People Living With Diabetes In Africa May Surge To 54 Million – WHO

HealthNewsNigeriaPeople Living With Diabetes In Africa May Surge To 54 Million – WHO

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 14, 2024

The Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Matshidiso Moeti said the number of people living with diabetes in the African region is projected to rise to 54 million by 2045. Moeti stated this on Thursday in her message commemorating 2024 World Diabetes Day, themed “Breaking Barriers, Bridging Gaps” explaining that the figure marks the highest predicted increase globally if urgent action is not taken. The Regional Director emphasizes that improving diabetes management in...

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Illegal Motor Parks In Abakaliki Issued 24-hour Shut Down Notice

NewsNigeriaPoliticsIllegal Motor Parks In Abakaliki Issued 24-hour Shut Down Notice

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 13, 2024

All illegal motor park operators in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital have been given 24-hour to shut down their operation or face the full wrath of the law. The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has given a 24-hogave the ultimatum in a statement signed by the state Assembly’s Public Relations Officer, Sylvester Egede and made available to newsmen. This followed a meeting between the Ebonyi State House of Assembly Committee on Works and Transport led...

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Abortion: NHRC Urges Borno Govt To Probe Medecins Sans Frontieres

HealthNewsNigeriaAbortion: NHRC Urges Borno Govt To Probe Medecins Sans Frontieres

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 13, 2024

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday called for an evaluation of Medecins Sans Frontieres’ activities and programmes in Borno state. The commission while presenting a report to Borno state absolved the Nigerian military of complicity in the reported termination of about 10,000 pregnancies in the North East. Recall that on December 7, 2022, Reuters published a report alleging that since 2013, the Nigerian military conducted a secret, systematic, and illegal abortion programme in...

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Court Arraigns Three Abia State Govt Workers For Alleged Pension Fraud

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCourt Arraigns Three Abia State Govt Workers For Alleged Pension Fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 13, 2024

Three civil servants with Abia State Government were arraigned before the Federal High Court Umuahia for alleged stealing of pension funds in the state. The suspects were arraigned on six-count charge through a charge sheet dated October 11, 2024, was signed by C. N. Iheji, Senior State Counsel for the Attorney General of Abia State and marked FHC/UM/CR/199/24 between Abia State government and Onyekachi Success Nwabueze, Miriam Azubuike, Victor Chisom Samuel and others. The case...

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Gov Alia Lifts Suspension On State Attorney General

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov Alia Lifts Suspension On State Attorney General

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 12, 2024

The suspension placed on the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mnyim by Governor Hyacinth Alia has been lifted. Recall that Mr Mnyim was suspended on October 23 following his unilateral decision to include the state as a party in the suit challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor...

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EFCC Probes Nationals Of Niger Republic For Abusing Naira

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEFCC Probes Nationals Of Niger Republic For Abusing Naira

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 12, 2024

Following a viral video of abuse of naira during a wedding in Abuja, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited nationals of Niger Republic, Ibrahim Mohammad and his family members for hatching the spraying of naira, and other currencies at a wedding in Abuja. In a statement issued by the spokesman of the agency, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC said it had gotten to the root of the matter and found out that it...

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Abia Government To Prosecute Parents For Not Sending Children To School

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAbia Government To Prosecute Parents For Not Sending Children To School

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 12, 2024

From January 1, 2025, it has now become an offence for parents in Abia state not to send their children and wards to school. Okey Kanu, Commissioner for Information who disclosed this to journalists in the Government House, Umuahia, on Monday on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti. “The decision was part of the ongoing reforms in the educational sector of the state and the issue...

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Petroleum Marketers Group and Dangote Agree On Direct Fuel Sale

BusinessNewsNigeriaPetroleum Marketers Group and Dangote Agree On Direct Fuel Sale

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 12, 2024

Petrol price reduction is imminent as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria will commence direct sales of Dangote’s Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) to its members. The direct sale agreement means that petrol marketers will no longer depend on imported fuel but will go for Dangote petrol. The agreement between IPMAN and the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery brings an end to the middleman posture played by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on...

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ANPMP’s Chairman Says Nigerians Take to Self-Medication over Hardship

HealthNewsNigeriaANPMP’s Chairman Says Nigerians Take to Self-Medication over Hardship

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 11, 2024

The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) says the nation’s economic situation has forced several Nigerians into self-medication, resulting in organ failure and subsequently, death. ANPMP’s Chairman, Dr Odia Festus Ihongbe in an interview in Abuja, noted that Nigerians now google their symptoms and buy “drugs from chemists until it gets to the terminal stage. Dr Odia revealed that the situation has resulted in private hospitals in Nigeria folding up and explained that morgues...

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Minimum Wage: Nigeria Labour Congress To Commence Indefinite Strike

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsMinimum Wage: Nigeria Labour Congress To Commence Indefinite Strike

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 11, 2024

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC in states yet to commence the implementation of the new minimum wage are to begin an indefinite strike from December 1, 2024. This is contained in a communique issued after the NLC National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held at the weekend. The communique of the meeting read in part, “The NEC notes with deep frustration the persistent delay and outright refusal by some state governments to implement the...

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