion procedures in health facilities. Mifepristone, the first of two-drugs medication to terminate a pregnancy will now be sold at retail pharmacies,…
[ad_1] A new Canadian law has banned foreigners from buying homes in the country for two years. The law, which took effect on January 1, was passed because of a spike in home prices in Canada since the start of the COVID pandemic. There are also beliefs that foreign buyers were snapping up a supply of…
[ad_1] Economy Kenya’s public debt growth pace slowest in four years Thursday January 05 2023 The National Treasury building in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG Kenya’s public debt grew at the slowest pace in four years in the 12 months to September 2022, pointing to a declining borrowing appetite by the government amid growing concerns…
[ad_1] Economy Junior police officers to take 57pc refunds cut in new cover Thursday January 05 2023 Recruits in a parade during the 146th pass-out ceremony of 3969 recruits at Kenya Police College Kiganjo in Nyeri County. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG Junior police officers risk being locked out of key health services, including…
[ad_1] A medical doctor, Mrs Oyebimpe Akinbunmi, on Wednesday, told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how one Dr Olufemi Olaleye allegedly defiled his wife’s 16-year-old niece. Olaleye, the Medical Director of the Cancer Care Foundation, is facing a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration. He, however, pleaded not guilty….
[ad_1] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it secured its highest-ever number of convictions within one year in 2022. Wilson Uwujaren, the agency’s spokesperson, in a statement on Wednesday, said 3,785 convictions were secured in 2022. The latest record of the number of convictions by the agency surpassed the convictions secured in 2021….
[ad_1] From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, said no amount of speculation and unprofitable media talks by people who cannot mobilise 25 votes will make him change his mind on the presidential candidate to support. Governor Wike spoke at Egbeda Community while flagging off the construction of Akpabu-Egbeda-Omoku Link Road in…
[ad_1] The United States said on Tuesday that the requirement of COVID-19 tests for travelers from China was based on science and due to Beijing’s lack of transparency on surging cases. China earlier Tuesday denounced measures taken by a number of countries on its travelers as “unacceptable,” two days before air passengers two years and…
[ad_1] By Doris Obinna The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that the COVID-19 Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant and its lineages has continue to dominate countries like, China, the USA, the UK and is yet to be detected in Nigeria. The NCDC disclosed this in an update on COVID-19 genomic surveillance signed…
