Nigeria Records Highest Maternal Deaths In The World

…82,000 Deaths Annually Nigeria has the highest number of maternal deaths in the world with 82,000 deaths per year, making up 13% of the world’s total. Associate Professor of Public Health at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Dr Mobolanle Balogun who lamented over the situation, called for collective action to reverse the trend. Balogun, spoke in Lagos during the inauguration of the #weMenforHer campaign by the Maternal and Reproductive Health Research Collective (MRHRC)....

NHIA Chooses 7 States, FCT For The Production Of Medicines

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has chosen seven states: Delta, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Niger, Osun, Sokoto and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the production of medicines. Prof. Mohammed Sambo, Director-General of NHIA disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) with 12 pharmaceutical companies and eight Drugs Management Organizations (DMOs). He said the states would be pilot phase of...

UNICEF Provides Life-Saving Intervention To More Than 14,000 Children In Northeast

Over seven hundred thousand children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states. Nura Shehu, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nutrition Officer, Maiduguri Field office, said the agency is providing life-saving intervention to more than 14,000 children with moderate and severe acute malnutrition in Mafa Local government area of Borno State. UNICEF has recorded a decline in Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rates in Mafa, with cases decreasing from 14.3 to...

Anambra First Lady warns against excessive intake of salt

Anambra first lady, Mrs Nonye Soludo has called for urgent action to to modify the over-production and over-consumption of foods and beverages that do not have healthy production and nutritional history. Mrs Soludo who stated this in Awka, while running a review of her healthy living projects over the last month, noted that she was very concerned about excessive consumption of foods with high content of sodium, sugar and unhealthy fats as against low intake...

Ilebaye wins BBNaija All-Stars season

After an exhilarating ten-week journey, the “All Stars” edition of the annual reality TV show Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) came to an end on Sunday (Oct. 1) with Ilebaye winning the N120 million grand prize. The All-Stars season commenced on July 23 with 20 housemates, all of whom were ex-participants who had left their mark on previous seasons of the show. Ilebaye beat other top five finalists, Cee-C, Mercy, Adekunle, Pere and Cross with 30.08...

“I don’t know how Mohbad died”, Sam Larry tells police

Balogun Olamilekan Eletu, the music promoter popularly known as Sam Larry, says he knows nothing about the death of late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad. Sam Larry made the claim in his statement to the police after he was arrested and taken into custody. The music promoter was reportedly arrested on Thursday, according to Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos State police public relations officer. Hundeyin said Sam Larry was “assisting” with the ongoing investigation into the...

Eid-El-Maulud: Gov. Bello felicitates Muslims in Kogi, across the world

…Urges celebrants to reach out to less privileged Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has felicitated Muslims in Kogi State, and around the world, as they celebrate the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Onogwu Muhammed, said Governor Bello urged Muslims to draw inspiration from the profound wisdom, compassion, and devotion to the well-being of humanity as exemplified by the...

Super Story actor Oluyemi Adeyemi, aka Suara, is dead

Oluyemi Adeyemi, the veteran Nigerian actor popularly known as Suara, is dead. According to a statement by his son, Adedotun Adeyemi, the actor died on Sunday (Sept. 24). “It is with heavy hearts and profound submission to God that we announce the departure of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, Oluyemi Lawrence Adeyemi (Suara), who peacefully passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2023,” the statement reads partly. Adeyemi, however, kept mum on the...

Africa Illustrious Award 2023 Edition to Honour African Change Makers

The 2023 edition of the Africa Illustrious Award, has been scheduled to be held on October 13th, 2023 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. In the previous editions of the Award, many prominent Africans including Prof. Patrick Lumumba have been recognised for extraordinary afrocentric ideas, that are shaping the continent for good. Also, former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan was honoured in the earliest edition and the honour was graciously received by the former...

Sanwo-Olu wades into Mohbad’s death, tasks DSS on facts about singer’s demise

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos, has said that he has invited the Department of State Services, DSS, to join in the ongoing investigation into the death of Mohbad, the late singer. The Governor who disclosed this in a social media post on Tuesday said it was to boost the investigation, adding that he also gave an order that anyone behind Mohbad’s death should be brought to book. “I would like to assure everyone that...

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