Jumoke Olasunkanmi, Favour Ozioma With the looming nationwide strike announced by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has implored labour leaders to consider the ongoing efforts by the Federal Government to alleviate the current hardships faced by Nigerians. The Speaker was reacting to a strike action…
By Ozioma Favour As the world prepares to mark the 17th World Rabies Day, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has urged the public to protect themselves from the spread of rabies. Rabies is spread through bites from animals, including dogs, bats, coyotes, foxes, skunks and raccoons. According to statement posted on…
Gom Mirian An ad hoc committee tasked with the establishment of central multipurpose laboratories in selected universities has been inaugurated by the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono. The laboratories are to provide necessary infrastructure to aid research within universities across the country. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the…
18-24th September, 2023 UN Raises Alarm as Cholera Threatens One Billion People From Nigeria, 42 Countries (Peoples Gazette) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said 43 countries, including Nigeria, now face outbreaks as increasing numbers of cholera cases are reported. Read more Nigeria Has Only 84 Paediatric Dentists…
Gom Mirian A non-governmental organisation focused on transparency and accountability in government, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked President Bola Tinubu to open an investigation into allegations of unaccounted oil revenues worth over $15 billion. This is just as it also requested that the N200 billion earmarked for the repair of refineries…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The House of Representatives has said it plans to send 14 million out-of-school children back to the classroom through a four-year intervention tagged ‘Nigeria Mass Reduction of Out-of-School Children and Youth Project’, (NiMPROP). According to the Chairman of the House Committee on Alternative Education, Hon. Almustapha Ibrahim Aliyu, the initiative aims to significantly…
Gom Mirian The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has disowned the nurse who allegedly treated the late popular singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, before his death. In a statement released by the NANNM on Saturday, it disclosed that the nurse suspected of injecting Mohbad was not their member. NANNM described…
Hadiza Ibrahim The Taraba State Police Command has disclosed that no fewer than 20 suspected kidnappers have been taken into custody. The Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Usman, who made this known in a press statement, added that the suspects have been paraded at the command’s headquarters in Jalingo, the State capital. He said the…
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…
