Experts at the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, NSIA-LUTH, Cancer Centre, has hinted on early detection of cancer as key for management and survival of the dreaded disease. The experts who said people die from cancer due to late presentation urged Nigerians exhibiting signs of cancer to get treatment as…
The President of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA, Dr Moses Arokoyo, has disclosed the willingness of the association to contribute N420 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product, GDP, noting that veterinarians play important roles in national development. Speaking during the 2024 NVMA Leadership Summit and Investiture Ceremony, Arokoyo advocated for increased veterinarian employment…
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Ministry of Health to make available a prescription policy to monitor sale of drugs in the country. The House, which insisted such a policy must be enforced, charged the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria as a matter of urgency to shutdown illegal outlets of pharmaceutical products including…
A former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad has criticized the Tinubu administration for its constant criticism of the administration of Muhammadu Buhari who like the Tinubu government is APC In a statement on his X handle, Ahmad said former Presidents Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan never criticized Olusegun Obasanjo because they were…
In a rather shift from the conventional practice of state government donating vehicles to traditional rulers, a good-spirited monarch in Anambra State, Igwe Dennis Ezebuilo, has donated a new vehicle to the government of the state. Igwe Ezebuilo who is the Traditional Ruler of Amanuke made the donation to the State’s Ministry of Women Affairs…
Women have been adviced against delivering babies at home to increase their chances of survival during and after childbirth. A Health Officer with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Bauchi Field Office, Oluseyi Olosunde, said this during a Media Dialogue to mark this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) in Gombe state. Olosunde, presenting a paper…
The Imo State House of Assembly, on Thursday, confirmed all the commissioner nominees on the list sent by Governor Hope Uzodinma for ratification and confirmation. Among those confirmed by the Assembly are the immediate past commissioner for information and strategy, Declan Emelumba, the immediate past commissioner for works, Ralph Nwosu, and Chimezie Amadi, the immediate…
Labour unions in the North East have proposed N560,000 per month as national minimum wage. While the branches of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, in the six states of the North East recommended a monthly minimum wage of N560,000, the Adamawa and Bauchi state governments recommended N45,000. The six branches…
The House of Representatives has mandated its committees to investigate the non-remittance of N5 trillion to the Federal Government by some businesses in Nigeria. The decision to go after the tax defaulters followed the adoption of a motion moved by Esosa Iyawe on Thursday during plenary. The House resolved to mandate the Committees on Public…
Nigerian comedian Oghenekowhoyan Onaibe Desmond, popularly known as Destalker, has opened up on his battle with depression. The comedian disclosed that he tried to take his life on three occasions. He shared his story in the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast. He stated that after graduating from the tertiary institution he could not get…
