About 124 Persons Sentenced to Community Service For Open Defecation

HealthNewsAbout 124 Persons Sentenced to Community Service For Open Defecation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2021

The Ogun State government has arrested and sentenced at least 124 persons to community service for open defecation. Dapo Abiodun, Special Adviser to Governor on Environment and the Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA), Ola Oresanya, disclosed this to Journalists Thursday in Abeokuta. “The offenders were arrested in various parts of the state with 82 of them arrested in the Mowe-Ibafo axis in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the...

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Neglect of the boy-child ―Social Implications of the female empowerment

ColumnsLifestyleOpinionNeglect of the boy-child ―Social Implications of the female empowerment

PilotnewsDecember 3, 2021

Would female empowerment lead to the neglect of the boy-child in Nigeria? A man named Ambrose is seated perusing a magazine. He pauses at some page and shares his thoughts with his friend, Ann. Ambrose: Look, these girls that you guys are empowering will still grow up to marry these boys that you are neglecting. Ann: (trying to understand) Explain better. Ambrose: Nowadays, you see girls achieving more than the boys in schools. You see...

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Rate Of HIV in Adamawa State Have Dropped

HealthWellnessRate Of HIV in Adamawa State Have Dropped

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 2, 2021

YOLA  — The Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Agency for the Control of AIDS (ADSACA), Mohammed Chubado Abubakar, on Wednesday disclosed that the rate of people infected with HIV in Adamawa State has dropped to 0.8 percent among men and 1.4 percent among women. Abubakar who spoke during the HIV/AIDS Day in Yola said the rate is as contrasted from 7.6 percent average rate less than 20 years ago, added that the spread of HIV has...

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Omicron Travel Bans Will Hinder U.S. Africa Policy

ColumnsHealthOmicron Travel Bans Will Hinder U.S. Africa Policy

PilotnewsNovember 30, 2021

Western rhetoric on partnering with African countries as equals appears hollow as Western nations slap travel bans on African countries with confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. By Michelle Gavin, Guest columnist and blogger When scientists in Botswana and South Africa identified the COVID-19 Omicron variant, they moved quickly to share that information internationally. The response from much of the world was to announce travel bans on Southern African states. Those restrictions are a brutal blow to Southern...

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45 Million Women Lack Access To Family Planning In Nigeria

Gender & EquityHealth45 Million Women Lack Access To Family Planning In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 30, 2021

ABUJA — The Country Director of an international non-governmental organisation, Marie Stopes Nigeria, has expressed concerns that about 45 million active women of childbearing age lack access to family planning and sexual reproductive health services in the country. Effiom  Effiom, made the revelation in Abuja Monday during a two-day sexual reproductive health workshop his organization, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health, organised for traditional and religious leaders. He said lack of access to facilities...

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Nigeria Minister Worries About The Death Toll Caused By Malaria Parasite

HealthWellnessNigeria Minister Worries About The Death Toll Caused By Malaria Parasite

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 29, 2021

ABUJA  — The Nigerian government has expressed concern that malaria disease is still responsible for the death of most Nigerians despite concerted efforts to cure it. Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria Minister of Health stated this at the launch of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), a campaign to end malaria, tagged “Mama Put”. Represented by the director of public health, Dr. Morenike Alex-Okoh said malaria was still the leading cause of death in the country...

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Barely Half of Registered Doctors Practice in Nigeria — NMA

HealthBarely Half of Registered Doctors Practice in Nigeria — NMA

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 29, 2021

KADUNA — Less than half of the total number of doctors registered with the Medical and Dental Council (MDCN) is practising in the country according to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). Innocent Ujah, NMA president, said this on Friday in his address at the virtual eighth biennial and scientific conference and annual general meeting of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Kaduna state chapter. He also called on the federal government to look into...

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Disregard Any Inappropriate ‘Video’ Circulating in Social Media, Baba Suwe Son Tells Nollywood, Others

EntertainmentDisregard Any Inappropriate ‘Video’ Circulating in Social Media, Baba Suwe Son Tells Nollywood, Others

PilotnewsNovember 24, 2021

ABUJA — Mr. Adesola Omidina, son of the late comic actor Baba Suwe, has called on the entertainment industry (Nollywood) and others affected, to disregard any inappropriate video(s) circulating on social media regarding his father death. The son of the legend took to his Instagram page@ omo_ Omidina, to denounce and condemn the video(s) about his father’s death, which was wrongly posted. According to him, the entertainment industry (Nollywood), The Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners...

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Nature of Olu Jacob’s Illness Revealed

EntertainmentHealthNature of Olu Jacob’s Illness Revealed

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)November 22, 2021

LAGOS — Veteran actor, Olu Jacobs has been off the movie screens for a long while due to the condition of his ill-health. Fans had been left in the dark concerning the nature of his Illness with rumours spreading sometime ago about his demise which his wife, Joke Silva, debunked immediately. However, in a popular interview show with Chude Jideonwo, Veteran actress, Joke Silva revealed for the first time publicly, the nature of his Illness...

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FMC Yenagoa Marks End of Year With Free Medical Outreach

HealthLocal GovernmentFMC Yenagoa Marks End of Year With Free Medical Outreach

PilotnewsNovember 20, 2021

OTUOKE, (Bayelsa) — The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in collaboration with FMC Otuoke Outreach, on Saturday organised a free medical outreach for the people of Otuoke, its host Community, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The programme which was part of the activities to mark the centre’s end of year activities, included free eye test and donation of free glasses,  mosquito nets, also HIV and dental checks, among other medical services. Otuoke, which is...

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