The Kano state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Kabiru Getso said on Monday that the state recorded over 7,000 cases of Tuberclosis (TB) with 21 deaths in 2017. He revealed at a Press conference to mark the World Tuberclosis Day in Kano that the state government had every plan to reduce TB burden in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “With the support of development partners, the state was able to expand DOTs centres from 381 in 2016 to over 500 in 2017,” he said adding that the state government had increased access to diagnostic equipment and services from 86 to 199…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja inaugurated the National Food Security Council with a pledge to develop new programmes that would create more jobs in the agricultural sector. Pledging that his administration would remain focused in securing the nation’s food requirements and employment for the people especially the youths, he added that the country’s exploitation of critical job-creating sectors, which had been ignored for decades, was beginning to yield results as his administration had introduced the National Social Investment Programme. “We shall also develop new programmes and projects that will protect and indeed, create more jobs in farming, fisheries, animal…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja presided over the meeting of the National Food Security Council preparatory to its inauguration by him later in the day. Those in attendance at the meeting include the governors of Kebbi, Taraba, Plateau, Lagos, Ebonyi and Delta states. Others were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari; the National Security Adviser, retired Babagana Monguno and seven ministers; the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olanisakin; governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); directors-general of the Department of State…
An inferno on Monday razed down a multi-million Naira Reference Laboratory Centre at the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre ( NTBLC) in Zaria, Kaduna State. The burnt reference centre is one of the best in Africa fully equipped with functional facilities for the test of HIV, leprosy and malaria among other diseases. The fire which lasted for about three hours was later brought under control by fire fighters. However, the cause of the fire was not yet ascertained. When contacted, the Principal of the centre, Dr Labaran Shehu declined to comment, saying, “the cause of the fire is yet…
Oyo State Government has offered free screening and treatment to individuals with persistent cough suspected to be Tuberculosis in all its health care facilities across the state. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Azeez Adeduntan said on Sunday in Ibadan while celebrating the 2018 World Tuberculosis Day with a theme: “Find and notify all TB cases in Nigeria” and the slogan is “Wanted: Leaders for a TB free world”. He said that the free screening and treatment were initiatives of Governor Abiola Ajimobi administration aimed at reducing the spread of TB in the society. Adeduntan added that all health…
Six people have reportedly died in a landslide that occurred at Kalmalo village of Illela local government area of Sokoto state. AsheNews gathered that the incident occurred while the victims were excavating sand in a communal effort to build a house for a friend who was planning to get married. Hamza Illela, who witnessed the incident said that one person escaped unhurt when the site caved in on the deceased persons that included Bashar Dalhatu, Bashar Maciji, Bashar Buhari, Isah Amadu, Abdullahi Salihu and Bilyaminu Jadi. ‘‘It is part of our tradition that whenever one of us wants take his first wife, his friends…
The Kogi state Agricultural Development Project (ADP) on Saturday embarked on an intensive training for registered cassava, cashew and maize farmers on “Best Practices in Agriculture”. The Managing Director of the project, Mr Oyisi Okatahi told journalists at the venue on Saturday in Lokoja that the training would cut across the six zonal offices at Aiyetoro-Gbede, Anyigba, Kotonkarfe, Aloma, Osara and Ageva. According to him, the training was part of the Project’s efforts to ensure that farmers in Kogi adopted global best practices that would enhance yield, production and processing, adding that farmers needed to pay attention to some key areas…
The Vice-Chancellor of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU) Katsina, Prof. Idris Isa has said that the institution had distributed 4.2 million tree seedlings to farmers in the state in the last three years. Speaking during the 3rd convocation ceremony of the University on Saturday, he said that as part of the university’s efforts to control desert encroachment in the state, the tree seedlings were produced through 344 private nurseries in the state. According to him, 8,460 farmers were also trained on nursery practices and agro-forestry management by the university, a project under the European Union (EU) Grant Project coordinated by the…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)—assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has said that it would expand its operations to other parts of Ebonyi state. The programme is currently operational in only five Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state, namely: Ohaozara, Ikwo, Izzi, Ishiellu and Afikpo South. The National Programme Coordinator (NPC), Mr Ameh Onoja said on Saturday in Abakaliki during a mid-term review of its activities in the state. “The programme is on a six-year period and with the midterm review after three years of intervention, we will review our activities to determine issues such as expansion…
Six members of late Danladi Bawa family in Gitata village of Nasarawa state have been paralysed by an undiagnosed disease. According to the eldest of the six, Danlami Danladi, the family always suffer the affliction when they turn 18 years, adding that their father died in 1990, while their mother died in 2017 but not from the disease. “My name is Danlami Danladi, I am 38 years old; as you can see, our parents are late. My father died in 1990 after a brief illness and our mother died in 2017 from malaria and typhoid attack. Our parents did not die of…