[ad_1] (Xinhua) 09:08, August 16, 2023 BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — An anti-graft campaign has swept across China’s medical field over the past month, with multiple hospital heads and medical officials under investigation. Jointly initiated by the National Health Commission (NHC) and nine other departments in July, the campaign aims to rectify prominent malpractices such…
By Juliet Jacob Ochenje The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore has said N22.4 billion will be spent on feeding inmates in correctional centers across the country in 2023. Belgore, who disclosed this in Abuja, Thursday, explained that there has been a regular rise in the population of the custodial centers with…
[ad_1] Lunar soil samples collected by the Chinese lunar probe Chang’e-5 are displayed in the University of Hong Kong, Aug. 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu) With a total weight of 822.6 milligrams, the lunar samples arrived in Hong Kong for the first time. Doctor Yuqi Qian displays one of the lunar soil samples…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano In a significant move to enhance waste management and environmental sanitation, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has procured 10 new heavy-duty refuse evacuation trucks and 3 payloader excavators. This was contained in a statement issued by governor’s spokesperson Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Friday. The new equipment aims to improve the efficiency…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Nigeria Police Force has launched an investigation after a CCTV video went viral, showing Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) officers allegedly looting mobile phones from a barbershop in Idogun, Ondo State. The incident, which took place on March 22, 2025, occurred amid rising tensions in the community following the arrest…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to recall Senator Abdul Ningi who was suspended for three months over his allegation of budget padding. Ningi, the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, was suspended for three months over an interview in which he alleged that the National Assembly padded the 2024…
[ad_1] BY MUHAMMAD SAGAGI President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) has embarked on major economic reforms to chart a new economic direction for Nigeria. His momentous decisions to allow market forces determine the domestic price of PMS and the external price of our local currency (or an ‘appropriate’ exchange rate) have expectedly elicited a wide variety…
[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has said it will screen passengers coming into the country using Rapid Diagnostic Test (RTD). Dr. Geoffrey Okatubo, Director, Port Health Services, said this on Monday in Abuja, during the ministerial bi-weekly meeting on the update of COVID-19 response and developments in the country’s health…
[ad_1] The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) says it has detected a new virus attacking okra plants across Nigeria. In a statement on Friday, the NIHORT management said reports were received from farmers across Nigeria concerning new and uncommon virus-like symptoms on okra farms resulting in up to 70 percent loss of plants. The management…
[ad_1] Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 7,800 people and left a trail of destruction across a wide area of southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria. A day after the quakes hit, rescuers working in harsh conditions struggled to dig…
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