By Juliet Jacob   The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has revealed the Federal Government has approved a pay raise for civil servants in the country. Ngige made this known on Wednesday night when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The minister said the salary increment became important in view…

    By Hassan John   Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has disclosed that women, children and girls are always negatively impacted by effect of emergency situations. She disclosed this at the formal hand-over of global lead on the Call to Action (CtA) on protection from Gender- Based Violence in emergencies, in Abuja….

  By Hassan John     In an effort to provide world-class health services to Nigerians and also reduce medical tourism, Alliance Hospital, based in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has commissioned 64 slide CT scan and IVF Centre. Speaking while commissioning the two facilities in Abuja, Wednesday, the Managing Director of the Hospital,…

    Use of skin bleaching creams prevalent among 77 per cent of Nigerian women which was highest in Africa – WHO 2018 Study   By Juliet Jacob    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged journalists and entertainers within the South-East to join the agency in its current…

    Gom Mirian     The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the United Kingdom (UK) government has unveiled a three-year project focused on providing integrated food, nutrition sanitation, and protection services in Nigeria’s north-east region A statement made available to the Africa Health Report, AHR, by UNICEF on Wednesday in Abuja…

        By Kazeem Akolawole    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has admonished packaged and sachet water producers across the country to always adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices GMP as enunciated by the Agency to safeguard the wellbeing of the consumer. The admonition was given by Director…

  By Gom Mirian    The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund) has charged Nigerian polytechnics to embark on quality research proposals that would proffer solutions to Nigeria’s problems. Arc. Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of TETFund said this in Abuja, at a meeting with Rectors and Directors of Research of Polytechnics on National Research Fund…

By Juliet Jacob  The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has assured Kwara residents that he would remain just as responsive and empathetic to the yearnings of the citizens as he has always been. He made the promise on Tuesday after he received his certificate of return, following his victory at the March 18 governorship polls….

By Kazeem Akolawole  The Federal Government has engaged the self-care Network implementation partners in collaboration with other stakeholders in a 3-day stakeholder hybrid meeting with the goal of building up the coordination of Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health for self-care and developing the self-Care Monitoring and Evaluation framework. The engagement meeting included the Federal Ministry…