By Juliet Jacob The Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Programme is set to release N79 billion to states and FCT as refund to assist in the implementation of the programme and reduce poverty in the country. This was made known, on Thursday, in Abuja, when a four-man team from NG-CARES paid a…
By Kazeem Biriowo The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) to fight child rights abuse and child poverty in Nigeria NESG Chairman Niyi Yusuf in his opening remarks in Abuja, explained that the goal of signing the MoU is to support the government’s…
NAFDAC DG Moji Adeyeye Bleaching Creams Menace Now National Health Emergency in Nigeria – NAFDAC By Hassan John Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Christiana Adeyeye, warns that statistics available clearly indicates the menace of bleaching creams in Nigeria has become a national health emergency. This requires…
By Juliet Ochenje Jacob It is usually a beehive of activities at the modest 8-room Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), Dutse-Makaranta, a shouting distance from the bustling Kubwa. Kubwa is one of the biggest satellite towns to Abuja metropolis, home to the seat of the federal government of Nigeria. Its only 9.00 am on this…
Dr. Osagie Ehanire By Louis Achi Healthcare sector experts converged in Abuja, recently, under the aegis of the Healthcare Transformation Coalition (HTC), to chart a course for the next administration. Although the symposium was politically nuanced, coming on the eve of a general election, it nevertheless cut to the heart of the challenges besetting the…
By Hassan John Stakeholders including Civil Society Organisations CSOs) and health sector advocates have appealed to the Senate to urgently pass the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Insurance Bill currently before them. The stakeholders made the appeal when they paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe,…
By Gom Mirian The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the registrations of 817 candidates in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board ordered the 817 affected candidates to register afresh. Professor Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar of JAMB, speaking on the issue on Monday in Abuja, says the registrations were invalidated over…
North-Central’s Kogi tops with 110,000 kids out of school By Kazeem Biriowo With 30,000 children, the South-Eastern State of Anambra recorded the least out of school kids between age 6-15 brackets. The Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (NMPI) reveals this in its 2002 report. While Abia State recorded 50,000, Imo – also recorded 50,000, Enugu – 70,000…
Abuja, Calabar, Benue, Lagos Now Refugee Friendly Cities By Kazeem Biriowo Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadya Umar Farouq has revealed that the federal government has impacted the lives of over 15million Nigerians and their families. Farouq stated this while presenting her ministry’s score card under the aegis of the Federal Ministry of Information’s “PMB…
By Miriam Gom To mother of two Esther, diphtheria sounds like something about nutrition. “Ah! I never heard of this disease before, but I think it is about child nutrition because it sounds like that,” she said with a wry smile that bothers on embarrassment. Esther’s ignorance is symptomatic of several mothers who…
