By Gom Mirian The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has commenced investigation into an attack on one of its personnel in Adamawa State. This is coming on the heels of the supplementary election in the state where it was reported that the DSS official was arrested over allegations that he has collected…
By Kazeem Akolawole The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that Nigeria recorded no fewer than 148 Lassa fever deaths from 846 cases. The NCDC in its Week 13 situation report on Thursday also disclosed that suspected cases have increased to 4,338 in which 148 deaths was recorded…
Kazeem Akolawole The World Health Organization(WHO) has said exclusive budget will guarantee Nigeria’s adherence to 2001, 15 percent Abuja declaration healthcare funding. The WHO Country Representative, Dr. Walter Kazadi Molumbo while interacting with journalists over the weekend at the “Walk the Talk” exercise to commemorate 75th anniversary of WHO, opined that if government…
Crisis in Sudan By Kazeem Akolawole Over 100 people have died as fierce battles between rival armed factions continue to spread, this according to a doctors’ union report. The report stated that violence between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued overnight into its third…
[ad_1] The Federal Government has approved release of N45.3bn as reimbursement to states and the FCT for the implementation of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Programme. National Coordinator, NG-CARES Programme, Abdulkarim Obaje, disclosed this in a statement yesterday by Information and Communication Officer, NG-CARES, Suleiman Odapu. The NG-CARES Programme, a Federal…
[ad_1] Six people have been reported killed while several others were injured in Utai village of Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State during the Saturday’s supplementary elections in the constituency. The incident happened while election of the State House of Assembly which was earlier declared inconclusive was ongoing, leaving residents in fear as peaceful…
[ad_1] The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has backed the calls to increase the tax payable on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSB) to reduce diabetes and other ailments related to sugary product consumption in the country. He said this in Abuja, when he hosted the management of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa…
[ad_1] No fewer than four people were killed while seven were hospitalised in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, after a car rammed into pedestrians. The incident, which happened on Friday night around 8.30 pm on Gashua Road involved a Mercedes wagon. An eyewitness who doesn’t want to be mentioned said the driver of the car…
[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Foundation (PSN Foundation) and other partners, Saturday launched five policy documents on reproductive and maternal health. They include Task Shifting/Task Sharing Policy (April 2022); Task Shifting/Task Sharing Standard Operating Procedures, (April 2022), Training Manual for Post Abortion Care (PAC) in Nigeria;…
[ad_1] The Sa’akaruyi of Karu chiefdom in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Chief Emmanuel Kyauta Yepwi, has died at 76. A relative of the late monarch, Habaku Samson, who confirmed the death to our reporter on Saturday, said he died after a brief illness on Saturday morning at a private hospital in Kano State. He…
