The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has debunked a story trending on the social media of a corps member posted to Amotekun Corps for one-year mandatory youths service programme.
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Marie Stopes International (MSI) Nigeria Reproductive Choices, an NGO, has equipped 68 healthcare centres with Family Planning (FP) equipment to enhance services in Sokoto State. The MSI’s Northwest Regional Manager, Mrs Suwaiba Abubakar, disclosed this at the dissemination meeting of Women Integrated Services for Health (WISH) extension on Friday in Sokoto. Abubakar said the healthcare centres are in 19 local government areas of the state, where MSI Nigeria built the capacity of healthcare personnel, leveraged existing services and provided clinical tools. Other supports included the provision of consumables for long-term and short-term contraceptives, insertion kits, and equipment to enhance women’s…
ASHENEWS reports that the General Manager of the Sokoto State Water Board, Mr. Isma’il Umar has expressed the urgent need for collective action to address the challenges around water supply in the state.
Nigeria’s public debt stock as at Dec. 31, 2023, was N97. 341 trillion (108.229 billion dollars), according to data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) on Friday in Abuja. The DMO said that the amount comprised domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government, the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The debt office said that there was an increase of N9.43 trillion over the comparative figure for Sept. 30, 2023. It said that the increase was largely due to new domestic borrowing by the Federal Government to partfinance the deficit in the 2024 budget,…
The Federal Government and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), on Friday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance oncology care in the country. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, signed the MoU, along with the Managing Director of NSIA, Mr Aminu Umar-Sadiq in Abuja. Pate said that the MoU would aid the procurement of oncology equipment for the management of cancer. He added that upgrading the equipment in the six cancer centres, located in six designated teaching hospitals in the six geo-political zones of the country, was an important milestone. This is because…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged for increased investment to accelerate progress for climate friendly and water sanitation services in Borno and North-East in general.
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), a non governmental organisation (NGO), has called on government at all levels to increase budgetary allocation to the water sector.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has promised Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, of FCT Administration’s support to curb insecurity in the nation. Wike, who pledged when the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) visited him in Abuja on Friday, acknowledged the tireless efforts of the Nigerian military to keep Nigeria safe. He assured Musa of FCTA’s support in whatever form, to improve the security situation in the country and maintain the territorial integrity of the nation. “Do not hesitate to tell us whatever support you need from the FCT,” he said. He said…
The Lagos State Catfish and Allied Farmers Association of Nigeria (LASCAFAN) has decried incessant increases in the prices of inputs and raw materials for fish farming. The LASCAFAN President, Mr Sejiro Oke-Tojinu, decried the situation in an interview on Friday in Lagos. A tonne of maize, a major component of fish feed, now costs N600,000. It was N250,000 in recent past. Also, a tonne of soybeans, which sold for N100,000 and below some weeks ago, now costs above N300,000. Oke-Tojinu said that the rising cost of inputs had crippled the activities of local fish farmers. “As an association, the major…
Stakeholders in the health sector have urged Pharmacists to embrace innovation and create values, to ensure the successful implementation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the nation. They made the call at the 2024 Continuing Education Conference organised by the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), Lagos Chapter. The theme of the two-day conference was: “Strengthening community pharmacy practice for universal health coverage”. According to the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr Kemi Ogunyemi, all health practitioners have a role to play in ensuring that UHC becomes a reality. Ogunyemi said: “The onus is on…