The Sokoto State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Zayyana Abubakar, says the government will collaborate with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other partners to implement data-driven programmes in the state. Zayyana said this on Tuesday in Sokoto at a two-day capacity-strengthening workshop organised by the ministry in collaboration with UNICEF. He…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it recovered large quantities of banned Tramadol and opium pills during separate raids conducted over the past four days across four states. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the agency’s operatives carried out the raids between…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has recovered no fewer than 722,875 pills of opioids in Taraba, Kano, Kogi, Gombe, Borno and Kaduna states respectively. The Director, Media and Advocacy,NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in Borno state on Saturday, July 12 arrested…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has destroyed no fewer than 28,000 kilograms of skunk, a local strain of cannabis, on three farms in Edo. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drugs which were destroyed on Tuesday,…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has provided healthcare and other humanitarian services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue. The agency has so far supported 10 safe deliveries at the International Market IDP Camp in Makurdi, Benue, and attended to more than 368 pregnant women who came for antenatal care visits. UNFPA Humanitarian/Sexual and…
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it arrested 37 suspected drug traffickers and seized narcotic drugs weighing 345.421 kilogrammes in June. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the State Commander of the agency disclosed this on Monday while reviewing the operations of the command in the fight against drug trafficking and substance abuse…
No fewer than 700 participants from 23 countries and various international organisations gathered in Indonesia’s Bali for the 22nd International Leprosy Congress (ILC) from Monday to Wednesday. Carrying the theme “Towards a World with Zero Leprosy,” the meeting highlights the importance of accelerating leprosy elimination efforts through global cross-country collaboration. “The theme is an urgent…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Board (FPHCB) on Monday signed a partnership agreement with Silver Cross Hospital, Abuja. The collaboration is aimed at upgrading medical services and infrastructure at three Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the territory. The affected facilities are the Saburi PHC (under Gwagwa ward), Dei-Dei PHC, and Idu PHC….
The Kaduna State Gpvernment says the 15 hospitalised students as a result of the recent diarrhea outbreak at the Government Girls Senior and Junior Secondary School, Kawo, have fully recovered, discharged and resumed school. The State Commissioner for Health, Umma Kaltum -Ahmed, made this kmown in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on…
The Bauchi State Government, through the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), in collaboration with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has commenced a comprehensive Water Safety Plan in 50 communities across Toro Local Government Area. Mr Abubakar Abdullahi, Water Quality and Control Officer at RUWASSA, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency…
