The Cancer Consciousness Initiative, an NGO, says it is expanding cancer awareness and access to care for persons with disabilities and underserved communities in Adamawa. Dr Hannatu Ayuba, the organisation’s Chief Executive Officer, said this on Wednesday in Yola during an engagement with persons with hearing impairments and other disabilities. Ayuba, a Consultant Radiation and Clinical Oncologist at the National Hospital, Abuja, said the engagement was organised under the 2026 Pinktober Cancer Awareness Campaign, themed “Awareness to Access”. She said the initiative was promoting inclusion by providing cancer health literacy to people regardless of their social status, age, location or…
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The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has urged Nigerians to remain calm, vigilant and rely on verified public health information following the confirmation of an imported case of Ebola virus in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Dr Fatima Suleiman-Zuntu, Director-General of the NBMA, gave the advice in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. She reaffirmed the NBMA’s commitment to supporting national containment measures through biosafety and biosecurity expertise, in line with its statutory mandate and as required by relevant response teams. Suleiman-Zuntu recalled Nigeria’s successful containment of Ebola in 2014, stressing that preparedness, coordinated action, scientific evidence and public…
A Consultant Neurologist at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. Kolawole Wahab, says the increasing migration of doctors abroad is threatening effective healthcare delivery in Nigeria. Wahab stated this on Wednesday in Ilorin while delivering a paper at the Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kwara Chapter. The conference is part of activities organised to mark the chapter’s 2026 Physicians’ Week, with the theme, “Securing the Future of Medicine in Nigeria”. Wahab, who is the Dean of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences at the University of Ilorin, said the current wave of migration, popularly known as…
The Delta Government, through the D-CARES Programme, has empowered 17,590 active farmers across the state with agricultural inputs to boost food production and the state’s economy. Mr Sonny Ekedayen, Commissioner for Economic Planning and Chairman of the D-CARES Steering Committee, disclosed this while distributing inputs to farmers at Obi Onyeonicha Community, Umukwata, Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state. The commissioner said the intervention was being implemented under the FADAMA component of the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Programme. He said the initiative was a joint effort of the Federal Government, the World Bank and the…
The Federal Government has launched a National Digital Literacy Dashboard to track interventions, identify gaps and measure progress towards achieving 70 per cent digital literacy by 2027 and 95 per cent by 2030. Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), unveiled the dashboard at the National Digital Literacy for All (DL4ALL) workshop in Abuja. The workshop had the theme, “Measuring Progress, Strengthening Partnerships, Accelerating Impact”. Inuwa said the dashboard would provide a common platform for government agencies, technology companies, educational institutions, development partners and civil society organisations to report their digital literacy interventions. “The initiative will…
The Niger State Ministry of Health has activated the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) following a confirmed outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Murtala Muhammad-Bagana, disclosed this in a statement made available to reporters in Minna on Wednesday. He said the state’s proactive measures were aimed at strengthening surveillance, early detection and rapid response capacity. The commissioner said no case of Ebola had been detected in Niger State but stressed the need for precautionary measures to prevent transmission. According to him, the heightened state of emergency…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has urged Nigeria to prioritise safe and inclusive digital literacy. Dr Isaias Barreto da Rosa, UNESCO Representative to Nigeria and Head of Office, made the call at the National Digital Literacy for All (DL4ALL) Workshop organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Tuesday in Abuja. The workshop’s theme was “Measuring Progress, Strengthening Partnerships, Accelerating Impact”, while his presentation focused on the digital literacy landscape. Da Rosa said that, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), internet penetration stood at about 41 per cent in Nigeria, compared with 36…
Nigeria has reached more than 2.7 million beneficiaries under its digital literacy initiative, representing 5.54 per cent progress towards its target of reaching 50 million people by 2027. This is contained in a digital literacy dashboard summary made available to reporters in Abuja on Wednesday. The dashboard shows that 252 organisations are actively reporting their contributions to the initiative across the country. According to the dashboard, the programme has reached all 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 14,664 communities. The report shows that young people below the age of 35 account for 2,092,697 beneficiaries, while women represent 32.9 per cent…
The Ogun Government says it has heightened surveillance following the Federal Government’s announcement of an Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Dr Tomi Coker, the state’s Commissioner for Health, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abeokuta. Coker assured residents that no case had been recorded in the state as of Wednesday. The commissioner urged residents to remain vigilant, observe preventive measures and avoid panic or the spread of unverified information. She noted that Ogun had been on heightened alert since the declaration of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in March.…
The Federal Government is developing a framework to attract climate finance for smallholder farmers affected by drought, flooding and other climate-related challenges. Dr Dahiru Muhammed, Chairman of the Presidential Implementation Committee on Technology Transfer (PICTT), said this at a Taxonomy Validation Workshop on Adaptation and Resilience Solutions organised by PICTT in collaboration with YAPU Solutions on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the framework would help direct climate finance to vulnerable farming communities, strengthen agricultural resilience and protect livelihoods. Muhammed said the Federal Ministry of Finance and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) were developing Nigeria’s national taxonomy, while PICTT and…