By Chioma Obinna A reproductive health expert, Dr Ibrahim Wada, has called for strict ethics in medical practice, stating that Nigeria has adequate human and materials resources for advanced medical practice and improved medical standards hinged on research Wada who made the call at the inauguration of the ethics committee of Nisa Medical Group in Abuja […]

The Ebira Education Trust Fund EETF has decried the low level of primary and post-primary school enrolment in the Kogi Central Senatorial District, saying without adequate enrolment, it would be difficult to offer tertiary-level scholarships to the people.

 AHEAD of the February National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Coalition Of North East APC Youth has thrown its weight behind the Chairman, Senate Services Committee, Senator Sani Musa, APC, Niger East for the position of National Chairman.

THE Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria, IPAN, has lamented the neglect of its laboratories by government, saying it was constrained to carry out indebt laboratory tests of most produce being expected to foreign nations.

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has stopped the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, from nominating any company or entity as operators of the International Cargo Tracking System, ICTN, in Nigeria.

To increase access to vaccination in lower – income countries, the World Health Organisation has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for NVX-CoV2373, raising the number of WHO – validated COVID-19 vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus to 9.

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and senatorial candidate for Kaduna Central in the 2019 elections, Lawal Adamu Usman has extended sympathy to the victims of the dozens killed by bandits in the attacks on several communities in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State last Sunday and pledged to look into ways to support them further.

Senator Ifeanyi Araraume has washed his hands off the newly-constituted Imo State Elders Council put together by the Imo State Government.568

Health workers under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals, JOHESU/AHPA, weekend threatened to boycott any negotiation brokered by the Federal Ministry of Health, FMOH, if physicians are involved in the welfare initiatives.

STAKEHOLDERS have described as humiliating the practice where boat passengers including royal fathers are compelled to raise their hands over their heads (surrender) at every military checkpoint on the river and creeks of Bayelsa and other parts of the Niger-Delta region.