Wike inaugurates task force to tackle maternal deaths
By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated a task force to coordinate efforts to reduce maternal and newborn deaths across the six Area Councils of the territory. Wike inaugurated the task force on Friday at the activation ceremony of the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative, […]
Creek-to-Creek Movement, NDDC rehabilitate Esenaebe College, Bomadi
BOMADI — Hope has returned to students and teachers of Esenaebe College, Bomadi, Delta State, following the rehabilitation of the school and provision of modern educational facilities. For years, the institution operated under difficult conditions, including leaking roofs, inadequate desks and chairs, and a lack of functional library, science laboratory and Information and Communication Technology […]
Self-care key to curbing Nigeria’s rising disease burden — Experts
… Say hospitals can’t cope if Nigerians ignore prevention, rational drug useBy Chioma Obinna As Nigeria battles a growing burden of chronic and non-communicable diseases, health experts have called for an urgent shift from hospital-centred healthcare to preventive self-care, warning that the country’s health system and household finances cannot withstand the rising cost of treating […]
Getting performance contract practices right in Africa as reform imperative
By Tunji Olaopa (Being Paper Delivered at the United Nations Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) High-Level Workshop on ‘Enhancing Public Accountability and Service Delivery through Performance Contracts in Africa’ held in Gaborone, Botswana on 2-4 September, 2026) It has now become a key analytical template that in diagnosing what ails the African state, we must talk […]
Obi’s Benue blockade: NDC never told me to transmit letter to go, I only provided security – CP
As reactions continue to trail the blocking of Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi during his visit to Benue State on Tuesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Cletus Nwadiogbu, has said the party (NDC), never asked him to transmit a letter notifying him of Obi’s visit to the state to Governor Hyacinth Alia.
Health sector reforms: Why we conferred platinum award on Otu – NMA
By Henry ObettaThe Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River State Branch, has conferred its highest honour, the Platinum Meritorious Service Award, on Governor Bassey Otu in recognition of the landmark strides recorded by his administration in healthcare funding, human-resource development, infrastructure, institutional reforms and security. The award, which had never previously been conferred on anyone […]
