[ad_1] The Yobe State government says it has established Primary Healthcare Facilities (PHCs) in 138 of the 178 wards of the state to enhance access to quality healthcare services at the grassroots. Mohammed Mamman, a media aide to Governor Mai Mala Buni, stated this at the closing ceremony of a two-day workshop for local government…
The Apapa Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service and it’s Area Controller have been honoured with three awards at Comptroller General of Customs Award for Revenue Collection and an Award of Excellence for its outstanding feats at the CGC Award Night held on Friday, in Abuja. Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, the Customs Area Controller emerged “Best…
[ad_1] Surgeons in Saudi Arabia have successfully separated Hassanah and Hussaina, the conjoined Nigerian twins. The surgery began on Thursday at the King Abdullah Specialist Hospital for Children and was said to have lasted for 14 hours. The procedure involved eight different phases and a team of 35 doctors, medical experts and nurses. Abdullah bin…
[ad_1] The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Kogi State Specialist Hospital (KSSH), Lokoja, has called the attention of the state government to the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum given to it to meet its demands. The association had on Aug. 9, issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Kogi government to meet its demands or be…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted prequalification to Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra, a pioneering molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB). This makes it the first TB diagnostic tool to meet WHO’s rigorous standards for quality, safety, and performance. Tuberculosis remains a major global health threat, claiming over a million lives annually, with drug-resistant strains posing…
[ad_1] Not less than 19 passengers have been killed and over 40 injured after a train derailed on Sunday in Pakistan. Taking off from Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, eight train cars went off the tracks of the passenger train near a town in the southern province of Sindh, according to Hum News, local media. Officials…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has decried the lack of compliance with best practices, rules and regulation in Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs in the country, stressing that it is one of the gateways to corruption in Nigeria. He made the observation in Abuja on Tuesday…
[ad_1] Rukomo, Nyagatare: The Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) has launched from Rukomo in Nyagatare district, central Rukomo, an awareness campaign for the population and young people in particular to strengthen the fight against new HIV infections. AIDS among young people, according to Aimé Ernest Nyirinkindi in charge of awareness raising and behavior change education at…
[ad_1] The Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Development Awareness, CESDA, has called for the formation of special environmental marshals to tackle open defecation and indiscriminate refuse dumping in the FCT. Executive Director, CESDA, Mr. Olusola Babalola, made the call last Thursday in Abuja at ‘a Stakeholder’s Dialogue on Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Gender Equality and…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended its ongoing strike action and directed its members to resume work on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. According to a communique signed by the National Vice President and other members of the association’s leadership on Tuesday, the decision to end the strike came…
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