[ad_1] Debunks Reuters’ report on abortion by Nigerian military The Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, has raised concern over the high rate of pregnancy and procreation in Boko Haram victims’ rehabilitation camps in the state. The commissioner, who disclosed this before the Special Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations…
By Juliet Jacob Pregnant Shema’u Sani Labaran about to deliver her baby died at the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital in Kano State, on account of delay in payment of…
By Juliet Jacob In quick response, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Friday, it had not authorised commercial banks to start accepting the old N500 and N1,000 notes. It said that the only directive to the regulator from President Muhammadu Buhari was to reissue the old N200 note. Director, Corporate Communications of CBN,…
[ad_1] Four wives of an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) at a camp in Borno put to bed on the same day. Borno state Commissioner of Women Affairs, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, disclosed this while commenting on the high rate of pregnancy and procreation in Boko Haram Rehabilitation camps. The commissioner, who appeared before the Special Independent…
By Kazeem Akolawole Health sector stakeholders have appealed to candidates seeking electictive positions in the 2023 general elections to prioritize the sector and make maternal health services free for benefit of the common man. The stakeholders at a one-day summit organised by the Association of Nigeria Health Journalists (ANHEJ) supported by the Partnership for…
[ad_1] Tukur Muntari Thirty eight people have been confirmed dead by the Jigawa State Ministry of Health in an outbreak of cerebellum spinal meningitis in the state. The state Commissioner of Health, through the permanent secretary in the ministry, Dr. Salisu Muazu, said the disease has been recorded in seven local government areas of the…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says products worth over N326m were destroyed at Lafia, Nasarawa State. NAFDAC disclosed this Thursday evening in a post on its official Twitter handle, @NafdacAgency. The agency tweeted, “Today, products worth N326,833,592.80 were destroyed at the North-Central destruction exercise which took place…
[ad_1] The immediate past President, Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Dr. Samuel Aladejare, has called for massive awareness campaigns on mental health issues. Aladejare, also a psychiatrist, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. The psychiatrist decried what he called the low awareness…
….Over 11,000 candidates booked for exam malpractices By Miriam Gom The National Examinations Council, NECO, has announced the release of the result of the November/December 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, made the announcement on Thursday in Minna, Niger State of Nigeria. According to Wushishi, 59,124…
[ad_1] The United States and the Federal Government have signed an agreement for the repatriation of $954,000 loot of late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former Bayelsa State Governor. US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, announced the development at a press briefing on Thursday afternoon in Abuja. Leonard said the official salary of the former governor during…
