National Senior Citizens Centre To Collaborate With Nigeria Bureau Of Statistics On Data Collection

Demography and PopulationLifestyleNewsNational Senior Citizens Centre To Collaborate With Nigeria Bureau Of Statistics On Data Collection

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 9, 2021

ABUJA — The Director-General, National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), Dr. Emem Omokaro has called for continuous collaboration with Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to achieve national growth through the production of data on older persons. Omokaro said that the Centre was established by the NSCC Act, 2017, of the National Assembly, as a focal agency to identify the needs of senior citizens and to cater for them. She made the remark during a courtesy visit...

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Harassment of Medical Doctors for Treating Patients With Gun Wounds Should Stop – NMA

HealthLabourHarassment of Medical Doctors for Treating Patients With Gun Wounds Should Stop – NMA

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 9, 2021

LAGOS — No law mandates doctors to demand a police report before treating victims of gunshots says Innocent Ujah, president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). Ujah said this on Friday during a Channels Television programme on, Sunrise Daily. He demanded that the police would stop harassing medical doctors for treating patients with gun wounds. His statement was a reaction to the bill presented by a lawmaker, Remi Tinubu. The bill seeks the amendment of...

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Fully Vaccinated Travelers From Nigeria To UK Will No Longer Take Pre-Departure Test – Official

CoronavirusTravelVaccinationFully Vaccinated Travelers From Nigeria To UK Will No Longer Take Pre-Departure Test – Official

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 8, 2021

The United Kingdom has announced that fully vaccinated travellers from Nigeria to England will not need to take a pre-departure test, undertake a day 8 test, or self-isolate for 10 days as previously required, with effect from Monday, October 11. This policy, it said, applies to those fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (including Covidshield), Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson. In a statement on Thursday titled, ‘UK changes travel rules for fully vaccinated travellers from Nigeria,’...

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Lack of Accurate Information Led to Degeneration of Strike, Ngige Tells Doctors

HealthLabourNewsLack of Accurate Information Led to Degeneration of Strike, Ngige Tells Doctors

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 7, 2021

ABUJA — The Minister of labour and employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said the previous National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) leadership hoarded information from its members Ngige posited that the attitude of NARD leadership led to the degeneration of the recent strike. The minister said this when he received members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and executive members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) at his office in Abuja on Wednesday....

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WHO Approves Vaccine For Malaria

HealthVaccinationWHO Approves Vaccine For Malaria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2021

The WHO had approved the vaccine after a two-year study of 800,000 individuals in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi to reduce child illness and deaths in areas with moderate and high malaria transmission. The vaccine, the first developed for any parasitic disease, during clinical trials had an efficacy of about 50 per cent against severe malaria in the first year but dropped close to zero by the fourth year. And the trials did not measure the...

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Lagos, Oyo States Are Epicentres Of Drug Abuse-NDLEA Boss

LifestyleWellnessLagos, Oyo States Are Epicentres Of Drug Abuse-NDLEA Boss

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2021

LAGOS — Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, (retd), Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Lagos and Oyo states as epicentres of drug abuse in the country. At a public lecture organised by United Action for Change (UAC), in Lagos, Marwa said not less than 14.3 million Nigerians abuse drugs, with the South West zone recording the highest prevalence. The NDLEA boss said most of the abusers first started at the age of...

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Prof. Ifeoma Okoye Advocates Early Detection Of Cancer And Lifestyle Modification

HealthWellnessProf. Ifeoma Okoye Advocates Early Detection Of Cancer And Lifestyle Modification

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

ENUGU — Professor Ifeoma Okoye on Tuesday enjoined all women to be boobs vigilant as early detection of cancer saves lives; cancer is not a death sentence. Prof. Okoye, founder of Breast Without Spot, BWS, a non-governmental organization said this in an Educational and awareness creation meeting organized by BWS initiative and Bringing Back Beauty project, BBB, in collaboration with Oncology Center University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, in Enugu State. The 3days program dedicated...

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ALDIN Calls On States To Domesticate Disability Law

HealthNewsWellnessALDIN Calls On States To Domesticate Disability Law

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

ENUGU — The Association of Lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria, ALDIN, has raised concern over the failure of many state governments to domesticate the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018. Mr. Yusuf Iyodo, Director of Media and Publicity of ALDIN disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. Iyodo said that domestication had become necessary following the increasing number of Persons Living With Disabilities, PLWD, in the country. “PLWD suffer all manner...

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Whitemoney Wins BBnaija Season 6, Goes Home with N90m

EntertainmentTelevision & RadioWhitemoney Wins BBnaija Season 6, Goes Home with N90m

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 3, 2021

LAGOS — Whitemoney has been declared the winner of the Season 6 of the Big Brother Naija reality television show themed ‘Shine Ya Eye’, leaving Liquorose as the first runner-up. At the grand finale on Sunday, housemates evicted were Emmanuel, Angel, Cross, and Pere; leaving Whitemoney and Liquorose as the top two housemates battling for the N90m grand prize. Born Hazel Onou, the 29-year-old contestant is one of the fans’ favourite. Fondly known as Whitemoney,...

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Cholera Claims 2,791 Lives In 28 States, Federal Capital Territory- NCDC

HealthWellnessCholera Claims 2,791 Lives In 28 States, Federal Capital Territory- NCDC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 2, 2021

ABUJA — The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu said cholera had claimed 2, 791 lives across 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory since the beginning of 2021. Ihekweazu listed affected states to include  Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti, Enugu, FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Rivers and Zamfara. He told newsmen in Abuja that...

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