KADMAM: 78.5% of PHCs in Kaduna have no ambulance
The Kaduna Maternal Accountability Mechanism (KADMAM) says inadequacy of ambulances and dearth of health personnel were the major challenges hampering smooth running of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Kaduna State. According to KADMAN, its investigations showed that 78.5 per cent of PHCs in the state have no ambulance. KADMAM, an accountability mechanism, stated this in its presentation through Mr. Silas Iseva...
Nestle inaugurates hygiene facilities in Abaji schools
Nestle Nigeria Plc has inaugurated hygiene facilities in some schools in Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, as part of its corporate social responsibility. Mr. Ayodele Ayookere, the Abaji Nestle Factory Manager, disclosed this at the commissioning of the projects on Tuesday, in Abuja, citing Abaji West Primary School and LEA Primary School as the beneficiaries. Ayookere said that...
Soursop leaf cures malaria, says researcher
Soursop leaf contains some curative anti-malaria substances that can be used to treat ailment, Mr. Nwonuma Obiora of the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, has said. Obiora, who stated this while defending his PhD thesis on Tuesday in Ilorin, explained that the Soursop leaf extract could cure malaria and that the level of toxin is...
Pfizer committed to bridging access to affordable treatments — Official
A biopharmaceutical company, Pfizer, says it is committed to broadening patients’ access to quality and affordable healthcare treatments that will enhance their lives. Mr. Olayinka Subair, Pfizer Nigeria’s Country Manager and Cluster Lead, West Africa, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Subair said Pfizer applies science and its global resources to bring therapies to patients in a way...
NPHCDA: 1.9% of Nigerians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that 1.9% of eligible population in Nigeria is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The eligible population for vaccination is 111,776,503. Out of this figure, 2,166,186 people have received their second doses of the vaccines as at Tuesday October 4. Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this on Tuesday during the weekly...
Sylva: How court cases may chase IOCs from Nigeria’s onshore
There are high indications that International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria, may be forced to leave the onshore, as a result of the many court cases they have to deal with. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, made the stunning revelation at the 2021 National Oil and Gas workshop for Justices and Judges with the theme,...
5G Spectrum: NCC set to auction 5 slots, says Danbatta
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to auction five slots of spectrum for deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) technology. Prof. Umar Dambatta, NCC Executive Vice-Chairman, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday during the public hearing and inquiry on the proposed draft regulations on telephone subscriber registration, Sim replacement and spectrum allocation, 2021. Dambatta stated that the commission had put...
N1.4bn oil fraud: Defendant in COVID-19 isolation, trial stalled
The ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4 billion has been stalled as the defendant is presently treating COVID-19 at an isolation centre. As such, Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos could not continue trial on Tuesday, October 5. At the resumed sitting on Tuesday, Joseph Wheisin, who represented...
APC chieftain: Gov AbdulRazaq destroying party in Kwara
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has been accused of causing the problems threatening the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. A chieftain of APC in Kwara, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, while speaking with newsmen at the end of the weekly political dialogue organised by the Nations Leadership Institute, in Ilorin on Tuesday, warned that APC cannot move forward in...
APC’ll harvest new members ahead of 2023 polls – Umahi
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is expecting harvest of new members across the country, ahead of 2023 polls. Umahi said this in Abakaliki when he inaugurated the newly-elected local government chairmen of APC in the state. He charged them to scout for new members for the party. Umahi, represented by his deputy, Dr. Kelechi...
