Advocates demand inclusive healthcare for persons with disabilities
Public health advocacy platform, Project Kampe Bodi, has made a case for inclusive healthcare in government hospitals, saying there is a need for hospitals to be accessible for persons with disabilities. The platform, which also demanded that patients’ Bill of Rights be strengthened, said there was a need to establish disability help desks with assistive […]
Procurement reforms saved Nigeria over N1.1trn – Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that procurement reforms saved the nation over N1.1 trillion. The vice president made the disclosure on Friday in his keynote address as the special guest of honour at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF)-Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) Permanent Secretaries Retreat held […]
Floods: Tough decisions that may have protected Lagos
For many observers in Lagos, those recommendations sounded familiar. They are, in many respects, the same measures that have shaped the environmental policies of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration over the past several years.
Ogun emergency teams rescue 500 accident victims, assist 1,000 pregnant women in 6 months – Commissioner
…Deploys 80 tricycle, 2 boat ambulances to underserved communities By Nnamdi Ojiego Ogun State Government has disclosed that its emergency medical teams rescued more than 500 roadside accident victims and assisted over 1,000 pregnant women within the last six months, as it intensified efforts to improve access to emergency healthcare across the state. The government […]
NCDMB, KING-FAHJI train 50 youths on digital oil field operations, data analytics
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in partnership with KING-FAHJI Nigeria Limited, has concluded a training programme on digitalised oil field operations and data analytics for 50 youths in Badagry, Lagos State. The programme was designed to equip young Nigerians with skills in modern oil field technologies, digital operations and data-driven decision-making in […]
From Newsroom to Government House: My recollections of the Ngige years
By FRED CHUKWULOBE As another July 10 comes around, public attention naturally returns to the dramatic abduction of Governor Chris Ngige in 2003, an event that remains one of the darkest episodes in Nigeria’s democratic history. But beyond the crisis itself, the date also brings back deeply personal memories of how I unexpectedly left journalism for […]
