Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, says Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine introduction needs to be increased to prevent cervical cancer. Moeti said this in a statement issued through WHO Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja to mark the World Cancer Day. World Cancer Day is...
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A 57-year-old fashion designer, Mrs Funke Ayanlaki, on Wednesday challenged her estranged husband, Kalid, to produce the corpse of their only child before he agrees to a divorce. Testifing in an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, Ayanlaki, swore never to agree to the divorce unless he gives her the...
Mr Godwin Ogagaoghene, the new Zonal Commanding Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Zone 5 Office, Benin, has assumed duty. This is contained in a statement issued by Mrs Nekpen Ehigie, the Acting Zonal Public Education Officer on Wednesday in Benin. Ehigie said that the movement of Ogagaoghene to...
A Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan on Wednesday dissolved an eight-year- old marriage between a hair dresser Bushirat Adeoko and her Olamiji, on grounds of mistrust. Adeoko in a petition, sought divorce because Olamiji was having an affair. Delivering judgment, the President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade...
The Israeli Health Ministry has announced that it will open up vaccinations against COVID-19 to everyone aged 16 and above starting from Thursday. A spokesman for one of the country’s four Health Maintenance Organisations (HMO), Meuhedet, confirmed to dpa on Wednesday that it had received a message from the...
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has urged the Federal Government to further decentralise National Identity Number (NIN) registration centres nationwide to accommodate millions of unregistered Nigerians. The Chairman of CLO in Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the plea while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with support from the Nigerian CommunicationsCommission (NCC) have activated a short code – “6232” for verified information. The number is being introduced as a means for the public to contact NCDC’s Connect Centre and access verified information on COVID-19 and other infectious...
China’s foreign ministry, on Wednesday, rejected the suggestion that it supported or gave tacit consent to Monday’s military coup in neighbouring Myanmar. “Relevant theories are not true. “As Myanmar’s friendly neighbouring country, we wish that all sides in Myanmar can appropriately resolve their differences and uphold political and social...
A drive to administer the China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers was formally kicked off across Pakistan on Wednesday, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said. At a ceremony held at the NCOC, the drive was formally launched with administering the vaccine doses to three frontline...
The Nigerian Army has called on members of the public to ignore a report by a coalition that it conducted secret trails and executed six soldiers of Igbo extraction. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a group which identified itself as a coalition of rights activists and...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has congratulated Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former Governor of Osun on his 70thbirthday. The Ooni felicitated with the former governor in a statement issued by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare on Wednesday in Ile-Ife. Ogunwusi...
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, has said the government treated more than four million residents of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in 2020. Mohammed-Baloni, who made the disclosure in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kaduna, listed NTDs to include...
The newly elected Chairman of Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State, Alhaji Abubakar Zakari, says he will adopt community consultation strategy to move the council to greater heights. The newly elected Chairman stated this while inaugurating members of his inauguration transition committee on Tuesday in Kano. He said...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday in Abudu, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state, assured that the state would regain its position as the education hub in Nigeria. Obaseki gave the assurance shortly after inspecting the current construction work of the College of Education in Abudu, which...
Hosts Cameroon will face a tough hurdle against defending champions Morocco when they lock horns in the African Nations Championship (CHAN), semifinal on Wednesday at Limbe Omnisport Stadium. Cameroon brushed aside two-time champions DR Congo 2-1 in the quarter-final, while Morocco humbled Zambia 3-1. However, this semifinal presents yet...
The Bauchi State Government has spent N400 million on replacement and installation of damaged electrical equipment in seven local government areas to improve power supply. Malam Mukhtar Gidado, the senior special assistant on media to Gov. Bala Mohammed, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI – It is no longer news that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa had on Tuesday January 26th, 2021, sent a Bill to the State House of Assembly that seeks the upgrade of College of Education, Agbor to Delta State University of Education, Agbor; Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro to...
“As of 25th January, the PTF had received an initial release of N22.1 billion, with only 59.8% of this figure utilized or committed thus far. This is because of the efficiency in the system plus the support from partners and donors that allowed the government to be judicious with...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Gun Zaar Select of the Zaar Chiefdom in Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro local government areas of Bauchi state, rtd. Air Commodore Ishaku Komo, has declared a seven day prayer and fasting following the deaths of prominent people from the area. He made the...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Tuesday said it was working with the Federal Government to make Coronavirus vaccines available in the country. The Forum’s Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, said this while delivering a lecture titled “The role of Nigeria’s state governments in recovery: responses...