The Nasarawa State Government says it is constructing a flyover at Total Junction, Keffi, to curb recurring crashes that have claimed 225 lives. The government disclosed this during an inspection tour of projects by the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Presidential Media Team across Benue and Nasarawa states. The five-day tour was led by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Presidential Spokesperson, to inspect infrastructure projects. Wada Mohammed, Managing Director of the Nasarawa State Urban Development Agency (NSUDA), said the flyover would be completed by the end of 2026. Mohammed said the project became necessary because the Abuja-Keffi road had recorded frequent crashes due to…
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The Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board (KSPHCMB) says it has begun using data from the Integrated Supportive Supervision (ISS) for its annual plan and facility development. The ISS Coordinator, Sagir Muhammad, disclosed this on Monday at a two-day Media Engagement Workshop organised by the International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH) for selected journalists in Kano. The workshop is designed to equip journalists with skills to amplify and frame narratives on Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) accountability scorecards using evidence-based insights from ISS and PHC-FAT findings. Muhammad said the use of ISS data had resulted in significant improvement in…
The National Population Commission (NPC) says targeted birth registration efforts have reached more than 14.5 million children across Nigeria. The commission stated this in a joint statement with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The statement was issued on Monday in Abuja to commemorate the 2026 Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day. The theme for the 2026 Africa CRVS Day is “New CRVS Decade (2026-2036): Consolidating the Gains of the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (APAI-CRVS) and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), acting for the Debt Management Office (DMO), will hold a ₦700 billion primary-market auction of Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTB) on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The move comes one week after the CBN withdrew a similarly sized ₦700 billion NTB auction scheduled for August 5, citing the need to avoid overheating liquidity conditions. Auction structure and key dates The August 12 session will offer three tenors under a Dutch auction system, with bids submitted electronically via the CBN’s S4 Web Interface between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. 91-day NTB: ₦100 billion 182-day NTB:…
Lagos Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat says the state requires a larger budget to meet its growing infrastructure needs, citing rising costs and rapid population growth as major pressures. Hamzat made this known while featuring on a Fresh FM radio programme monitored by reporters in Lagos on Monday. He said that although the government was investing heavily in key sectors, available resources remained inadequate to address the scale of demand. He identified transport, housing, healthcare and education as critical areas requiring sustained and expanded funding. “Resources available to the government remain inadequate compared with the scale of infrastructure needs across Lagos,”…
Medical experts have called for improved availability and access to medical oxygen in hospitals across the country to address persistent gaps in Nigeria’s medical oxygen value chain. The experts made the call on Monday in Abakaliki during the First Stakeholders’ Engagement Event and Co-Creation Workshop on the Medical Oxygen Economy. The workshop was organised by the EQUI-RESP Africa Research Project and hosted by the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS) in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The programme was supported by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and brought together stakeholders…
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has opened applications for journalists to participate in a two-month project aimed at strengthening ethical and solutions-focused reporting on HIV and Tuberculosis (TB). AHF Nigeria’s Senior Advocacy Manager, Mr Steve Aborisade, announced the initiative in a statement issued on Monday in Lokoja. The programme, titled “HIV and TB Media Reporting Project: Amplify the Response,” will run from September to October 2026 across the FCT and Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Kogi and Nasarawa states. According to AHF, at least seven journalists will be selected to produce two in-depth, human-centred stories each during the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 1,000 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 237 deaths nationwide by epidemiological week 30 of 2026. According to the NCDC’s Lassa fever situation report released on Monday, the latest update covers epidemiological weeks 29 and 30, spanning July 13 to July 26, 2026, with cases recorded across several states. The agency said the figures represented a case fatality rate (CFR) of 23.7 per cent, higher than the 18.8 per cent recorded during the corresponding period in 2025. In week 30, new confirmed cases declined to 17 from the 20…
A medical doctor at Lugrem Hospital in Abuja, Dr Ummusalma Faruk, has advised Nigerians against squeezing or puncturing whitlow, warning that improper treatment could worsen the infection and lead to serious complications. Faruk gave the advice in an interview with reporters on Monday in Abuja while explaining the causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention of the painful finger infection. She said whitlow could occur when bacteria entered through cuts or injuries around the fingernail, adding that some cases were caused by the herpes simplex virus. According to her, bacterial whitlow commonly presents with redness, swelling, warmth, pain and, in some cases,…
Prof. Edamisan Temiye, a Consultant Paediatrician and Lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has dismissed the belief that breast milk becomes sour when a baby stops breastfeeding for several days. Temiye made the assertion in an interview with reporters on Monday in Lagos, on the sidelines of a lecture organised by the Paediatric Department of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) to mark World Breastfeeding Week. He described as false the belief that breast milk could become soured or contaminated inside the mother’s breast if not consumed by the baby. “Breast milk cannot be soured as may be the belief…