Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has approved N500 million as a matching fund for the procurement of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in partnership with UNICEF, strengthening the state’s response to severe acute malnutrition. This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the Director-General, Press Affairs, Ismaila Uba-Misilli. Uba-Misilli said the intervention, implemented through the Child Nutrition Fund, would expand treatment access for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition across Gombe communities. He noted that Gombe remained among the few states consistently meeting nutrition counterpart funding obligations, adding that the latest contribution reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to protecting vulnerable…
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the territory, outlining plans to improve maternal health outcomes and expand services for women through increased investment. The Mandate Secretary for Health and Human Services, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, restated the administration’s commitment on Tuesday at a symposium in Abuja. She stressed that aligning research, policy and practice was essential for improving maternal care and enhancing PHC capacity. Fasawe said the administration would intensify training, strengthen supervision and expand digital support for frontline workers to improve maternal outcomes and ensure PHCs deliver timely and…
The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) has called for the adoption and enforcement of gender-responsive cyber laws to tackle technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TF-GBV) in Nigeria. The appeal was made by the organizations Founder, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, in a statement signed by the Acting Executive Director, Dr. Princess Olufemi-Kayode, on Tuesday in Abuja, as part of activities marking the 2025 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Akiyode-Afolabi reaffirmed WARDC’s commitment to ending TF-GBV in Nigeria, stressing the need to strengthen survivor support systems, expand digital safety education and push for stronger cyber policies and enforcement mechanisms. She noted…
The Jigawa Government says it is targeting more than 1.5 million children for vaccination against childhood killer diseases in the November immunization exercise. The Executive Secretary of the Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Shehu Sambo, disclosed this on Tuesday during a media dialogue in Dutse. The event was organized by the state government with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Represented by the Assistant Health Educator, Nura Ado, Sambo said a total of 1,516,244 children would be vaccinated between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3. He said the immunization campaign would run alongside the Maternal, Newborn and…
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Temitope Ilori, says Nigeria has made significant progress and remains on course to meet the 2030 target of ending AIDS as a public health threat. Ilori stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at a press conference ahead of the 2024 World AIDS Day (WAD), themed “Overcoming Disruption: Sustaining Nigeria’s HIV Response.” World AIDS Day, commemorated every Dec. 1, raises awareness about HIV/AIDS, promotes global solidarity, reviews progress, and renews commitments toward ending the epidemic. Ilori said Nigeria has already met two of the three global HIV targets…
The Chairman of Unnicon Group of Companies, Prof. Chuks Ekwueme, has called for partnerships to support the company’s newly launched health application, MySmartMedic, aimed at bridging gaps in Nigeria’s healthcare delivery system. Ekwueme made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at the official launch of the MySmartMedic app organized by the Unnicon Group. “We have thoroughly studied the Nigerian healthcare sector and identified its gaps, and that is exactly what this innovation seeks to fill,” he said. Explaining how the application works, Ekwueme noted that MySmartMedic was designed with native features that allow it to generate data through edge computing.…
President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Suleiman Baguda as the Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH), Kware, in Sokoto State. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the hospital’s Director of Administration, Abdullahi Gada, and made available to reporters on Tuesday in Sokoto. Gada said the confirmation was conveyed through the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Adekunle Salako, noting that the appointment is for an initial term of four years beginning from Nov. 14, 2025. ALSO READ: Tanzania tackles rising malnutrition among pregnant Women, Children Before his appointment, Baguda,…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says prices of beans, garri, maize, tomatoes, beef, rice, and other food items witnessed a slight decrease in price in September 2025. The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for September 2025 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report said that the average price of 1kg of brown beans decreased by 33.70 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N2,738.59 recorded in September 2024 to N1,1815.76 in September 2025. “On a month-on-month basis, beans also decreased by 1.74 per cent from the N1,847.82 recorded in August 2025.” Similarly, the report…
Niger government says it is implementing a wide range of agricultural reforms aimed at positioning the state as Nigeria’s leading food producer. Gov. Umaru Bago disclosed this at the Niger State Council on Agriculture meeting with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and Niger Foods on Tuesday Minna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the meeting is: Driving Transformative and Sustainable Agricultural Reform in Niger state: Bridging Policy and Impact to overcome systemic Gap. Bago, represented by Alhaji Yusuf Sadiq, his Deputy Chief of Staff, said the state was not waiting for…
A group of 20 African civil society organisations, including three from South Africa, have written an open letter to Nestlé, demanding the company stop adding sugar to baby food products. This comes after an investigation by Swiss investigative outfit Public Eye found that 90% of Nestlé Cerelac, a popular baby cereal, sold in 20 African countries has sugar added. In South Africa, Cerelac has 4g added sugar per serving , and 6g added sugar on average in several African countries, according to Public Eye. In Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom, Cerelac has no added sugar. Nestlé has, however, introduced two new…