Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Federal Road Safety Corps has commended the management of the Federal Medical Centre Jabi, Abuja for taking decisive action against staff alleged to have neglected an accident victim.The FRSC Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, said this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide on
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday in Lagos, conferred the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Bill Gates for the renowned philanthropist’s interventions in maternal health, agriculture, and infectious disease research.Tinubu thanked Gates for providing global leadership that prioritised enriching the
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The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Remi Tinubu, on behalf of the Renewed Hope Initiative, has pledged One Billion Naira to the National Cancer Fund to fight the scourge of Cervical Cancer in Nigeria.Mrs. Tinubu made the commitment while receiving a delegation from the National Taskforce on Cervical Cancer Elimination
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Three major assorted raw food warehouses have been shut down in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti capital, by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).This is contained in a statement by the NAFDAC State Coordinator, Mrs Stella Dosumu on Friday in Ado-Ekiti.Dosumu said the warehouses were closed over varied
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The Lagos State Government on Tuesday rolled out an emergency vaccination exercise for diphtheria exercise for students and staff of the King’s College Annexe, Victoria Island to immediately curb the spread of the highly contagious disease.The swift intervention, led by the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the State Primary
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The administration of United States President, Donald Trump, has canceled a $600,000 federal grant intended to fund a study on menstrual cycles in transgender men.According to public records on USAspending.gov, the grant had been awarded to Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College in Louisiana and was scheduled to remain active
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The coordinating minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has rated Akwa Ibom State high in health sector reforms, noting that the huge investment in healthcare has positioned the state as an emerging hub for medical tourism.The minister made the declaration during his working visit to the
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The Chairman and chief executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brigadier General Muhammed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has disclosed that the 2018 National Drug Use Survey conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed that 14.3 million Nigerians aged 15–64 use psychoactive substances.Marwa said
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Anietie Udobit,AbujaThe National Coordinator, National Cancer Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Uchechukwu Nwokwu, has said that 7.2 percent out of 127,000 cancer cases recorded annually in Nigeria are children.Nwokwu said this at the sideline of a public enlightenment on Childhood cancer commemorating 2025 International Childhood
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Anietie Udobit,AbujaFormer Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the Federal Government not to allow snakes, termites, gorillas and monkeys swallow the $1.07bn public funds budgeted for the critical sector of health in the 2025 budget.In a statement on Sunday, Atiku urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to provide transparency on how
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