Health
No fewer than twelve passengers on Sunday escaped death when a commercial bus went up in flames at the Niger bridge in Onitsha Anambra State. The incident, which occurred around 1.02pm, was said to have been caused by electric fault. It was gathered that the occupants of the bus heading to Onitsha from Warri escaped […]
The distribution of free Insecticides Treated Net (ITN) in Kaduna State by Kaduna State Government in collaboration with Federal Ministry, Society for Health and other support organizations has recorded 99.9 percent success, with 5.5 million nets distributed. The Director, Technical and Programme, Global Fund Malaria, Society for Family Health, John Ocholi stated this Tuesday while […]
Five hostages who were taken on March 28 aboard an Abuja-Kaduna train have been freed by terrorists, a member of the negotiating team, Tukur Mamu told journalists in Kaduna that the victims were released on Tuesday. It is however not clear if any money was paid to the terrorists to release their abducted victims, as security […]
The fear of flooding during the rainy seasons can be contained if every household be responsible for every drop of water in their environment. An Urban and regional planner, Chief Bartho Ekwuero made this known while speaking to newsmen in a chat. The expert raised an alarm that the Rivers in the Nigerian Savannah is […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that about 80 per cent of Nigeria’s population has fallen into poverty as they struggle to pay hospital bills. This was just as the Senate on Tuesday considered two critical bills seeking to tackle poverty and put a stop to intellectual property theft in the country. WHO Technical […]
The Administrator, Kaduna Capital Territory, KCTA, Muhammad Hafiz Bayero, has tasked contractors handling the evacuation of solid waste to work towards achieving the set objectives. Delivering a welcome address during an onboarding workshop on integrated solid waste collection and disposal services in Kaduna on Wednesday, Bayero called on residents to cooperate with those saddled with […]
Reverend Father John Chitimu, one of the two Catholic priests abducted in Lere Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, has been killed by his abductors. Until his abduction and killing, the victim was the Director of Communications at the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, as well as the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria […]
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has disclosed that about 14,500 people have been killed by terrorists, with the number of refugees seeking humanitarian assistance within the region now 5,500,000 in the last 4 and half years. The outgoing President of the ECOWAS Commission Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, gave the figure during his valedictory and […]
A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) which has identified as Youths and Adolescence Health Sensitization International Initiative (YAHSII) As part of her campaign to mark this Year’s menstrual hygiene day (MHD22) event, Youths and Adolescence Health Sensitization International Initiative – YAHSII with support from Oakbreed International School @OIS have engaged adolescent girls and young adult women in […]
The death toll in the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State has risen to 40 with 26 survivors discharged from hospitals, days after the incident. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State made the disclosure when he hosted a team of Catholic Bishops from the South-West, led by Most Reverend Leke Abegunrin, […]
