Juliet Jacob Ochenje International medical aid group, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has said it will start offering partial services in Zurmi town of Zamfara State following continuous terrorists attacks. In a statement issued by its Communication Officer, Abdulkareem Yakubu, on Friday, the non-governmental organisation said since December 10, some…
Favour Ozioma Ogbodo The Federal Government and the United Nations Children Emergency Funds (UNICEF) has empowered sixteen thousand Katsina State girls with digital and entrepreneurship skills. This is according to a statement signed by the head tutor of Nigerian learning passport, Babangida Zubairu, at the end of the training session in Katsina State School of…
Gom Mirian Distinguished speakers and experts from relevant fields will convene at the prestigious Transcorp Hotel in Abuja from March 6 to 9, 2024, to discuss ways to boost local vaccine production and address challenges impeding Africa’s biotechnology capabilities. The event will be hosted by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD). The…
Favour Ozioma Ogbodo Plan International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has stressed the need to eliminate the stigma surrounding menstruation. Representative of the NGO, Helen Idiong, said this is vital for the well-being of women. She made this known in Abuja while speaking as one of the stakeholders at a National Dialogue on Menstrual Health and…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi Nigeria’s headline inflation has surged for the 11th consecutive month, reaching 28.20 percent in November 2023, according to the latest report from the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Compared to October 2023, where the headline inflation rate stood at 27.33 percent, November witnessed an increase of 0.87 percent. On a year-on-year basis, the…
Gom Mirian The Director of the National Mathematical Centre, Prof. Promise Mebine, has urged the National Universities Commission (NUC) to upgrade its status to a university. Speaking during a workshop held at the centre’s premises in Abuja on Friday, Mebine noted that the proposed University of Mathematical Sciences would improve the teaching and learning of…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kaduna, Bature Suleiman, has expressed concern over the decline in the number of travellers usually recorded pre-festive season. This, he said, is a direct result of the economic hardship most Nigerians are facing are the moment. Speaking on Friday, Suleiman said,…
Juliet Jacob Ochenje Abia State Government, in collaboration with the World Bank, has ended a four day training for medical doctors and healthcare workers as part of efforts to manage malaria in the state. The Project Director and State Team Lead of PanAfricare, Dr. Okey Madukwe, on Thursday said the purpose of the training was…
Juliet Jacob Ochenje More than ten passengers travelling from Abuja to Enugu have been kidnapped along Ette Umuopu Enugu-Ezike Road in the Igbo Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State. A video posted by Anyika TV on Thursday showed that the incident happened on Wednesday evening at a short distance from Umuopu community. The…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has debunked a recent news report which said 25 new COVID-19 cases were detected in Benue State. According to a statement signed by NCDC’s Director General, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, on Thursday, the information is a misinterpretation of a statement made on December 11, 2023,…
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