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Health LabourHealthcare Workers to Get Enhanced Hazard Allowance Soon — Ngige

PilotnewsMay 27, 2021

AWKA — Workers in the Nigerian healthcare sector will begin to earn improved hazard allowance soon, according to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige. Ngige gave the assurance while speaking at the 41st Ordinary General Meeting of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in Awka on Thursday. Ngige was represented by Dr. Emmanuel Azuike, the Acting Chairman of the Chief Medical Advisory Committee at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka....

Health WellnessCholera Kill Seven Persons In Gombe

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 27, 2021

An outbreak of cholera has killed seven people, while others are still receiving treatment at a Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Garko Ward of Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State. The state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr Habu Dahiru, in a statement on Thursday, said the outbreak was confirmed by the ministry’s Rapid Response Team deployed, which eventually established a treatment centre at Bogo Model PHC. “The cholera outbreak was attributed to the drinking of...

HealthFresh Cholera Outbreak Claims 20 Lives In Bauchi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 25, 2021

A fresh cholera outbreak in Bauchi State has infected 322 persons with at least 20 deaths in some parts of the state. The first index case was a 37-year-old patient, who was admitted to Burra General Hospital on 24 April 2021. Dr. Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro, the State Commissioner for Health gave the update on the situation during a media briefing on Tuesday morning. Maigoro said the outbreak has spread across nine local government areas since...

EntertainmentHIC ED Calls On Govt. to Pay Attention to Challenges of People at Grassroots

PilotnewsMay 25, 2021

ABUJA — Mr. Bassey Bassey, Executive Director, HipCity Innovation Centre (HIC) has called on government at all level to pay serious attention to the challenges confronting their citizens at the grassroots. Bassey made this call at the premiere of the video documentary: ‘Echoes of the People’ and the role of local governance in sustainable development in Abuja. According to him, the reason for this video documentary, is to make the government at all level to...

Coronavirus TravelFG Declares 90 Travelers from India, Turkey, Brazil Wanted

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 24, 2021

The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has declared 90 travelers wanted. They wanted travelers included Nigerians and foreigners, who were described as dangers to public health. In a statement by the Chairman of the PSC and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, the Committee maintained that the 90 persons, who were currently at large, had violated the guidelines issued for travelers entering Nigeria from India, Turkey, and Brazil. After...

Lifestyle ReligionSaudi Arabia To Allow Only 60,000 Pilgrims for 2021 Hajj Operation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 23, 2021

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced that only 60,000 pilgrims will be allowed to partake in the 2021 hajj. The announcement followed uncertainty if the 2021 pilgrimage would hold after the Kingdom suspended the 2020 hajj due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of pilgrims was reduced in accordance with the COVID-19 protocols as the country usually hosts over two million Muslim faithful to the holy city of Mecca to perform the rites The...

Health PhilanthropyGovernor Bello of Niger State commission Vesico Vagina Fistula Women Health Centre In Kontagora

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 23, 2021

The Women Health Centre built by Raise Foundation, with the support of Mainstream Foundation in Kontagora has been commissioned by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State. The modern and well-equipped edifice was built by the wife of Niger State Governor, Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello through her Raise Foundation, with the support of Mainstream Foundation as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The centre meant to provide health care services to women affected by...

Labour Wellness World NewsLong Working Hours Increase Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 22, 2021

A joint World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) report on Friday said long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016. According to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization, published in Environment International, this represents a 29 percent increase since 2000. In a first global analysis of the loss of life and health associated with working long hours, WHO...

Lifestyle NigeriaMoney Making is the Value Now Pervasive – Obasanjo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 22, 2021

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented the displacement of the values of honesty and hard work by the love for money and other material things, saying this was one of the causes of Nigeria’s problems. The elder statesman said this on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at the inauguration of Prof. Abayomi Oluwatosin Jiboku Building and Entrepreneurship Centre at the Lariken International College. The former President opined that the amount of money, number...

Lifestyle WellnessEmir Of Zazzau Worries Over Rising Cases Of Drug Abuse Among Married Women

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 21, 2021

Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, the Emir of Zazzau has expressed concern over the rising cases of drug abuse among married women. The Emir was speaking when the management of the Kaduna State Bureau for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (KADBUSA) paid him a courtesy visit in Zaria, noted that some of those who engaged in the use of illicit drugs might be doing so out of frustration. Ambassador Bamalli who is also the Chairman of the...

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