Persons With Disabilities Should Constitute 5% Of Public Office Workforce In Nigeria-Okpeh

HealthNewsWellnessPersons With Disabilities Should Constitute 5% Of Public Office Workforce In Nigeria-Okpeh

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 12, 2021

ENUGU — A Disability Rights Advocate, Mr. Bizibrains Okpeh, has called for deliberate efforts towards the implementation of the National Disability Act for the benefits of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). He also urged states that are yet to domesticate the National Disability Act, including Enugu State, to do so to guarantee the rights and welfare of PWDs within the states. Okpeh stated this in Enugu on Monday while presenting a paper on domestication and implementation...

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Committee Recommends Refuse Disposal And Evacuation Timing In Enugu State

EnvironmentWellnessCommittee Recommends Refuse Disposal And Evacuation Timing In Enugu State

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 12, 2021

ENUGU — An ad-hoc committee on Extortion and multiple collections of levies in Enugu Urban Local Government Areas and other connected matters report propose that time are fixed for residents’ refuse disposal and its subsequent evacuation. Presenting the report at the floor of the Enugu State House of Assembly, the Committee Chairman Chinedu Nwamba, member representing Nsukka East Constituency said that after careful consideration and deliberations, the committee members came up with a resolution that...

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Be Security Conscious During Ember Months- Osatimehin

Crime & SecurityLifestyleBe Security Conscious During Ember Months- Osatimehin

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 9, 2021

ABUJA — The Commander-General of the Nigerian Hunters Council (NHC), Mr. Joshua Osatimehin has appealed to Nigerians to be more vigilant and security conscious, especially during “ember” months, as efforts to tackle insecurity in the country continue. Osatimehin who made the appeal in an interview with journalists in Abuja said Nigerians should not only rely on security agents for protection but should always be security conscious. He noted that the internal security challenge was not...

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Police Free 47 Inmates At Illegal Rehabilitation Centre In Kano

Human Rights & FreedomWellnessPolice Free 47 Inmates At Illegal Rehabilitation Centre In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 9, 2021

KANO — Police in Kano have raided an illegal rehabilitation centre located at Na’ibawa quarters of Tarauni Local Government Area and freed 47 inmates. Recall that the Kano state government had in November 2019 banned the operation of illegal rehabilitation centres across the state.   Police spokesperson in Kano Abdullahi Kiyawa in a statement issued on Friday said the victims suffered various degrees of injury due to torture and abuse. The statement read in part:...

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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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