[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…
[ad_1] The vast majority of health claims used to advertise baby formula worldwide are not supported by rigorous scientific evidence, a study said on Thursday, leading researchers to urge that breast milk substitutes be sold in plain packaging. The study comes a week after a group of doctors and scientists called for a regulatory crackdown…
[ad_1] Nigerian Army, on Thursday, said it has handed over the policeman allegedly responsible for the death of a soldier to the Lagos State Police Command for further investigation and subsequent prosecution. Daily Trust had reported how a soldier attached to the 81 Division of Nigerian Army was allegedly killed by a policeman in Odoguyan area…
[ad_1] Dayo Oyewo The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has said the challenges occasioned by the naira redesign may further reduce the life expectancy of Nigerians already pegged at 53. The president of the body, Professor Cyril Usifo, in a statement on Wednesday said the current state of the economy caused by the scarcity of the…
[ad_1] The Chief Medical Director, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti Prof. Adekunle Ajayi, has advised Nigerians to take care of their heart while it is still functioning properly. He gave the advice while delivering an inaugural lecture titled “Low Risk, Not risk”: The Travails of a Lifetime Pump Fighting Fate” on Wednesday at Ekiti State University…
By Louis Achi, with Agency report President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reintroduction of old N200 note as legal tender alongside the new N200 note until April 10. Consequently, the old 500 and 1000 Naira notes have been withdrawn from circulation. They cease to be legal tenders. The president, who gave the approval in…
[ad_1] Kebbi Government on Wednesday approved the release of N1.1 billon for distribution to residents to cushion the effects of currency and fuel scarcity in the state. Alhaji Babale Umar-Yauri, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) made the announcement in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi. The…
[ad_1] The World Health Organisation will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the COVID-19 pandemic started, the agency’s chief said Wednesday following a report suggesting it had abandoned the search. “We need to continue to push until we get the answer,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, referring to the search for the…
