Despite threats to their lives and cautions by relevant authorities, the illicit organ harvesting, kidney, to be precise trade still thrives in Abuja suburbs. Juliet Jacob who visited Mararaba, reports. Mararaba Hub of Kidney Harvesting As the rising sun brings a bright morning to Mararaba, a satellite town that stretches alongside the Keffi-Abuja dual carriageway…
A suspected Lassa fever case is presently being monitored in Adamawa State at some stage in the outbreak, officials said. This followed Government Notification No. 039 on an outbreak of a notably contagious disease at a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp on Friday. It was lately pronounced that the Adamawa State Ministry of…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, says Sunday’s looting of authority’s warehouse in Abuja displays the frustration of most Nigerians who are struggling with the financial insurance policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Adegboruwa, who appeared on Channels Television’s The Morning Breakfast show, on Monday, said this is a message to the President…
The Labour Party 2023 Presidential candidate, Peter Ob has described food donated to Nigeria by war-torn Ukraine as a national shame. This comes days after the Eastern European country donated 25,000 tonnes of wheat as emergency food aid to 1.3 million vulnerable people in Nigeria and its crisis-hit northeast. The food donation is said to…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, witnessed the historic agreements Signed between the two countries in Doha on Sunday, paving the way for opportunities for mutual cooperation on important issues in education, business development, investment promotion, youths empowerment, mining, tourism and sports….
The Ogun State Islamic Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced that it will start a two-day health check for Muslim pilgrims in 2024 from 5 to 7 in March. This is contained in a statement signed by the Principal Secretary to the government, Alhaji Salau Dauda, made available to Newsmen in Abeokuta on Saturday. Every year,…
The CEO of Pinnacle Oil, Robert Dickerman, has disclosed that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is still using about a trillion gallons of petrol per month, worth one trillion naira. Dickerman who disclosed this while participating in a panel discussion at the sixth session of the Nigeria and Downstream Forum held at the just…
At the 11th biennial conference of the African Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP), stakeholders emphasized support for effective universal health care. A health advisor from India, Dr. Jaya Shreedhar, said in a conference in Abuja, that more than one hundred and twenty countries people around the world can adequately participate in their health projects and…
The news that a prominent citizen of England in the person of the monarch, King Charles III is going for herbs for the treatment of his cancer ailment has raised some pertinent questions on promoting the African traditional medicines. Juliet Jacob writes on the issue. It was announced recently that King Charles III has been…
An expert panel discussion on “Achieving Universal Health Care: The Role of Science, Faith and the Media” will hold in Abuja during a media science café, on the sides of The 11th Biennal conference of the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP). The discussion is supported by ACHAP, CORUS International and facilitated by Internews, a…
