By Gom Mirian No fewer than 14.3 million Nigerians between the ages of 16 to 65 use drugs, and one in every five persons who have used drugs experience a drug use disorder, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said. The chairman/chief executive officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) made…
[ad_1] The National Industrial Court on Monday declared that the order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their planned industrial action subsists. Justice Olufunke Anuwe stated that the order as granted on June 5 subsists pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The…
[ad_1] An unidentified man was found dead by the roadside at airport road, opposite BOVAS Filing Station, Odota, Ilọrin, the Kwara State capital. Residents told our correspondent on Sunday that his corpse was discovered on Saturday when store owners resumed for businesses in the commercial area. Some of them said he could have been…
[ad_1] The management of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano (AKTH) has said patients of the recently conducted free open-heart surgery have been discharged. This was announced by the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Professor Abdurrahman Abba, in a statement signed by AKTH’s Deputy Director Information/ Public Relations Unit, Hauwa Muhd Abdullahi. She…
By Gom Mirian The Nigerian Dental Association (NDA) has called on President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to work towards the execution of the country’s national oral health policy. The President, NDA, Dr Adeyemi Tope, made the call on Sunday in a congratulatory message to President Tinubu. He said Nigeria currently lacks an oral health strategy because…
By Juliet Jacob Ochenje It is mid-day at the ever bubbly Dutse Alhaji market in the outskirts of Abuja. 11 year-old Tahir Abdullahi moves about from one row of stores to another. He is in a familiar place, Dutse Alhaji Market is home to him. He said he has been away from his parents since…
[ad_1] Residents of the Federal Capital Territory have called on the government to provide more healthcare facilities in the territory. The residents made the call during the medical outreach programme of a faith-based organisation anchored by the Winners House of Faith International Church, Abuja. Medical practitioners say an increase in government’s healthcare budget would make…
[ad_1] The number of extremely poor Nigerians currently stands at 71 million, according to 2023 data from World Poverty Clock. The World Poverty Clock is a tool to monitor progress against poverty globally. Tonye Cole, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, who quoted the data also said the National Bureau…
[ad_1] Ex-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has opened up on how he was poisoned at the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in December 2018. The former governor disclosed this at a special Thanksgiving service organised in his honour at the St. Peters Deanery, Rumuepirikom, Obio-Akpor, on Sunday. He said the poison ravaged…
[ad_1] A newborn baby was found abondoned near an uncompleted building in the Unguwar Mu’azu community of Kaduna State. The baby was found Saturday by a kind-hearted individual and was promptly handed over to an official of the Kaduna State Vigilantes Service at ward 8A. Wrapped only in a piece of clothing, with no other…
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