The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has expressed concern over new paediatric HIV infections in children aged 0-4 years. He expressed his worry during a national dialogue on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) on Tuesday in Abuja. The dialogue was organised by the National AIDS/STIs Control Programme of the Federal Ministry of Health. He said that in spite of significant achievements in HIV Programme, there were persisting poor outcomes in PMTCT, noting that the dialogue was prompted by the urgency to scale-up sustainable programmes for PMTCT of HIV to eliminate new HIV infections among children.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
A professor of medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Gregory Erhabor, on Wednesday said that asthma affects about 339 million people annually with over 500,000 hospitalisation and about 400,000 deaths across the globe. Erhabor, who is also President, Asthma and Chest Care Foundation, said this in a statement signed on Wednesday to commemorate the World Asthma Day, with the theme: ‘Uncovering Asthma Misconceptions’. “This theme is apt because it is channeled towards uncovering various myths and misconceptions surrounding asthma with the aim of destigmatising the disease and empowering those with asthma to seek help,” he said. The World Asthma Day is…
Nation-building through innovation, good governance, infrastructural development, excellent foreign policy, increased productivity and virtually all aspects of human progress are acquired as a product of a university system. The system produces high-quality leadership of the society who can uprightly surmount societal developmental challenges. When the system is dysfunctional, the society pays exorbitantly and may be doomed to fail, if care is not taken. This is because a malfunctioned university system produces unbaked professionals to operate and manage the affairs of society. The consequences will be so dire to the nation, pushing it to an abyss of insecurity, squalor, and poverty.…
The Kaduna state givernment says suspected bandits have killed two and injured six residents in Chikun and Kajuru local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday. Aruwan said security agencies reported that bandits invaded Mazari, a community close to Buruku in Chikun local government area of the state. According to the report, one person was killed in the attack and three others injured. He disclosed that in another incident, bandits attacked Doka village in Kajuru local government, killed one person and injured three…
The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has advised that popular Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James (alias Baba Ijesha), should be charged with child molestation. A statement signed by the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), and made available to newsmen on Tuesday said that a prima-facie case had been established against the embattled actor. “After due consideration of the facts in the case file, the DPP issued legal advice on the 4th of May, 2021, to the effect that a prima-facie case has been disclosed against Mr Olanrewaju James, and recommended he be charged under the following…
The United Nations has disclosed that no fewer than 22,000 Nigerian children get infected with HIV annually. The UN system made the statement on Tuesday, at the National dialogue meeting for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Nigeria otherwise known as vertical transmission of HIV. Speaking on behalf of the UN was Mr Claes Johansson, Chief of management for results, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), who described the meeting as a crucial one for Nigeria to continue onward dialogue on what can be done and the ways of eliminating the vertical transmission of HIV. “We are…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba has deployed CP Abutu Yaro from Zamfara police command to Imo, as the new Commissioner. A statement by the spokesperson of the Force Headquarters, CP Frank Mba on Tuesday, also said Hussain Rabiu has been posted to replace Yaro in Zamfara command. The statement added that Nasiru Mohammed from who Yaro took over in Imo, has been posted to Western Port Authority in Lagos. Mba stated that the deployment was in line with the efforts of the police leadership to strengthen security, tackle violent crimes and enhance optimal coordination of policing operations…
The Nigerian Air Force on Monday, neutralized a group of bandits congregating in a location to carry out attacks in Birnin Gwari local government government area, following credible intelligence information. The Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs had on Sunday, 2nd May 2021 received intelligence of bandits congregating at the outskirts of Kugu in the local government area, which is also proximal to some villages in Shiroro local government of Niger state. A statement by the Kaduna state Commissioner of the Ministry, Samuel Aruwan on Tuesday said “On receipt of the intelligence – which was dispatched to the military…
The House of Representatives has pledged to appropriate more funds for the Army University Biu, located in Borno state. The Chairman of the Committee on Army, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas told VANGUARD on Tuesday that the committee would push for adequate funding of the institution in order to produce highly skilled security manpower, to tackle the menace of insecurity in the nation. “Going by the importance of that university in wiping out security challenges in the country in a short and long run, we are working hard, to ensure adequate funding for it; though it was established before the Act, came…
The Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba has said no genetically modified (GM) beans or fruits is on sale in Nigerian market. He stated this when he addressed newsmen media on the state of Biosafety in Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. “I want to restate here that the fruits and beans available in the Nigerian market presently are not genetically modified as insinuated rather they are either hybrids or improved.” According Ebegba, the federal government through NBMA, is always poised to protect the health of its citizens and the environment by providing case by…