DAMATURU –– The Police Command in Yobe on Thursday said 147 persons died in various road traffic accidents in the state from January 2020 to February. The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, said this in a statement in Damaturu. He said, “Available statistics revealed that over 200 cases of motor traffic accidents were recorded by the state Traffic Department from 1st January 2020 to date. “41 were fatal motor accidents in which 147 persons died...
CANBERRA — Researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) have discovered a drug that can treat the most lethal form of brain cancer. Wang Shudong, Head of Drug Discovery and Development at UniSA, said on Thursday that trials of the experimental drug, Auceliciclib, have proven that it can offer a new treatment for glioblastoma, which currently has no cure in animals. Glioblastoma is the most deadly form of brain cancer with 95 per cent...
ABUJA — Mr. Bright Echefu, the Managing Director, TStv, an indigenous digital service television has said that the company was not “threatened” by the presence of other digital TV operators in the country. Echefu who said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday added that Pay TV had a national spread across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. He said that with its modern facilities, TStv...
Nigerians have taken to social media with sarcasm in reaction to a book that was allegedly published by the Chairman of the Lagos branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo. The book which is titled, “My Service to Humanity” is trending on social media and many Nigerians on social media had reacted to it sarcastically. MC Oluomo is yet to comment on the book...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ In a renewed effort towards ensuring equality and achieving desired results in girl-child education, Gender at the Centre Initiative (GCI), had held a high-level meeting on gender-responsive education sector planning in Adamawa state. The sensitization meeting was aimed to brainstorm with stakeholders on responsive education planning in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Gender at the Centre Initiative (GCI) is a global alliance of civil society and international...
KANO — The Kano State Government has shut down a private hospital, UMC Zahir Hospital in Kano, for admitting and treating severe cases of COVID-19. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Muhammad Garba, announced this in a statement on Tuesday evening in Kano. Garba said that the facility refused to refer cases to designated isolation centres in the state. He said the action was in accordance with the standard set by the state Task Force...
ABUJA — Senator Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said the suggestion that married underage girls should have the right to vote has been rejected. The senator disclosed this while at the NAN Forum in Abuja on Tuesday. The matter had generated widespread criticism when it was brought up in the senate in December 2020. According to Gaya, a memorandum on the matter was “submitted by...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ At least 10 persons have been infected by a strange disease that is causing human legs to swell in Bara village along Gombe road in Kirfi Local Government Area of the State, health officials confirmed. The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed who announced this while briefing newsmen on the commemoration of the 2021 World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day celebration...
The Acting Medical Director of Leprosy Colony at the ERCC Medical Centre, Alushi Village in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area Mr. Dauda Kaze said Nasarawa State government has recorded no fewer than 170 cases of leprosy disease. Kaze stated this on Sunday as the state marked this year’s World Leprosy Day, added that patients could not be treated due to the non-availability of the needed drugs. “Between 2019 and last year, the hospital, which is...
Adamawa State Health Commissioner Prof. Abdullahi Isa said Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affect approximately more than half a billion children worldwide. Neglected Tropical Diseases are a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases to include Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), Onchocerciasis (river blindness), Trachoma, schistosomiasis (snail fever). Briefing Journalists against the backdrop of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day at the Ministry of Health conference Hall, Prof. Isa explained that Adamawa state is being supported by a Non-governmental Organization Helen Keller International in the fight against the...
