By Juliet Jacob Ochenje Microsoft founder and global philanthropist, Bill Gates, has lamented that 90 percent of Nigerian women do not have access to proper medical assistance during child birth and end up having their babies unassisted at home. Speaking at the Unleash Africa’s Innovative Future forum in Lagos on Wednesday, Gates noted that in…
[ad_1] Two health workers and a security guard working at the Comprehensive Health Centre, Emure Ile, Owo in Ondo State, have been arrested over a missing placenta of a newborn. Daily Trust gathered that the trio were arrested after the parents of the newborn—a girl—raised the alarm of the incident and reported it to the…
[ad_1] A senior lecturer at the University of Abuja, Prof. Oseremen Aisuodionoe-Shadrach, has sued Air Cote D’ Ivoire Plc for allegations bordering on neglect and misplacement of his luggage. Aisuodionoe-Shadrach, who filed the suit before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court, Abuja, also joined Pcharles Travels and Investment Co. Ltd as 2nd defendant…
[ad_1] The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said for Nigeria and Africa to attain the desired development, attention must be paid to education, health and nutrition of children in the continent. Speaking at the Day of the African Child celebration in Kaduna, Ms. Cristian Munduate, UNICEF-Nigeria country Representative said the Nigeria Learning Passport was…
[ad_1] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday made a move to stop foreign oil vessel owners from fleeing Nigeria and withdrawing their services over what they see as excessive tax back charges. It would be recalled that the multiple businesses received demands from Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), covering the period from 2010 to 2019 and…
[ad_1] The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, on Monday, alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to provide the documents they asked for. Obi and the LP are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu. Respondents are Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President…
[ad_1] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has arrested a herbal medicine practitioner, Alhaji Salisu Sani aka Baban Aisha, for manufacturing medicines with expired registration license. Briefing newsmen in Abuja, Director General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said Sani was also arrested for illegal advertisement and sale of Sacra…
By Juliet Jacob Ochenje The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for assistance to raise a total of US$ 145.2 million to respond to the needs of 7.6 million people in need of urgent health assistance in Sudan from June to December, 2023. According to the organisation, and almost five hundred thousand individuals were forced…
Kazeem Akolawole International philanthropist and the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, arrived Nigeria and met with President Bola Tinubu in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. Gates, who is on a visit to Nigeria and the Republic of Niger, will meet with the heads of governments and stakeholders…
By Gom Mirian The United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF), in collaboration with European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), has announced a groundbreaking programme to deliver life-saving responses, essential nutrition, sanitation and hygiene supplies to children in Nigeria’s conflict-affected North-East. The goal of this new partnership between the two organisations is to improve the lives…
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