Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in twenty sets of religious books bound for Saudi Arabia. According to the Director, Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the cocaine consignment consisted of twenty parcels with a total weight of 500 grams buried in the…
No fewer than 68,000 children is expected to be vaccinated in Plateau against Polio, by the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Ms Nuzhat Rafique, UNICEF Bauchi Field Officer, disclosed this on Wednesday in Jos, during an advocacy visit to the Gbong Gwom Jos, Jacob Buba. Rafique said…
The Katsina State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (SPHCA) says it is targeting not less than 3 million children during the forthcoming polio immunisation campaign scheduled for April 26 to 29. Its Executive Secretary, Dr Shamsudeen Yahaya, made the disclosure at a media dialogue with UNICEF, Katsina State Government officials and partners on polio as as…
The Kwara Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) says eight out of the 1,800 persons shortlisted for teaching jobs have tested positive for outlawed drugs. A statement from TESCOM Press Secretary, Sam Onile on Monday in Ilorin said they have automatically lost their slots to the next best candidate in the highly competitive exercise. According to Onile,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-convict and Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu, with two giant music speakers, used in concealing four large parcels of methamphetamine. This is contained in a statement by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drugs weighing 2.700kilograms,…
Dr Temitope Ilori, Director General of the National Agency for AIDS Control (NACA), has emphasised the Federal Government’s strong commitment to combating HIV/AIDS in the country.She made the declaration on Wednesday, during the inauguration of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMCT) and Pediatric HIV/AIDS Accelerated Committee in Jalingo. She reassured Nigerians that HIV…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has identified Ondo, Bauchi, and Edo states as the epicentres of the Lassa fever outbreak in the country. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, Dr Jide Idris, Director-General of NCDC, said that the states accounting for over 70 per cent of all confirmed cases reported so…
In a groundbreaking development, a woman in Britain has given birth following a womb transplant, marking a significant milestone in reproductive medicine. Grace Davidson, 36, from southern England, who was born without a functioning womb, became the first woman in the UK to receive a womb transplant in early 2023. Her sister, Amy, donated her…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has raised alarm over the escalating migration of healthcare professionals from Africa. Speaking at the 7th Annual Capacity Building Workshop of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA) on Monday in Abuja, Pate described the mass migration of healthcare workforce from the…
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has called on governments, donors and communities to ramp up efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths. The first lady made the call on Monday in a statement issued by her Media Aide, Busola Kukoyi on the occasion of World Health Day (WHD) 2025. She emphasised on the…
