The Acting Permanent Secretary of the Kano State Ministry of Planning and Budget, Abdul Ajumawa, has reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to working with development partners to improve nutrition and food security for women and children. This was contained in a statement issued to journalists on Wednesday in Kano by the ministry’s Director of Special Assignments, Halima Ahmad-Ishaq. Ajumawa said the ministry, in collaboration with UNICEF’s Kano Field Office, convened a review and coordination meeting of the State Committee on Food and Nutrition (SCFN) to strengthen multi-sectoral action on nutrition and food security. He said the meeting, themed “Strengthening Multi-Sectoral…
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Sightsavers has organized a two-day training for nurses and other health workers aimed at tackling diabetic retinopathy in Plateau State. It was reported that diabetic retinopathy is an eye condition that can lead to vision loss and blindness in people living with diabetes. The condition mainly affects the blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye. The two-day training is currently ongoing in Jos. Speaking on the exercise, Dr Joshua Ibenu said the initiative was part of the ongoing Comprehensive Eye Health Programme for the state. Ibenu added that the exercise aimed…
The United Nations says it is concerned about recurring terrorist attacks on schools in Nigeria. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stated this while responding to reporters on the recent coordinated attacks on multiple schools in the country. It was reported that armed groups attacked schools in Oyo State over the weekend, during which dozens of schoolchildren and their teachers were reportedly abducted. Two teachers were also reportedly killed by the suspected terrorist groups. “We are, of course, very concerned. We have seen continued attacks on children and places of education in Nigeria by extremist groups,” Dujarric said. READ ALSO: Trump suspends…
The Nigeria Police Force command in Kogi State has pledged to sustain aggressive operations aimed at dismantling criminal syndicates and preventing the movement of illicit substances through the state. The Commissioner of Police, Naziru Bello Kankarofi, made the pledge while addressing journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday following the arrest of a 52-year-old man with 339 wraps of substances suspected to be cannabis. The suspect, the commissioner said, was arrested during a stop-and-search operation in Kabba, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area. Kankarofi said the operation was carried out on May 9 at about 2:00 p.m. following intelligence-led policing and proactive crime prevention…
The Board Secretary of the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mr AbdulHakeem Ajomagberin, says all 1,600 pilgrims from the state have been successfully transported to Makkah for the 2026 Hajj exercise. Ajomagberin said this in an interview with reporters on Wednesday in Makkah. He said the board was meticulous in ensuring that all necessary processes were completed for the seamless airlift of the pilgrims. “It has been a tremendous task moving this number of people from Lagos to Saudi Arabia, but we did a great job. “We completed all the necessary processes, including obtaining visas, conducting medical screenings and…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has deployed a cloud-based call centre system to strengthen pilgrims’ welfare services during the 2026 Hajj operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Speaking during the unveiling of the facility in Makkah, Head of ICT, Shehu Raji, said the system provides a two-way platform for making and receiving telephone calls directly from pilgrims. Raji said the system would also enable real-time monitoring of received, missed and abandoned calls through a dedicated dashboard. According to him, the call centre currently operates with five active workstations, with room for expansion based on operational needs. “The…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Federal Government, and the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Niger-Delta (LIFE-ND) Project have enrolled and trained 697 young farmers in Ondo State to help tackle food shortages in the country. Dr Olawale Ademola, IFAD State Project Coordinator, disclosed this during a learning route for trainees in the additional financing phase of the project, held at Nibanola Farms in Ondo Town on Wednesday. Ademola, represented by Mr Gbenga Agbotoba, IFAD State Knowledge Management and Communication Officer, said the 697 trainees were drawn from 49 communities across nine Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ondo State.…
The United States says it is “rapidly supporting” the Ebola outbreak response by funding up to 50 treatment clinics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The U.S. Department of State said it is actively responding to the outbreak in the affected regions of both countries. It is also funding associated frontline costs in Ebola-affected areas. “These rapidly deployed clinics would enable implementing partners to establish clinical care and containment perimeters around affected areas. Clinics will provide emergency Ebola screening, triage, and isolation capacity,” the department said. The U.S. said its funding commitment will accelerate the delivery…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has recorded more than 500 suspected cases, including 130 suspected deaths, in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). WHO’s representative in DRC, Dr Anne Ancia, told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that only 30 cases had been confirmed so far. She said the agency was working closely with Congolese authorities and rushing more testing kits to eastern DRC to confirm infections of the Bundibugyo virus, a strain of Ebola for which there are currently no approved vaccines or therapeutics. “We have significant uncertainty about the number of infections…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is intensifying efforts to support the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government in containing an Ebola outbreak in the north-eastern Ituri Province. In a statement on Tuesday, the UN health agency said more than 35 experts and first responders from WHO and the Ministry of Health had been deployed to the field. WHO said it had rapidly established and scaled up critical measures to control and halt the spread of the disease. Following the declaration of the outbreak on May 15, 2026, WHO delivered 11.5 tonnes of vital medical supplies and equipment within 72…