IWD 2022: mPharma targets 10,000 Women for cervical screening, treatment
By Chioma Obinna To commemorate this year’s International women’s day, mPharma, a technology-driven healthcare company has launched an initiative targeting to screen and treat 10,000 women for cervical cancer. The campaign tagged: “Ten Thousand Women Initiative (TTWI), will focus on improving public awareness, offer free HPV DNA screening and access to vaccines for the Human […]
Ebonyi: Gov Umahi, deputy apply for stay of execution of judgment
•As Igariwey, PDP named successor demands CoR from INEC By Ikechukwu Nnochiri & Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA—The embattled Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi and his Deputy, Dr. Eric Igwe, yesterday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying it to stay the execution of the judgment that sacked them from their respective offices, following their […]
Jonathan addresses ECOWAS Parliament, charges lawmakers to protect democratic values
Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has charged members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament to champion national processes that would strengthen democracy and improve governance in West Africa, as a means of reversing the trend of military coup d’état and growing social tension in the region.
IWD: Why we represent women’s struggles, experiences in a photo exhibition — Feminist media
A feminist organisation, Document Women, the women-focused media striving to immortalise women’s impact on society by creating and engaging feminist content representing women’s struggles, experiences and accomplishments, celebrated its one year anniversary with a photo exhibition and a documentary on 2022 International Women’s Day, at the British Deputy High Commissioner’s Residence, in Lagos.
FG removes electricity subsidy quietly, petrol in phases
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief & Obas Esiedesa The Minister of Finance, Budgets and National Planning, Mrs. Zanaib Ahmed, said that the Federal Government, FG, has quietly removed all subsidies in the power sector, with a plan to gradually end subsidies on petrol. Ahmed who spoke at a virtual meeting of the International Monetary […]
Without scaling up multi-month dispensing, HIV patients in rural Nigeria remain at risk -Expert
By Tolu Abidemi A leading public health pharmacist and supply chain expert, Mercy Itopa, has warned that Nigeria’s HIV response risks reversal unless greater attention is given to sustaining Multi-Month Dispensing (MMD) of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in rural communities. In a paper made available to newsmen, and a copy of which was obtained by this […]
