Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Federal Government has announced plans to digitize Nigeria’s grazing reserves, cattle routes, and dams inventories. This initiative is part of the administration’s broader goal to modernize the livestock sector and address longstanding farmer-herder conflicts. Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Muktar Idi Maiha, revealed this during a meeting with the House…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) has committed to supporting the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) in tackling procurement corruption and related offenses in Nigeria. This promise was made by ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, during a courtesy visit by the newly appointed BPP Director General, Dr. Adebowale Adedokun, as…
The incoming regional director of the World Health Organization in Africa, Tanzania’s Dr Faustine Ndugulile, has died, months after he was elected to the position. Ndugulile, a 55-year-old lawmaker and a medical doctor, died on Wednesday morning in India while undergoing treatment, Tanzania’s speaker of parliament said. It is the first time a WHO regional…
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has revealed that approximately 1.6 million People Living With HIV (PLHIV) in Nigeria are currently receiving treatment. Dr. Temitope Ilori, Director-General of NACA, made this announcement at a press conference held ahead of World AIDS Day 2024. She highlighted the agency’s commitment to ending AIDS in…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Lagos State Government has shut down no fewer than 100 health facilities in the last 10 months for quackery. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Executive Secretary of the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), Dr Abiola Idowu, during the agency’s sensitisation and enforcement exercise in Badagry. According…
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Studies Institute in Nigeria: A step in the right direction. Umar Dalhat Muaz highlights the gains if only the Nigerian government allows the projects to stand, by ensuring that the necessary enablers otherwise called enabling environment, are in place. Professor Bart Nnaji, a renowned scientist and engineer is set to…
A report has marked Nigeria as one of the African countries with over 80 per cent concentration of displaced persons. The report put together by the International Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and released on Tuesday also listed Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan in the group. The IDMC emphasized that the number of people living in…
At least five people have been confirmed dead, while 14 are still missing after a speedboat collided with a submerged object and capsized in Delta state, the police hace confirmed on Tuesday. The tragic boat accident had six people survived the incident on Friday. The accident occurred in the remote Gbaramatu Kingdom of the Warri…
Over 28 trucks of rice palliatives, meant to aid the less privileged, are suspected to have been diverted and repackaged for resale in the open market, according to the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission. The commission’s chairman, Barrister Muhuyi Magaji, disclosed this troubling discovery on Tuesday while updating the public about an ongoing…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of funds. Africa Health Report (AHR) gathered that Bello arrived at the EFCC office on Tuesday morning, accompanied by his lawyers. He drove himself to the office in…
