Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Katsina State Government has received the arrival of its first container of donated medical supplies from World Medical Relief in Detroit, United States of America. The delivery stems from Governor Dikko Umaru Radda visit to World Medical Relief headquarters in November 2023, where he met with the President of the…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The GSM Association (GSMA) has revealed that Nigeria needs an investment of approximately $360 million to expand its 4G coverage to 98% of the country’s geographical area. According to GSMA’s ‘2024 Year in Review’ report for sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria’s 4G coverage has improved significantly, rising from 41% in 2019 to 84%…
A Consultant Urologist at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Dr. Sani Al-Hassam, has raised an alarm on the growing prevalence of kidney diseases in the country attributing the rise to contaminated foods, synthetic products, and the influx of counterfeit drugs. According to Dr. Al-Hassam, these factors are driving kidney failure rates across the country. Speaking…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Africa (Africa CDC) said on Thursday that a US exit from the World Health Organization (WHO) jeopardizes Africa’s public health welfare. Ngashi Ngongo, a senior official at Africa CDC, said the need for Africa to seek innovative indigenous solutions for public health financing was now urgent and…
A High Court in Maiduguri, Borno state, presided over by Justice Aisha Kumaliya on Thursday, convicted and sentenced one Kolo Ngwari to one year imprisonment for cheating. This was contained in a statement issued by the Head, Media & Publicity of EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale. According to Oyewale, Ngwari was re-arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal…
The World Trade organisation ( WTO), Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala calls for calm as global tariff disputes intensify, warning that retaliatory trade wars could cause “catastrophic” economic damage. Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, Okonjo-Iweala urged countries to refrain from escalating tensions, drawing attention to the devastating consequences of the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act….
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ramped up its efforts to fight against counterfeit and inferior products in Nigeria, destroying items worth N1.3 billion in Abuja. The items, which consisted of medications, hospital supplies, cosmetics, and expired food products, were incinerated at the Kuje dumpsite in the Federal Capital…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in collaboration with federal and state fire services, contains a fire outbreak at the Yola Oil Mill Nigeria warehouse, located at KM 10 along Yola-Numan Road in Adamawa State. In a statement released on Thursday via their official X account (formerly Twitter), NEMA states that the fire breaks out…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday upheld the death sentence judgment handed out to Rahmon Adedoyin, an industrialist, for his involvement in the killing of Timothy Adegoke, an Obafemi Awolowo MBA student. The appellate court held on Thursday, that Adedoyin was properly convicted and sentenced to death…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos Nearly 10 million malaria vaccine doses were delivered to Africa during the first year of routine immunization, according to the Gavi vaccine alliance. This milestone marks significant progress in the fight against malaria, a disease that kills nearly 600,000 people annually, mostly in Africa. Children are heavily affected, and the World…
