Director General, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier-General Marahazu Ismaila Tsiga said yesterday in Ibadan that the scheme would no longer post corpers to states where their security would not be guaranteed.

THE Patient Feedback platform just launched by Federal Government Patient is guaranteed to enable patients pass on complaints about relevant Federal government owned health institutions and staff in all health institutions across the country have been directed to carry nametags henceforth.

Two decades into the HIV pandemic, the use of unnecessary injections and unsafe practices are still common in both developing and transitional countries and is an issue even in developed countries. Unfortunately, Nigeria is not an exception.

THE Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Abakaliki has taken health care services to the door steps of the rural dwellers in the State through its rural health integrated outreach imitative.

For Rukayat Oyindamola Haroun a 10-year-old JSS one student of Rose Valley high School, Oladoje Oko Oba Lagos, the recent workshop on self esteem building and personal healthcare organised by Media Concern Initiative for Women and Children MEDIACON was an eye opener and the beginning of liberation from child abuse and resentment of self-esteem from all negative thinking and idea.

COSMETIC surgeons in the United Kingdom are optimistic that as from early next year, a new “natural breast enlargement” technique will become available. Thanks to the new technique, unwanted fat from other parts of the patient’s body will be used for breast enhancement.

Recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), The Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria was established in November 1994 as a non governmental and non profit making organisation dedicated to the proper care and control of sickle cell disorder in Nigeria.

Umunze(Anambra)—Professor Okechukwu Ogbuagu, the Provost, Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze, Anambra, has advised students in tertiary institutions to improve their reading culture by utilising the Internet. Ogbuagu gave the advice during the 21st matriculation  of the institution at the weekend in Umunze. The professor noted that the Internet could move students to better their […]

Enugu— Work on the runway of the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, has started in earnest, according to its Manager, Mr Chigbo Nwobu. Nwobu said the airport was closed to traffic at midnight on February 10, to allow for the renovation and extension of the runway. “The closure will last for one year,’’ the manager said. […]

WORRIED by the unwholesome activities of petrol dealers in Ondo State in the last two months, the Petroleum Product Monitoring Committee has clamped down on over 25 filling stations that were extorting unsuspecting consumers in the state.

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has called for a closer working relationship between Nigeria and South African in order to liberate the continent of Africa from the shackles of neo-colonialism. Suswam who spoke while playing host to South African High Commissioner to Nigeria who was in the state on […]

Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State, said yesterday that the downstream sector of the nation’s petroleum industry was characterised by epileptic and inadequate supply of products leading to adulteration and other sharp practices, resulting into hardship on Nigerians.

Owerri—The police command in Imo has opened a new station at Mbutu-Umuhu in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area. Inaugurating the station yesterday, Police Commissioner Aloysius Okorie said that the new station is strategically located along the Aba-Owerri highway. He explained that the station would provide  security to commuters plying the highway and assured  that enough manpower […]

The Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, Dugbe District, Oyo State has explained the reasons behind the power outage being experienced by customers in some parts of the district.

The Delta State Government has commended the people of Aniocha North Local Government Area for making available hectares of land, along Asaba- Benin expressway for the youth’s empowerment through agriculture programme.