By Hassan John The federal government has been advised to prioritize the elimination of transmission of HIV from Mother-To-Child. Professor Edamisan Olusoji Temiye made the call while presenting a paper in Lagos. He also called for the escalation of public education about HIV transmission, prevention, and treatment. According to him, this will reduce to…
By Gom Mirian The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested one Sharu Abubakar Tabula and Isma’il Iliyasu Mangu for their alleged involvement in inciting violence in parts of Kano State, according to security agency. The secret service spokesperson, Dr. Peter Afunanya, disclosed the development in Abuja on Thursday. According to Dr. Afunanya,…
By Gom Mirian The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has assured candidates seeking to participate in its ongoing recruitment exercise that concerted efforts are being made to resolve challenges they are facing on the application portal to make the process seamless any moment from now. The Director, Media and Advocacy of…
Nigeria’s first in Africa, sixth in the world, accounts for 4.6% of global TB burden By Hassan John Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Partnership Nigeria has disclosed that TB is often more severe in children less than 15 years old and with higher mortality among children less than 5 years. The group disclosed…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro No fewer than 162 Nigerian-trained doctors were licensed to practise in the United Kingdom in the last six weeks, The PUNCH has learnt. This is according to the register of the General Medical Council of the UK. The GMC is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within…
[ad_1] Lagos residents have been urged not to be swayed by bigoted statements ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this in an interview, stressed that as the commercial hub of Africa’s biggest economy, Lagos is too sophisticated to be handed to those without…
[ad_1] State institutions in charge of town planning and related activities have been implored to ensure more accessibility in their architectural planning of public facilities in the country. According to Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO) I, Roberta Aggrey Ghanson, the new Accra Regional Fire Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), this would ensure…
[ad_1] The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says 66 patients involved in the train-bus collision accident have been treated and discharged from five state public health facilities. Abayomi disclosed this in a situation update about the accident on Wednesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state had on March 10…
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday felicitated with Ambassador Zakary Ibrahim, his schoolmate at Katsina Government College and former Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, on his 80th birthday. Buhari in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, lauded Ibrahim’s enduring and dedicated service to his community and Nigeria as Talban Katsina, former Deputy National Security Adviser…
[ad_1] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control( NAFDAC), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) amongst other stakeholders in the health sector, have vowed to collaborate in the fight against illicit drug production, trafficking, and use, and in curbing related organized crime. The pledge was made recently…
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