Dr Abayomi Olajide, Consultant Psychiatrist at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, has called on the Federal Government to pay greater attention to mental health services. Olajide, also the Chairman of the Mental Health Action Committee in Ogun, made the call in Abeokuta on Wednesday during a mental health awareness walk commemorating World Mental Health Day 2026. The 2026 World Mental Health Day has the theme “Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change.” He said that rising mental health challenges and limited access to care require the government and key stakeholders to make mental healthcare a priority. The consultant psychiatrist…
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has supported the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) to develop a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course on preventing violence in Nigeria. Mr James Matthews, Deputy Head of Delegation, ICRC, said the support reflected the organisation’s commitment to creating safer environments for healthcare workers, patients and communities, where violence would not become routine. Matthews said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a three-day workshop organised by the NMCN to develop the CPD course on De-escalation of Violence in Healthcare Settings specifically for practising nurses. He said research on violence affecting healthcare…
Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), has inducted 65 newly qualified medical doctors, charging them to put patients’ welfare above personal interests and uphold the ethical obligations of the profession. Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, Vice-Chancellor of the university, in his remarks at the 21st Oath-Taking and Induction Ceremony of the institution on Wednesday, described medicine as a call to humanity rather than a mere profession. Ezemonye urged the inductees to uphold human life, professional integrity, confidentiality, compassion and ethical responsibility. “Patients will trust you with their lives. Families will depend on your decisions. Communities will look up to you for hope and healing,”…
The Federal Government has released eight months’ salary arrears owed to members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) to avert an imminent strike. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, SSANU President, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. It will be recalled that SSANU had issued a 14-day ultimatum demanding immediate payment of outstanding arrears arising from the implementation of the 2026 FGN/SSANU Agreement. The union had warned that failure to meet its demands within the period would compel it to commence a “total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action” without further notice. Ibrahim commended the Federal Government…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), in collaboration with the Borno State Government and development partners, on Wednesday commenced the validation of Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) priority areas to strengthen climate resilience and food production in the state. The exercise is being conducted under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Framework for Climate-Resilient Livelihoods (2026–2030), currently being validated at a stakeholders’ workshop in Maiduguri. Prof. Yakaka Maina, Natural Resource and Energy Safety Specialist with FAO, said the exercise represented the second phase of activities that began in July and was designed to allow stakeholders to validate priority areas earlier identified through a community-driven…
Kenya Airways has confirmed the death of a passenger on board a flight from Nairobi to Lagos shortly before the aircraft landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. This is contained in a statement posted on the airline’s X account by its Corporate Communications team on Wednesday. Kenya Airways said the incident occurred at about 9.20 p.m. on Tuesday, when the passenger was found unresponsive about 20 minutes before the aircraft landed in Lagos. The airline said its crew administered first aid in line with their training and followed established emergency procedures. According to the airline, the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, has directed all workers in the FCT Administration, including those in the private sector, to commence an indefinite strike from Wednesday. The directive followed the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued to the Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, over unresolved labour disputes and policy grievances affecting teachers. The council Chairman, Mr Knabayi Adalo, disclosed this in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency State Executive Council (SEC) meeting. Adalo explained that the industrial action became necessary after the FCT Administration failed to meet the workers’ demands.…
An optometrist and Medical Director of Digital Bridge Eye Clinic, Oshodi, Dr Ezinwanne Osuji, says free eye screening conducted for staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos detected cases of uncorrected presbyopia. The screening and distribution of free glasses took place on Wednesday at the NAN Lagos office as part of the 2026 NAN Media Week medical outreach organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and sponsored by Lions Clubs International, District 404B4. Presbyopia is the gradual loss of the ability to see objects clearly at close range, caused by the hardening of the eye’s lens.…
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) system builder and automation specialist, Ms Mary Mmoh, says digital infrastructure remains the most critical gap holding back Nigeria’s technology ecosystem. Mmoh made this statement in an interview with reporters in Abuja on Wednesday while responding to a question on what Nigeria needs to build a stronger technology sector. She said reliable electricity, internet connectivity, data centres and access to cloud infrastructure are the foundations that allow technology companies to build and scale. She noted that Nigerian technology companies often build locally but deploy their solutions on foreign infrastructure, a practice she described as expensive because…
A fintech researcher, Vincent Edra, has identified privacy concerns, online scams and poor dispute resolution as major reasons many Nigerians remain reluctant to embrace financial technology. Edra said on Wednesday in Abuja that some digital lending platforms illegally accessed borrowers’ personal data to recover loans, undermining public trust in digital financial services. He said the data breaches had made some Nigerians wary of fintech platforms and reluctant to take advantage of the convenience offered by digital financial services. According to him, the early 2020s witnessed an explosion of digital loan applications offering instant loans of between N5,000 and N10,000 to…