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…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
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…
The Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Malaria (BACATMA) has treated 2,234 Tuberculosis (TB) patients from 2016 to date. Dr Marnsur Dada, Executive Chairman, BACATMA made this known on Saturday at a ceremony to mark the 2018 World TB Day in Bauchi with the theme: “Wanted Leaders for Free Tuberculosis World.” The UN General Assembly high-level set March 24 as Word TB Day to accelerate efforts in ending TB and reach all affected people with prevention and care. According to him, the state TB prevalence is 322 per 100,000, in 2017. “From 2016 to date, 2234…
Commissioners of agriculture in Nigeria’s cassava growing belt have declared weeds as major drivers of low yield in cassava and the main constraint limiting the competitiveness of cassava farmers in the country. The declaration was made in a communique signed by 14 commissioners of agriculture and issued at the 2018 Annual Review & Work Planning Meeting of the IITA Cassava Weed Management Project themed: “(Unveiling of new Technologies for Weed Control in Cassava Farming Systems),” in Ibadan, 19- 20 March 2018. Dr Kenton Dashiell, Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery at IITA said the declaration was a step in the…
Nigeria’s Country Coordinator of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), Dr Rose Gidado has disclosed that Nigeria had concluded plans to apply biotechnology as a tool to improve agricultural production as well as hike its economic development. Making the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja, she stressed that the measure would go a long way in enabling Nigeria to employ biotechnology with a view to attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as feed its growing population. “With this modern technology, we can create employment in line with the goals of the Federal Government. Also, with biotechnology, we can grow…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe World richest Bill Gates, African richest Aliko Dangote and six northern governors on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding on improved access to immunization across Northern Nigeria. Governors Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto; Kashim Shettima of Borno; Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano; Muhammed Abubakar of Bauchi; Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna and Ibrahim Gaidam, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Health signed the MoU at a ceremony in the Government House, Sokoto. Health Minister, professor Isaac Adewole also witnessed the signing ceremony. Delivering the opening remarks, Tambuwal said all the states were committed to improving vaccine availability as well…