[ad_1] The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has threatened to shut down the entire health sector of Abia over unpaid salary arrears. NMA chair in Abia, Isaiah Abali, disclosed this during a protest organised by the association at the Government House on Thursday in Umuahia. More than 50 doctors were seen carrying placards with different inscriptions…
[ad_1] The Lagos State Government has confirmed that the late Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old Chrisland School student, died from asphyxia and electrocution. This is contained in a statement from the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), on Thursday in Lagos. The statement said that the post-mortem report issued by…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 11:31, April 29, 2023 Professor Gu Baojing with Zhejiang University speaks during an interview with Xinhua after winning the Frontiers Planet Prize 2023 in a new global sustainability competition in Montreux, Switzerland, April 27, 2023. Professor Gu Baojing with Zhejiang University has been awarded the prize for his research article “Abating ammonia is…
[ad_1] From Abel Leonard, Lafia National Human rights Commission NHRC has conducted a town hall meeting with gubernatorial candidates on human rights issues and 2023 election in Nasarawa state. Executive secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu during the meeting yesterday said the commissions meeting has the mandate to promote and protect human rights of every…
Admonishes Gilead pharmaceutical to stop evergreening patents on Truvada, others By Kazeem Akolawole The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has demanded open license for the generic production of HIV and hepatitis C drugs to all low- and middle-income countries, without any exception for adequate control of those diseases It also admonished Gilead…
[ad_1] FBNBank Ghana has opened a new branch in Community 6 on the Tema General Hospital Road. The new branch, which is the bank’s 24th footprint, is specifically designed to cater for individual, commercial and corporate clients, some of whom are in Tema and its environs. This new branch is expected to attend to the…
The Federal Government has withdrawn its planned sale of subsidised 50 kilogramme bags of rice for N40,000 to public servants. “I am directed to refer to our internal circular in the Ministry (Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs) of 1st August, 2024 on the above subject matter and to inform you that the…
Dr Kayode Fayemi, the immediate-past Governor of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed heartfelt sorrow on the passing of Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, leader of the Ohaneze Ndigbo social-cultural group. In a press statement issued on his behalf by the head of the Fayemi Media Office in Abuja, Mallam…
[ad_1] Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (7th R) attends the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Qin) JAKARTA, July 13 (Xinhua) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, Japan and South Korea should strengthen their…
Juliet Jacob Ochenje The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has solicited the support of the Bill and Millanda Gates Foundation and other development partners to address humanitarian crisis and poverty affecting over 16 Nigerians. Dr. Edu made tthe appeal when she received a delegation from the foundation in her Abuja…
