Sickle Cell screening gets boost with advanced equipment
Despite a high prevalence of sickle cell disease, SCD, in Nigeria, affecting 2-4 percent of newborns, Nigeria currently lacks a national policy for newborn screening. With this development, most infants go undiagnosed until they present symptoms, often leading to delayed treatment and potentially poorer health outcomes.
Fuel crisis worsens as acute supply shortage cripples distribution nationwide
Fuel supply situation has degenerated nationwide as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL,
Fuel Scarcity: Normalcy returns as fuel stations get supply of petroleum products
Queues have begun to vanish from filling stations across Nigeria’s major cities after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd intervened in the logistic issues that had breached the supply of premium motor spirit (PMS).
Firm launches Automated Tollgate System for Garki International Market
In a significant stride toward modernization and efficiency, Ambassador Maureen P. Tamuno, Group Managing Director and CEO of Abuja Investments Company Limited (AICL) has unveiled an Automated Tollgate System for streamlining access control, security enhancement, and facilitation of smoother operations in Garki Ultra -Modern Market in the Federal Capital Territory.
Tinubu’s consumer credit scheme
Following the Federal Executive Council, FEC’s, approval, President Bola Tinubu last week Tuesday launched the Consumer Credit Scheme in Abuja. It will be run by the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation, CREDICORP. According to a statement from the presidential media office, the scheme, which will be implemented in stages, will start with public sector workers or […]
The dying public school, by Dakuku Peterside
There has been no remarkable uproar on the public-school collapse in Nigeria, affecting primary, secondary, and university education. Our leaders do not view it as a crisis. The reason is evident: there is a widespread trend among the garrulous upper class and middle class to send their wards and children to pricey private schools in […]
