[ad_1] Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, Chief Francis Nwifuru, on Saturday, in Abakaliki dispelled rumours on social media that he was indisposed or possibly dead. Nwifuru, Speaker of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, told newsmen that the rumour was a distractive tool employed by the opposition which felt threatened…
[ad_1] The Kwara State Chairman of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Alhaji Aminu Shehu, has called on the state government to improve members’ welfare packages. Aminu made the call on Saturday in Ilorin on the sidelines of a forum addressing the shortage of medical practitioners in the state. He also urged the…
By Louis Achi Nigeria has achieved yet another milestone in her ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme. According to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), in her Twitter handle, @NphcdaNG, 69,607,280 person’s, representing 60 percent of the target eligible population have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. NPHCDA twitted: “Today, Nigeria has achieved yet…
[ad_1] On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a pandemic. What started out as a few hundred cases spread like wildfire and reset the world to adopt a new normal. The reality of the virus painted a morbid picture of the apocalypse in movies. No one imagined that a…
[ad_1] Alfred Olufemi Point where darkened wastewater mixes with the flowing Abesan River, from where it flows downstream. (Alfred Olufemi/PUNCH Investigations) Weeks after PUNCH Investigations report, wastewater samples collected from the dysfunctional government-owned sewage plant located inside the Abesan Low-Cost Housing Estate in Lagos, showed high concentration of toxins dangerous to humans and ecosystem, ALFRED OLUFEMI reports….
[ad_1] Tola Dehinde Often, people living with chronic long-term pain can get into a cycle of overdoing things on a good day and doing practically nothing on a bad day. Over time, the good days become less and less as the bad days become more frequent. Living with sickle cell has meant that I have…
[ad_1] Dr Rufus Ebegba, the Director General (DG) of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) said the Nigerian government gives credence to issues of biosafety. The DG said this when the team of African Union Development Agency (AUDA)-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (AUDA-NEPAD) paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja on…
[ad_1] Dr. Abayomi Ajayi Your body is fully yours, so you need to take control of it. This is why it is necessary to continue to raise awareness, especially among young girls, to understand what the condition known as endometriosis is all about. Endometriosis is a condition that arises from misplaced/displaced endometrium (the inner lining…
[ad_1] A 13-year-old boy, Ope Babalola, has allegedly shot dead a three-year-old girl, Esther Samuel, in Ogun State. The teenage boy reportedly shot the minor dead with a dane gun belonging to one Semiu Adegesin. The incident happened in Kukudi village in Imasayi, Yewa North Local government area of the state. The police public relations…
By Gom Mirian with Agency report The United Nations on Friday commemorated the first-ever International Day to combat Islamophobia with a special event in the General Assembly Hall at UN headquarters, New York. The wikipedia online dictionary says “Islamophobia is the fear of, hatred of, or prejudice against the religion of Islam or…
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