[ad_1] The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Gangandharan Balasubramanian, has advised Nigerians to participate in yoga sessions to improve their general health and wellbeing. He gave the advice while speaking at the yoga session in Abuja, organised as part of activities to mark the International Day of Yoga celebrations, 2023. Mr Balasubramanian said 1,200…
[ad_1] The Federal Government has commenced the installation of solar systems in rural communities in Lagos to cushion the impact of the removal of subsidies on rural dwellers. Specifically, the solar systems were installed in schools and public health facilities at Makoko, in the Yaba area of the metropolis by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA)….
[ad_1] Madami Garba Madami, a member representing Chikun Constituency in the Kaduna House of Assembly under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has died, Daily Trust report. He died on Saturday morning at a hospital where he was receiving treatment. It should be noted that the 10th State Assembly members were inaugurated on…
[ad_1] Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be in Niger and Nigeria next week, following a visit to China, to discuss global health and development with national and local leaders, foundation partners, grantees, scientists, and young innovators. According to a statement from the Foundation, the visit is part of the…
[ad_1] The Nigerian economy is not creating jobs and other opportunities for the young citizens mainly due to human factors that can be surmounted through the right approaches. This is contained in a report ‘Employment creation potential of industries without smokestacks (IWOSS): A Nigeria case study’, released Thursday in Abuja by the Centre for the…
By Juliet Jacob Ochenje The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that a total of 164 Lassa fever deaths have occured in Nigeria. It added that 957 confirmed cases have also been recorded in 28 states across Nigeria. The agency made this known in its official Twitter page @NCDC on Friday. According to…
By Gom Mirian A group of Nigerians lecturers who made a “Chord Hearing Device” have gotten global recognitions for their work which has been slated for exhibition at the prestigious Sheba ARC Global Entrepreneurship Programme. The lecturers designed the device under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Alliance for Innovative Research (TETFAIR) programme. A statement…
By Gom Mirian The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised an alarm about a substandard paracetamol suspension tagged ‘PARA CLEAR SUSPENSION 125’ received from Liberian Medicine and Health Product Regulatory Authority for laboratory testing in the NAFDAC Central Drug Control Laboratory (CDCL). A publication made available on the NAFDAC…
By Gom Mirian The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has called on the government and other stakeholders to exploit the opportunities digitalisation offers for learning and development of Nigerian children. This comes as Nigeria joins the rest of Africa to commemorate the day of the African Child’s Day with the theme: “The Rights of the…
[ad_1] Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General, Yushau Dogara Ahmed, has said there is no rural community in Nigeria that has not witnessed development through the Community Development Services (CDS) activities of corps members. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the Launch of 2023 Community Development Services and Director General’s award, he…
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