[ad_1] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has blamed the current outbreak of diptheria in the country on poor immunisation coverage, while calling on relevant government agencies to scale up the vaccination of children with a view to curb diseases including diptheria. The Director General of NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa who made…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 08:33, March 09, 2023 Workers drain contaminated water on the site of the Feb. 3 derailment on the outskirts of the village of East Palestine, Ohio, the United States, on Feb. 14, 2023. (Photo by Phil Zhang/Xinhua) Nearly three-quarters, or 74 percent, of the participants, said they had experienced headaches since the derailment….
[ad_1] Women are the primary victims of wars and conflict, yet they remain severely underrepresented at diplomatic negotiations, officials told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday. On the eve of International Women’s Day on March 8, Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, called on the international community to do more to protect the…
[ad_1] Amanda Zurawski’s water broke at 17 weeks, far too early for the fetus to survive, but doctors in Texas initially refused to terminate her pregnancy, causing the woman to end up in an ICU with an infection and lose a fallopian tube. “I cannot adequately put into words the trauma and despair that comes…
[ad_1] Some days to the governorship and state house of assemly elections, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has approved one Grade Level Command Promotion for all workers in Abia State Local Government System with effect from April 2023. Ikpeazu broke the news on Wednesday while meeting with the workers in Local Government Service at…
[ad_1] A medical doctor, Mrs Sekinat Oredoyin, has told an Ikeja High Court how a clergy, Prophet Olushola Akinsipe, allegedly defiled a 13-year-old visually-impaired girl on the pretext of praying for her. Oredoyin, a Public Health Physician at Yaba Local Council Development Area, said that she had 13 years of work experience. She was led…
Yakubu By Kazeem Akolawole The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections until March 18. The exercise was previously scheduled to hold on March 11, but INEC, citing a logistics crisis stemming from BVAS configuration and transportation, said the election could not hold as scheduled. The decision followed a meeting…
[ad_1] Data Hub Excise tax receipts decline that ushered Ruto reforms Thursday March 09 2023 The taxman first rolled out excise stamps on alcoholic drinks and cigarettes in 2013. FILE PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK Excise duty collections for the first half of the current financial year grew at a single digit for the first time in…
[ad_1] Gbenga Odogun The President, Major GeneralMuhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved upgrade of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja to a Teaching Hospital. The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Lokoja, Prof. Akinwumi Olayemi, disclosed this on Tuesday during a joint press conference at the Adankolo Campus of the institution in Lokoja. Olayemi said that the president made the…
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria on Wednesday after a four-day trip to Doha, Qatar, where he participated in the 5th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, LCDs. His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, announced this in a statement. He said at the UN conference in Doha, President…
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