[ad_1] By Zayd Ibn Isah The death of Whitney Adeniran last Thursday reminds me of the equally tragic death of Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College last year. Whitney Odesola Adeniran was a 12-year-old student of Chrisland School, Lagos. And by all accounts, she died during the school’s annual Inter-house Sports Festival at Agege Stadium in…
[ad_1] By Bolaji Okunola The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan-Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on valentine’s day demonstrated his love for humanity by dashing out gifts to newborn babies in Oyo and Osun State. No fewer than 20 babies received gifts from the revered monarch when his queen, Temitope Morenike Enitan-Ogunwusi, who on behalf of Ooni visited…
[ad_1] …Appeals to CBN, FG to review policy From Gyang Bere, Jos The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Plateau State has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Federal Government to proffer permanent solution to the scarcity of the redesigned naira notes in the country as it is causing health havoc on innocent Nigerians….
By Juliet Jacob Pregnant Shema’u Sani Labaran about to deliver her baby died at the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital in Kano State, on account of delay in payment of…
By Juliet Jacob In quick response, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Friday, it had not authorised commercial banks to start accepting the old N500 and N1,000 notes. It said that the only directive to the regulator from President Muhammadu Buhari was to reissue the old N200 note. Director, Corporate Communications of CBN,…
[ad_1] James Abraham The Nigerian Medical Association has called on the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria to proffer permanent solutions to the lingering naira and fuel scarcity crises in the country. If not quickly resolved, the body said, the situation would result in an upsurge in mental ill-health among Nigerians The association…
[ad_1] From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja The Director General, Nigeria Geological Survey Agency, ( NGSA). Dr. Abdulrazaq Garba, has said that alot of foreign investors are now interested in coming to Nigeria due to the quality of the geoscience data available. Dr Garba made this disclosure, in Abuja, yesterday at an interactive session with journalists. The…
[ad_1] The United Nations on Friday announced plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall. Various agencies has warned that this action would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement. About 730,000 Rohingya, a persecuted mostly Muslim minority from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, fled to Bangladesh…
[ad_1] Four wives of an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) at a camp in Borno put to bed on the same day. Borno state Commissioner of Women Affairs, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, disclosed this while commenting on the high rate of pregnancy and procreation in Boko Haram Rehabilitation camps. The commissioner, who appeared before the Special Independent…
[ad_1] To reduce the high rates of maternal deaths in Nigeria, the government must prioritise health and ensure free access to maternal health services especially in rural communities, some health experts have advocated. These experts who spoke during a one-day summit themed ‘Re-echoing Voices for Family Planning Funding and Need to Make Maternal Health Services…
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