6,054 Youths So far Benefited From Investment Fund – Minister

EntertainmentSports6,054 Youths So far Benefited From Investment Fund – Minister

PilotnewsNovember 8, 2021

ABUJA — The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has said that 6,054 Youths have so far benefited from the Nigerian Youths Investment Fund, receiving between N250,000 to N3 million each. The minister said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Youth Development on Monday, in Abuja, to defend his ministry’s 2022 budget proposal. He stated that the Federal Government was in a hurry to get support for...

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Taaooma Under Serious Attack From the Youths for Meeting With the Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo Behind Closed Doors

BusinessEntertainmentNewsTaaooma Under Serious Attack From the Youths for Meeting With the Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo Behind Closed Doors

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)November 8, 2021

A Nigerian comedienne, Apaokagi Adedoyin Maryam, popularly known as Taaooma has been castigated by the youths for meeting with Vice President Yemi Osibanjo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Vice President on Wednesday received on a courtesy call, a delegation of young Nigerian (comedy) Skit Industry practitioners under the aegis of the Nigeria Skits Industry Awards (NSIA), led by its promoter, Bimbo Daramola. The delegation also included Josh Alfred (Josh2funny); Ayo Ajewole (Woli Agba); Adebamiro...

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Odumakin’s Wife Gives Birth to Twins Six Month After Husband’s Death

LifestyleWellnessOdumakin’s Wife Gives Birth to Twins Six Month After Husband’s Death

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 31, 2021

Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, a Nigerian social crusader and widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of twins – a boy and a girl – at a hospital in the United States of America on Wednesday. The PUNCH gathered that both mother and the babies are in excellent health condition. The ‘miracle’ birth fulfilled the wishes of the late Odumakin to have another baby to be named after him. The couple who...

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Kano State Government Sealed Off Green-Olives Hospital

HealthStandards & Consumer ProtectionKano State Government Sealed Off Green-Olives Hospital

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2021

KANO — Due to professional misconduct and poor service, the Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has sealed off Green-Olives Hospital, Gadon Kaya, Gwale local government area. Abba Dalha, spokesperson of the agency in a statement said the agency has received a petition that the facility has recorded two death cases in the last six months. The statement said: “After thorough investigation, the agency found that the hospital does not undertake proper investigation...

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Mental Health: What It Is Not

ColumnsHealthOpinionMental Health: What It Is Not

PilotnewsOctober 28, 2021

Also, mental health is not mental illness. Mental illnesses are disorders that affect one’s behaviour and mood. The term “mental health” is a word that has been misinterpreted by many to mean different things. Some of these assumptions have thus become factual information overtime to many, breeding some form of aversion towards the concept; hence, it is important to debunk the myth surrounding mental health. First off, what is the conventional meaning of mental health?...

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Over 12 Million Nigerian Children Traumatized-President Buhari

HealthWellnessOver 12 Million Nigerian Children Traumatized-President Buhari

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 27, 2021

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari says over 12 million Nigerian children, mostly girls, are currently traumatized and afraid of going to school, as a result of the incessant attacks on the education system. The President while flagging off of the 4th International Conference on Safe Schools Declaration in Abuja on Tuesday said the abduction of pupils/students, increased activities of insurgence, and general insecurity in schools had exacerbated factors responsible for the growing number of out-of-school...

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Medical Tourism Straining Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves – CBN

EconomyHealthNewsMedical Tourism Straining Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves – CBN

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 26, 2021

LAGOS —The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said medical tourism is taking a toll on the country’s foreign reserves. At the launch of Duchess International Hospital, a newly built 100-suit health facility located in Ikeja, Lagos, on Sunday, Emefiele conceded this. He urged private sector operators to invest in medical facilities to improve access to healthcare in the country. “Medical tourism puts a huge strain on our foreign reserves,...

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Addressing Mental Health becomes Relevant as Suicide Rate Soars

ColumnsHealthLifestyleAddressing Mental Health becomes Relevant as Suicide Rate Soars

PilotnewsOctober 24, 2021

Last week, a 23-year-old physiology student, Chidiume Kenneth Ekene, committed suicide right in the corner of his hostel at Uli, Anambra State. Usually, common suicidal methods prevalent amongst victims are poisoning, suffocation, jumping into the lagoon (drowning), and sometimes, firearms, but Chidiume’s case was through self-immolation (deliberately setting oneself on fire). It was hard to imagine the torture and gradual melting of his body in the presence of breath. The news was shocking at first,...

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Association Screens 500 Women for Breast, Cervical Cancer in Enugu

HealthWellnessAssociation Screens 500 Women for Breast, Cervical Cancer in Enugu

PilotnewsOctober 24, 2021

ENUGU — Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), in collaboration with the University of Nigeria Medical Students’ Association (UNMSA), on Saturday, screened over 500 women for breast and cervical cancer in Enugu. Dr. Omosivie Ugwu, President of MWAN, Enugu Chapter, said that the programme was aimed at educating and sensitising women on symptoms of breast and cervical cancer, as well as screen women for cancer. Ugwu said the screening was free and part of MWAN’s...

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10,000 Internally Displaced Persons To Be Train On Digital Literacy

Crime & SecurityWellness10,000 Internally Displaced Persons To Be Train On Digital Literacy

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 20, 2021

ABUJA — The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa has disclosed the Agency’s desire to train over 10,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on Digital Literacy to enable seamless reintegration of Nigerian citizens who were displaced as a result of insecurity. He disclosed this while playing host to Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim, Federal Commissioner, and National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and IDPs (NCFRMI) at NITDA Headquarters in Abuja. “The training of IDPs on...

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