By Hassan John Twenty-one-year-old sickle cell patient, Clement Habu, has said that the recent announcement by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) it will commence bone marrow transplant on a full-scale by June 2023, is good news to all sufferers of the condition in Nigeria. Clement stated this while responding to questions from…
By Gom Mirian Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) have arrested an ex-Boko Haram fighter, Alayi Madu, and the traditional ruler of Kajola, a border community between Ondo and Edo states, Baale Akinola Adebayo for their involvement in drug trafficking. The agency’s spokesperson, Mr. Femi Babafemi who disclosed this in…
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…
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…
Prof. Akin Abayomi, State Commissioner for Health, during media briefing By Louis Achi Following Thursday, March 9 train-bus accident in Lagos which claimed 6 lives, “32 other victims of the crash, been discharged from three State public health facilities after quality medical care and management,” the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi…
By Hassan John The United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated 16 high capacity laptops to the National Population Commission (NPC). This is part of its support to ensure that the NPC conducts a globally acceptable population and housing census in Nigeria in 2023. Apart from these computers, the UNFPA had already supported…
Dr. Osagie Ehanire Recently, healthcare sector gurus converged in Abuja, Nigeria, under the aegis of the Healthcare Transformation Coalition (HTC), to chart a course for the next administration. Louis Achi reports Although the symposium was politically nuanced and coming on the eve of a general election, it nevertheless cut to the heart…
> UNFPA pledges support By Kazeem Akolawole The commencement of the 2023 national housing and population census earlier slated for March 29 is likely to be affected by the postponement of the governorship and state assembly elections. Chairman of the National Population Commission, NPC, Mr. Nasir Kwarra had said. Kwarra spoke at a…
By Juliet Jacob The Executive Director, Commercial, NASCON Allied Industries, Fatima Aliko Dangote, says the Dangote Group has invested in innovative technologies and processes to achieve gender equality and empowerment of all women in the organisation. Fatima also said women are playing pivotal roles in the success story of the Dangote Group, noting that the…
Results of the recent national elections showed a general decline in female representations at the National Assembly. Advocates for inclusive democracy have expressed concerns about the low number of women, youth and persons with disabilities elected into the National Assembly. They raised the concerns on Thursday during a workshop organised by the Westminster Foundation…
