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The Zamfara State House of Assembly has reinstated the suspended Member representing Talata Mafara North Constituency, Shamsudeen Hassan Basko, following the submission and acceptance of his written letter of apology to the House. In a statement issued by press secretary of Zamfara state House of Assembly Bello Madaro, the Speaker…
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested forty suspected internet fraudsters in Bida and Minna Local Government Areas of Niger State. This is contained in a statement issued to Newsmen by the Head, Media and Publicity EFCC, Dele Oyewale…
Police in Delta have arrested 106 suspects for various offences ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping,murder,cultism , rape and defilement. Briefing newsmen at the police headquarters of the Delta State Command in Asaba, the Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda said the police rescued 13 kidnapped victims, and recoverd 14 stolen vehicles…
The Federal Government has launched a suite of national policies and guidelines aimed at transforming maternal health outcomes in Nigeria. At the commemoration of the 2025 Safe Motherhood Day in Abuja, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Mohammed Ali Pate announced that no woman should die while…
The Republic of Tunisia says it is committed in establishing cultural and tourism relations with Nigeria to strengthen cultural and tourism ties. The Ambassador of Tunisia to Nigeria, Moshen Antit stated this in Abuja when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy,…
Stakeholders in the in Health sector have called on the federal government to establish a sustainable immunization financing framework to address vaccine shortfall in Primary Health Care Centers, PHCs, across Nigeria. At a media briefing to mark World Health Day, the Executive Director of the Vaccine Network for Disease Control…
In fulfillment of its regulatory role to promote patient health outcomes, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has mandated a one-hour timeline for the authorisation of care and issuance of treatment codes by Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs). This is aimed at reducing delays in accessing services and ensuring that enrollees…
Water is essential for survival — but drinking too much of it, especially too quickly, can be harmful. Water intoxication, also known as hyponatremia, occurs when a person consumes an excessive amount of water within a short time, leading to low sodium levels in the blood and swelling of cells.…
Kwara State Government has commenced the second phase of a statewide mass anthrax vaccination campaign across the 16 Local Government Areas of the State. While Flagging off the campaign at the Ministry’s Headquarters in Ilorin, the State Commissioner for Livestock Development, Oloruntoyosi Thomas said the campaign was necessary to avoid…
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has received over one million doses of pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) from the Gavi-funded global stockpile, to combat the meningococcus C and W outbreak in northern Nigeria. The vaccines, approved for deployment by the International Coordinating Group, is aimed at containing…
