News as it breaks
The Kogi State Government has confirmed two cases of cholera in Lokoja and Omala local government areas of the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Abdulazeez Adeiza, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said the government has unveiled a comprehensive infection prevention tools as a quick response to ensure a cholera-free…
A Coalition of Civil Society for Good Governance (CCSGG) in collaboration with Kogi Conscience Liberation Movement (KCLM) have called on President Bola Tinubu and all relevant government agencies to ensure that leaders, whether present or past, involved in corrupt practices are prosecuted. The Co-Converner of the Group, Comrade Okpanachi Jacob…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has found a 28-year-old Abuja-based nurse, Lucy Likeh, who recently went missing in Nigeria’s capital city, PUNCH Metro can confirm. Our correspondent learnt that nurse Likeh was found and taken to the hospital for medical examination by the Utako Police Division in the FCT,…
The Federal Government has started moves to establish a unified national blood database. The harmonisation of the national blood database is aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of blood banking services in Nigeria, ensuring a safer and more reliable supply of blood for patients in need. This was disclosed…
President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year. The divest-or-ban bill is now law, starting the clock for ByteDance to make its move. The company initially had nine…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has banned the sale of Turkey-made Dex Luxury Bar Soap. It also called on Nigerians to watch out for the counterfeit of Tandak injection powder made in India. NAFDAC, on its website, said Dex Luxury Bar Soap does not comply…
Non Governmental Organization, Pregnancy Support Foundation in collaboration with Information Technologies Hub and Cynosure have embarked on a safe motherhood medical outreach to pregnant women at Katampe, in the FCT. A nurse and Founder of Pregnancy Support Foundation, Mrs Adesuwa Oni advised pregnant women to take proper medication during pregnancy…
Experts in the treatment of kidney diseases have called for stricter regulations on carbonated and alcoholic drinks to stop the growing cases of organ failure in Nigeria. The experts lamented that these drinks contain high levels of sugar and other chemicals that can damage the kidneys over time, urging the…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori as the new Director General of the National Agency For The Control of AIDS. Dr. Ilori, who is the first female to be appointed the Director-General of the agency began her initial term of four years on February 22, 2024. The Head…
Mental health experts have urged the House of Representatives to maintain the ban on sachet and small bottled alcoholic drinks, stressing that studies show that high intake is linked to mental health problems, particularly among young people. The psychiatrists stressed that the availability of sachets and small bottled alcoholic drinks…
