The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Niger State in curbing the spread of cholera, which has now affected 16 local government areas across the state. As of Thursday, July 24, 2025, a total of 409 cases had been recorded, with 13 fatalities—most of them children. Chief of UNICEF’s Kaduna…
General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and his wife, Pastor Folu Adeboye, on Thursday donated a dialysis centre to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) Wesley Guild, Ilesa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the facility, donated to mark Pastor Folu Adeboye’s 77th birthday, was…
John Nwokocha, Editor, and Juliet Jacob in Abuja, Nigeria Stanford University’s pioneering SPARK Translational Research Programme has unveiled plans to find solutions to cancers and other critical health challenges in Nigeria and the African continent as a whole. SPARK Global founder and co-director, Professor Daria Mochly-Rosen, made this disclosure against the backdrop of the organisation’s…
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, before Justice Daniel Osiagor has sentenced two internet fraudsters Emmanuel Nwanze and Omogbe Aroghene, in a suit seeking their conviction by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According a statement by the EFCC, the duo was arraigned on one-count separate charge…
John Nwokocha, Editor, and Juliet Jacob in Abuja, Nigeria Stanford University’s SPARK Translational Research Programme has announced plans to tackle critical health challenges in Nigeria and across Africa, with a focus on developing treatments suited to African populations. SPARK Global also disclosed it is targeting to address the drug and pharmaceutical gaps towards improving the…
The Katsina State Government has approved the extension of maternity leave for nursing mothers in the state’s civil service to four months and 10 days. The Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina, Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu-Turaji made this known in Katsina while receiving officials of the Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in…
Critical stakeholders in the health sector in Abuja expressed divergent views on the move by the Senate to establish the National Agency for Malaria Eradication. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the disagreements among the stakeholders came to the fore during a public hearing on the bill seeking for the establishment of the…
A group, The European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance), has highlighted the importance of collaborative efforts in providing cancer care globally. According to ECHAlliance, partnerships between healthcare stakeholders, policymakers and technology providers are crucial in improving cancer diagnosis, treatment and patient outcomes. The Communications Director, ECHAlliance, Mr Andy Bleaden, made the call at the launch of…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned one Mr. Popoona Samuel and Mr. Arama Davies Gyandi before a Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, over an alleged diversion of funds released by the World Bank for the rehabilitation of schools affected by insurgency within the State. The accused…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Federal Character Commission (FCC) are set to establish a joint task force targeting job racketeering and related abuses. ICPC noted that the efforts is in pursuit of a clear objective to entrench fairness and restore integrity in Nigeria’s public sector recruitment processes. The…
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