The Federal Government and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have committed to a $1 billion partnership to revolutionise Nigeria’s healthcare sector. The $1 billion Healthcare Value Chain Programme established through a Memorandum of Understanding between Afreximbank and the Federal Ministry of Health is geared at improving access to quality healthcare, reduce medical tourism, and empower the…
The Idemmili Oba Vigilante Group, alongside Mgbo youth, Anambra State has captured a woman who holds pregnant young adults and teenagers in custody in her home, for the purpose of child trafficking on Sunday. The womam name not mentioned as at time of report, she is from Etu Nanka and married in Nanka Enugu State,…
Wasiu Alabi, known as Pasuma, a veteran yoruba fuji musician has revealed the reason he ventured into his music career, divulging how a setback in his football aspirations paved the way for his iconic journey in the music industry. The artiste reminisced about his thwarted ambition to represent Nigeria in the FIFA U-16 World Championship…
Kwara state government has emerged UNICEF winner on immunisation coverage in the North Central zone with a cash prize of $500,000. The deputy governor, who said that the award, won by the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, was given through the UNICEF mechanism method, added that the money was domiciled with the UNICEF to…
The traditional ruler of Azumini Ndoki in Ukwa East LGA of Abia State, Eze Edward Ebere Eule, has been suspended from office by the Abia State government for misconduct. The royal father was suspended for 30 days following some recommendations from the Board of Inquiry set up by the Abia State government to investigate alleged…
A decision by the Alabama Supreme Court has left providers and patients unsure of whether parts of the in vitro fertilization process put them at legal risk. Less than a week after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos created through in vitro fertilization are considered children, three IVF providers in the state have suspended services as they…
Anambra State, Nigeria, was formed on 3 February 1976 when East-Central State was divided into Anambra and Imo(Owerri) states. List of documented Administrators till date; 1. John Atom Kpera, Governor, March 1976 to July 1978, Military, 2. Col. Datti Sadiq Abubakar, Governor, July 1978 to October 1979, Military 3. Jim Nwobodo, Governor, October 1979 to October 1983, NPP 4. Christian Onoh,…
Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has asked the Federal Government to reveal details of the alleged disbursement of N30 billion each to the 36 state governors amidst inflation and high cost of food items. Obi’s demand followed the claim by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, that an “unverified report” showed that state governors…
10,000 children in Burkina Faso and Cameroon have received the RTS,S malaria vaccine after it was introduced in 2024. Cameroon launched the vaccine on January 22, 2024. It is being integrated into its national routine immunization programme in more than 500 public and private health facilities across 42 health districts in the country’s 10 regions. Burkina Faso introduced the…
Strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Benue State University, has continued following the inability of the university management to meet the demands of the union. This was disclosed by the Chairman of ASUU-BSU, Dr. Kwaghfan Tarnongo while speaking to journalists in his office on Wednesday in Makurdi. He disclosed that the…
