By Hassan John The Senate Committee Chairman on Health Care Services, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, has disclosed that within four years in the Senate, he has been able to get four health related bills passed into law while five others are waiting for the president’s ascent. He made the disclosure during an exclusive interview at…
By Hassan John The Dean of the UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College, London, Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar, has raised concern that most funding for health research in Nigeria is not well structured which comes through allocation to particular institutes and agencies. This, he, said cannot yield the right result as far health research…
[ad_1] The Federal Government has unveiled a Diplomatic duty-free village in Abuja where diplomats can buy items and enjoy tax-free services in the country. The facility is set on 2,700 square-metre lands along the Olusegun Obasanjo Way Central Business District in Abuja. The Diplomatic village was established in compliance with the United Nations Vienna Convention…
By Louis Achi The Marburg virus disease has officially made its first-ever appearance in Equatorial Guinea. In the same family as Ebola, the Marburg virus is a highly contagious hemorrhagic fever that is spread by fruit bats. Like Ebola, it is contracted by coming into contact with bodily fluids and surfaces infected by people…
By Kazeem Biriowo The criteria to stop treatment for onchocerciasis (river blindness) in four states: Imo, Abia, Enugu, and Anambra, has been achieved, The federal government said it has achieved the criteria to stop treatment for onchocerciasis (river blindness) in four states of Imo, Abia, Enugu, and Anambra. Representing over 18.9 million people, these…
[ad_1] No fewer than 150 Nigerians were yesterday repatriated from Niamey, Niger Republic. They were received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The voluntary returnees arrived in a chartered aircraft, a Boeing 737-4B7 operated by Sky Mali with registration number FMI 6001 which landed at the…
[ad_1] Prof. Enoch Afolayan of the Department of Morbid Anatomy Histopathology, University of Ilorin, has urged the Federal and state governments to procure millions of doses of vaccines against Hepatitis viruses for the general public. Afolayan, who spoke to newsmen on cancer in Ilorin on Monday, also appealed to philanthropists across the country to launch…
By Gom Mirian The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has charged governments at all levels to end the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts worldwide. The child rights organisation gave the charge on Monday in Abuja at the annual observance of the ‘Red Hand Day’. According to UNICEF, despite the…
By Gom Mirian The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the upgrade of Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, to a full- fledged university to be called the University of Education, making it the 221th university in Nigeria. According to the Commission, the approval followed a request by the Kano State government for the…
[ad_1] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday inaugurated the Steering Committee of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021 – 2025. Speaking at the inauguration, he said the aim of establishing the National Steering Committee (NSC) and the Development Plan Implementation Unit (DPIU) was to lay a solid foundation for a strong base that would drive…
