By Juliet Jacob The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has revealed the Federal Government has approved a pay raise for civil servants in the country. Ngige made this known on Wednesday night when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The minister said the salary increment became important in view…
By Hassan John Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has disclosed that women, children and girls are always negatively impacted by effect of emergency situations. She disclosed this at the formal hand-over of global lead on the Call to Action (CtA) on protection from Gender- Based Violence in emergencies, in Abuja….
By Hassan John In an effort to provide world-class health services to Nigerians and also reduce medical tourism, Alliance Hospital, based in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has commissioned 64 slide CT scan and IVF Centre. Speaking while commissioning the two facilities in Abuja, Wednesday, the Managing Director of the Hospital,…
[ad_1] Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in hospital in Rome, the Vatican says. The BBC, citing a statement, reports that the 86-year-old had breathing difficulties in recent days but does not have COVID. It said he would need “a few days of appropriate hospital medical therapy”….
[ad_1] A former Grand Kadi of Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice AbdulMuttalib Ahmad Ambali (retd) is dead He died in the wee hours of Thursday at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Oke-Oyi, after a brief illness. He was 83 years old. The late jurist was the 2nd Grand Kadi after late…
[ad_1] The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved two contracts for the construction of a centre of excellence for environmental restoration in Kana Local Government Area of Rivers State and a 100-bed specialist hospital in Ogoni. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, said the projects were to facilitate efficient and cost-effective approaches to contamination management and…
[ad_1] The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved two contracts worth N24.20 billion for the provision of broadband for free internet in 75 public places, including 20 airports, tertiary institutions and markets nationwide to support micro, small and medium enterprises. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, announced this Wednesday while…
Use of skin bleaching creams prevalent among 77 per cent of Nigerian women which was highest in Africa – WHO 2018 Study By Juliet Jacob The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged journalists and entertainers within the South-East to join the agency in its current…
Gom Mirian The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the United Kingdom (UK) government has unveiled a three-year project focused on providing integrated food, nutrition sanitation, and protection services in Nigeria’s north-east region A statement made available to the Africa Health Report, AHR, by UNICEF on Wednesday in Abuja…
By Kazeem Akolawole The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has admonished packaged and sachet water producers across the country to always adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices GMP as enunciated by the Agency to safeguard the wellbeing of the consumer. The admonition was given by Director…
