[ad_1] There was a disruption to flight operations yesterday when equipment belonging to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc. rammed into an aircraft belonging to Air Peace at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Daily Trust can report. This is just as the airline is suspecting sabotage as this would be the third time in…
[ad_1] Adekunle Sulaimon The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kaduna State Command, says its operatives have arrested four suspects with 298 bags of Indian hemp. The NDLEA State Commander, Mr. Ibrahim Braji, disclosed this at a news conference in Kaduna on Wednesday. Braji said that the suspects were arrested on the evening of January 3,…
[ad_1] The 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory have proposed to spend over N11.5trn in the 2023 financial year, an analysis by the Daily Trust has shown. The breakdown indicated that N6.482trn will be spent on capital projects while N4.989trn is for recurrent expenditure. Daily Trust reports that 20 states have already passed…
[ad_1] Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has signed two bills into law to boost healthcare service delivery in the state. They are a law for the establishment of the Yobe State Emergency Medical Ambulance Service and another for the establishment of the Yobe State Healthcare and Health-Related Facilities Inspection and Monitoring Agency. This…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh A public health expert, Dr. Akinlemibola Makinde, has urged Nigerians, especially those above 40 to consider creating health-related new year resolutions to stay healthy. Makinde, who is the chairman of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria also noted that it is essential to meet with one’s doctor to…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo The leadership of the Healthcare Providers Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have backed the call by the Nigerian Medical Association asking the National Assembly to come up with a law that will criminalise violence against healthcare workers in the country. Recall that the NMA made the call…
[ad_1] Grace Edema The National Health Insurance Authority, Health Maintenance Organisations, Lagos State Health Management Agency, and others have demanded the institutionalisation of total quality health management in every hospital across the country. The different stakeholders who held an interactive session at the NHIA office, Yaba, recently, in a presentation titled, “Institutionalising total quality management…
[ad_1] Grace Edema PPC Limited (formerly Philips Projects Centre), has said good eyesight aids productivity in humans. Speaking at a free eye screening and treatment to community members of the Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area, the Managing Director, PPC Limited, Mr. Ayo Grillo, described the medical outreach as a means of giving back…
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of advanced technology to combat insecurity in the South East geo-political zone. Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State stated this on Tuesday while answering questions from State House reporters after a meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said he had come to see…
[ad_1] Sharon Osaji A committee in Tudun Wada Local Government Area in Kano State has revealed that it has discovered 130 hospitals and pharmacies run by quack doctors, some of which are Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination holders. The committee set up by the Local Government Chairman, Alhaji Tijjani Matata, also said it discovered during…
