The number of deaths from yesterday’s stampede at a zakat venue in Bauchi state has risen to seven, the state Police Command said.
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ASHNEWS reports that healthcare experts are stressing the significance of merging conventional medical treatments with alternative therapies to achieve more effective health outcomes. This push for integration arises from a heightened acknowledgement of the advantages that both orthodox and alternative medicine provide to individuals seeking treatment. “I recommend alternative medicine that is purified and standardized where it will help my patients, I also complement traditional treatments to address aspects of health conventional medicine cannot solve,” says a renowned general medical practitioner, a founder of Rijiya Specialist Clinic, Sokoto, Dr. Ikechukwu Ofia, In an interview with ASHENEWS Yet, Dr. Ofia cautioned…
Bauchi State Government says it treated a total of 7,435 individuals afflicted with Tuberculosis (TB) across all 20 local government areas within the state in 2023. Commissioner for Health, Dr Adamu Sambo, stated this at a news conference to commemorate the 2024 World Tuberculosis Day on Sunday in Bauchi. Tuberculosis is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and which usually affects the lungs. The theme for this year’s Day is: “Yes!”, with the slogan: “We Can End TB”. The commissioner said that the treatment had allowed government to assess the progress made toward achieving the End TB Strategy…
Nigeria has called for a coordinated and multilateral approach by the West African region to jointly protect shared telecommunications infrastructure, and diversify connectivity, to ensure uninterruptible connections. The Director, Public Affairs (DPA), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Reuben Muoka, said this in a statement on Sunday, following recent undersea cable cuts that challenged connectivities in the West African region. Muoka said the Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, said this in a speech delivered at the 21st West Africa Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly (WATRA) Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He also said that Maida’s message at…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the end of its seven-day warning strike, to give more room for government to do the needful.
The Federal Government has donated 100 trucks of rice, 44 trucks of sorghum and four trucks of maize to the Kano State government for distribution to the needy.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that more than 2.5 million individuals contracted Tuberculosis in 2022 in Africa, equating to one person per every 13 seconds.
Veteran Nollywood actor, Amaechi Muonagor, has died after a prolonged illness, at the age of 62.
Three years after my article, the security situation has escalated to a higher level, with kidnappers demanding billions of Naira as ransom as they operate in broad daylight with impunity. So, I am paraphrasing and updating my article with recommendations for the way forward.
Three groups of terrorists are holding and squeezing the nation making it move in a calamitous movement (manner). In the northeast, Boko Haram is calling shots. With the possible exception of Maiduguri town, no town or village is safe in Borno state.