Juliet Jacob Ochenje The new Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Chimaobim Edu, has assured Nigerians that the Bola Tinubu administration is passionate about alleviating poverty of Nigerians. She said this on Monday when she assumed office at the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja. The Minister said: “If the statistics of having over…
Hadiza Ibrahim President Bola Tinubu on Monday vowed to hold his newly inaugurated Ministers to account over their service to the Nigerian people. He said this on Monday while charging them at the swearing in ceremony which held at the State House, Abuja. This is just as he mandated them to meet the expectations of…
Gom Mirian A Nigerian health expert has warned that the continued use of undisclosed, toxic ingredients sex stimulants could lead to infertility in women, kidney failure, hypertension, heart diseases, among others. Kayamata, as they are popularly called, are mostly locally made or mixed aphrodisiacs that enhance sexual appeal and libido. It has become increasingly popular…
Gom Mirian In a major drug bust, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered N4.8 billion worth of opioids in a warehouse in Lagos. In another development, the agency intercepted $20 million counterfeit notes in Abuja during a raid of a criminal hideout in the city. These operations have been described as significant…
Gom Mirian Dr Olusoji Adeniyi, a renowned social development expert and former chairman of the United Nations Pension Fund, has urged the Nigerian government to shift its focus from the distribution of palliatives to addressing the root causes of poverty in the country. According to Dr. Adeniyi, the Tinubu administration’s plan to distribute five billion…
Juliet Jacob Ochenje The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned food manufacturing companies that it will no longer accept poorly packed, destroyed, expired or stolen products snuck into the market through scavengers at waste dump sites, thereby endangering lives of innocent consumers, particularly, children. The Director General, Prof. Mojisola…
Juliet Jacob Ochenje A Lagos-based physician, Dermatologist and Venereologist, Olufolakemi Cole- Adeife, has warned mothers against using bleaching cream on their babies, saying is an abuse of children. She gave this caution in a video posted on her official Twitter page @fulakydancidoc. “A lot of children now being bleached by their parents using skin lightening…
Gom Mirian The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said it had given psychosocial support to over 1.4 million children living in conflict-prone areas in the North-East region. This announcement comes as part of UNICEF’s ongoing efforts to provide crucial aid to vulnerable children in the region. According to the UNICEF representative in Nigeria, Cristian…
Gom Mirian In a shocking turn of events, Michigan has been rocked by a gruesome murder case involving two brothers, Samuel and Samson Ogoshi have been charged with a heinous crime connected to the suicide death of a teenager in the state. The brothers, who have on Friday pleaded not guilty to the charges, are…
Juliet Jacob Ochenje & Gom Mirian The federal government (FG) has approved the appointment of new chief medical directors (CMDs) for 11 federal medical centres across the country. This announcement was made in a statement signed by a director at the federal ministry of health, Patricia Deworitshe. DeworitShe also revealed the four-year terms for the…
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