With COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian healthcare system has been shown to be in need of strengthening. A report conducted on Apete Primary Healthcare Centre has highlighted some of the things the government at all levels need to address to strengthen the health sector. Apete Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) situated...
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The Coach of Enugu State Kick Boxing Association, Dr Vitus Oti, has called on the state and local governments to invest in modern facilities to accelerate sports development in the state.Oti made the call in an interview with newsmen in Enugu on Friday, saying that the absence of modern...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has approved the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Abia for re-opening ahead of the upcoming orientation activities commencing from Nov.10. The NCDC team led by Dr Okorie Onuka, Pillar Lead, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) gave the approval after inspecting...
The EU says it will support the masterplan developed by the African Union Development Agency and New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) power generation. The African Development Bank (AfDB) made this known on Friday in statement directing African Energy Ministers of AUDA-NEPAD to promote a continental transmission masterplan. The...
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered seven men who allegedly gang-raped a minor to death, be remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre, pending legal advice. The police charged Ajom Tabi, 37; Omobolanle Olowookere, 41; Aliu Bilyamin, 24; Emmanuel Okon, 24; Bolarinwa Olamilekan, 24; Badmus Abdulateef, 20; Azeez Quadri,...
The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Friday, commenced sitting in Benin on the petitions filed by political parties challenging the declaration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki as the winner of the Sept. 19 governorship poll in the state.Obaseki, who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
The Bauchi State Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Case Management Committee hasurged hospitals to grant prompt medical attention to rape victims. The Chairperson of the committee, Hajiya Fatima Abubakar, made the call in a monthly meeting organised by theAttah Sisters Helping Hand Foundation (ASHHF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO),...
The Federal Government in collaboration with Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Friday flagged off the distribution of free meters to customers under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Adeoye Fadeyibi, Managing Director, EKEDC, flagged off the programme at the...
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has called on religious leaders and other stakeholders to engage the youths towards ensuring sustainable peace in the territory. Bello made the call while briefing newsmen at the end of a meeting with the leadership of FCT Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on...
Work on the proposed Zamfara State College of Nursing Sciences will commence soon, the Speaker, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya, has said.Magarya made the disclosure in Gusau on Friday while receiving executive members of Zurmi Progressive Initiative who paid him a courtesy visit at his residence...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced an assessment tour of communities ravaged by flood in Imo. The tour is to enable the agency ascertain the level of damages recorded by the flood and possible solutions. The leader of the team and Head of Imo-Abia Operations Office, Mr...
The absence of Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, stalled the trial continuation of former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, and others.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the EFCC, had on May 11, 2016, arraigned Moro, alongside with a former Permanent Secretary in...
Universal Insurance Plc says it has unveiled an array of products to deepen insurance penetration and adoption in the country. Mr Ben Ujoatuonu, Managing Director of the insurance firm, listed the new products in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Ujoatuonu said that the products include third party fire...
An Islamic cleric, Mr Adebayo Abdulkareem, has called on journalists to disseminate accurate reports to prevent social disorder. Abdulkareem made the call on Friday in Ilorin during a special prayer organised by the Correspondents Chapel of the Kwara NUJ to herald its 2020 Press Week activities. The cleric, who...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives, notes that as the economic and public health crises progressively hit developing countries including Nigeria in the event of CIVID-19 pandemic, domestic resources will be strained and external financing...
The leadership of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in South-West Nigeria has said that the #EndSARS protests and its aftermaths called for fairness in governance. The party made the assertion in a communiqué on Friday at the end of a two-day South-West Leadership meeting which commenced on Wednesday in Osogbo,...
The UN World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Kenyan government, onFriday, launched cash transfers to help 24,000 families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in informal settlements in the coastal city of Mombasa. Lauren Landis, the WFP’s country director for Kenya, said this in a statement issued in...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Akwa Ibom Command, secured 13 convictions and confiscated 3, 000 drums of petroleum products from dealers between February and June. The State Commandant, Mr Samuel Fadeyi, disclosed this on Friday in Uyo, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...