Director Reminds First Aiders To Operate Within The Confines Of The Law

HealthStandards & Consumer ProtectionDirector Reminds First Aiders To Operate Within The Confines Of The Law

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 16, 20211

YOLA — Members of the First Aid Group of Fityanul Islam of Nigeria (FAGFIN), Adamawa state have been reminded of the need to operate within the confines of the law and fear Allah in the course of discharging their duties as First Aiders. Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar Bindir, the State Director of the Group gave the reminder in an interview in Yola, also called on them to be honest and trustworthy in dealing with people. “Don’t...

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Apical Diagnostic Centre Yola Screened Over 50 People Free

HealthWorld NewsApical Diagnostic Centre Yola Screened Over 50 People Free

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 15, 2021

YOLA — The Apical Diagnostic Centre Yola has conducted free Serum Glucose screening on over fifty people on Sunday in commemoration of World Diabetes Day is celebrated on the fourteenth of November each year. The Day is set aside by the United Nations to serve as a platform of creating awareness and enlightening people about the disease. Speaking at the event, an official of the centre Doctor Aminu M.C Tahir said the centre organized the...

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Nigeria Can Become Open-Defecation Free by 2025 – Osinbajo

EnvironmentHealthNigeria Can Become Open-Defecation Free by 2025 – Osinbajo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 12, 2021

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that even as the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari remains committed to the delivery of sustainable sanitation and hygiene services to Nigerians, effective collaboration among all levels of government and the private sector will help the country to achieve its goal to end open defecation by 2025. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday at the virtual meeting of the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Steering Committee to review the progress report...

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Lai Mohammed Urges Business Leaders to Invest in Nigeria’s Entertainment Sector

EntertainmentFilm & TVLai Mohammed Urges Business Leaders to Invest in Nigeria’s Entertainment Sector

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 11, 2021

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has urged business owners and leaders across the globe to invest in Nigeria’s entertainment sector. Describing the sector as Nigeria’s new oil, Lai said the Nigeria TV market has about 100 million subscribers. He said this on Thursday at the Nigeria international partnership forum in France. Lai noted the country also has the continent’s largest TV market with high growth potential. “Moving from analogue to digital television broadcasting means we...

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Diabetes Problem Makes Africa More Vulernable to COVID-19 Death, Says WHO

AfricaHealthDiabetes Problem Makes Africa More Vulernable to COVID-19 Death, Says WHO

PilotnewsNovember 11, 2021

NAIROBI — Death rates from COVID-19 infections were much higher in patients with diabetes in Africa, where the number of people with diabetes is growing rapidly, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. A WHO analysis of data from 13 African countries found a 10.2 per cent case fatality rate in COVID-19 patients with diabetes, compared with 2.5 per cent for COVID-19 patients overall. “COVID-19 is delivering a clear message, fighting the diabetes epidemic in...

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Rivers Angels Lose to Mamelodi Sundowns, Out of CAF Women’s Champions League

EntertainmentSportsRivers Angels Lose to Mamelodi Sundowns, Out of CAF Women’s Champions League

PilotnewsNovember 9, 2021

ABUJA — Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt are out of the maiden CAF Women’s Champions League in Egypt, after losing 0-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa on Tuesday. A first-half goal by Zanele Nhlapho in the 17th minute sealed the fate for the Nigerians at the El Salaam Stadium, Cairo. The game saw the Port Harcourt side create lots of scoring chances it could not convert to goals. However, a 53-minute goal by Maryann...

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Tuberculosis: 41,000 People At Risk In Benue State

HealthWellnessTuberculosis: 41,000 People At Risk In Benue State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 9, 2021

BAUCHI — The Benue state programme manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Dr. Igbabul Ishember says no fewer than 41,000 people in Benue State are at the risk of being infected by Tuberculosis (TB) at the end of 2021. Ishember, who is also the Deputy Director, Public Health, in the Ministry of Health and Human Services, in an interview said, from January to date only 4,135 TB patients representing 28 percent have been identified and placed...

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Food Inflation Caused by Insecurity — Magashi

FoodNational SecurityNewsFood Inflation Caused by Insecurity — Magashi

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 8, 2021

ABUJA — The minister of defence, Bashir Magashi, has said the food influx in Nigeria is triggered by the country’s security situation. The minister disclosed this at the opening of a retreat for defence advisers/attaches, organised by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Abuja. According to him, the attacks by bandits,  Boko Haram insurgents, the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and other outlaw gangs poses serious security threats to Nigeria. The threats currently...

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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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