COVID-19 Variant: Okowa urges Nigerians to embrace vaccination
Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccines, saying that vaccination was safe and that no death had been recorded as a result of administration of the vaccine in the country. Okowa made the call at his quarterly interaction with journalists on Tuesday in Asaba.READ ALSO:Nothing can stop […]
Pfizer Foundation donates $6.4m to combat diseases in West Africa
The Pfizer Foundation has announced the donation of $6.4 million in grants to address critical infectious disease challenges in Nigeria and Ghana as part of a long-term commitment to help protect underserved people in the United State, U.S., and around the world
Infectious disease experts fault FG’s mandatory vaccination
As the Federal government’s December deadline for government workers to get vaccinated approaches, the Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society, NIDS, has said that decisions on health especially on COVID-19 response should be an informed decision based on local evidence and not a copy and paste approach where what is being done in Europe and American will be implemented in the country
FGM/cutting has drastically reduced in Ebonyi — Umahi
GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Tuesday stated that the age-long obnoxious practice of Female Genital Mutilation and cutting had drastically reduced in different parts of the State.
Man remanded for allegedly defiling 4-year-old girl
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 26-year-old unemployed man, Mustapha Baba, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs Ejiro Kubeinje, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded in Kirikri Correctional Centre. Kubeinje, however, directed the Police to send the case […]
I hawked ‘Cassava flakes’, when I first graduated says Prof Noah Yusuf
The Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin in Kwara state, Prof Noah Yusuf has urged Nigerian graduates never to be idle but to find something meaningful to do at all cost, instead roaming around for job, saying that he hawked ,”Gaari” meaning Cassava flakes and typed projects for students, to make a living when he graduated.
Effective family planning, panacea to tackling mother-to-child HIV infection
At most PMTCT sites in Nigeria, family planning services are offered as part of the PMTCT programme centred on antenatal care and maternal and child health services. Part of the package is family planning counselling and information on contraceptive methods
Africa Youth Day: West Africa PYU VP, Oladele urges youths to embrace productivity
By Arogbonlo Israel In commemoration of the African Youth Day, 2021, the Vice President of West Africa Pan-African Youth Union, PYU, Oladele Nihi has urged Nigerian youth to embrace productivity by contributing towards “securing the future from today”. Oladele stated this at a event to commemorate the 2021 African youth day with the theme: “Defining […]
EFCC arraigns Ondo Speaker, Oleyelogun, in court over N2.4m fraud allegation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr. Bamidele Oleyelogun, in court over alleged financial impropriety.
Lead with fear of God, Muoka urges Nigerian leaders
THE General Overseer of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, Worldwide, Pastor Lazarus Muoka has urged the Nigerian leaders to lead with the fear of God.
Ake Arts festival: Inspiring platform for African Creatives
Since inception in 2013, the multi disciplinary feast, Ake Arts and Books festival, AABF, founded by Nigerian writer Lola Shoneyin in Abeokuta, has remained an important platform where African Creatives and, art and culture aficionados across the globe look forward to converging, towards the end of the year.
