From Our Correspondent No fewer than 122 Nigerian children have died of diphtheria as of July 2023, UNICEF’s Communications Officer in Nigeria, Ms Safiya Akau, said in Dutse, Jigawa State, on Thursday. Akau said UNICEF was amplifying its efforts to counter the growing outbreak of the disease that has affected children in 27 states of […]
By Our Correspondent Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has instructed all commands of the Agency to immediately clamp down on illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide. In a statement on Tuesday, Marwa said the order on nitrous oxide (aka Laughing Gas) is a sequel to its […]
The Publisher and Managing Director of the Nigerian NewsDirect, Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, is dead, aged 56. Ibiyemi reportedly died on Tuesday afternoon at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State. Details of his health condition were sketchy but medics at the hospital reportedly said he died of a pulmonary embolism. The NewsZenith reports […]
Members of the Biochemist Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BPAON) have volunteered to check drug abuse and addiction among Nigerian youths. Olayemi Ikotun, the association’s President, said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Ikotun explained that in the last 20 years, youths have rapidly been involved in drug addiction, misuse and abuse in a […]
No fewer than 1. 6 million children are facing hunger in Katsina State, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Mr Rahama Farah, the UNICEF’s Chief, Kano Field Office, announced this when he paid an advocacy visit to Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina, State on Wednesday, in Katsina. “This is based on […]
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says his administration is committed to guaranteeing a better future for children in the state. To this end, Sanwo-Olu said “plans are in place to build the biggest children’s hospital in Africa”. The governor made the pledge during special Jumat to mark his second term inauguration at Lagos Central […]
Spain’s sexual and reproductive health law, which includes the right for women to take time off work when they have their period, came into effect on Thursday. The parliament approved the Gender Equality Ministry’s bill, put forward by the left-wing government in February. Since then, amendments were passed as part of the new law. Parliament has […]
A Sokoto-based women’s organisation, ‘100-Women Group’, has begun a house-to-house sensitisation to curb the recurrence of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and other harmful practices in the state. Hajia Fatima Umar, the group’s Coordinator, led the sensitisation at Magajin Gari in Sokoto North Local Government Area on Wednesday. Umar said the group considered educating women and […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved a law to stop the stealing of human organs and tissues, his health minister has said. Stealing of human organs and tissues is happening in a nation where they lured women into unnecessary surgeries. Local media recently reported cases of women recruited for domestic work in the Middle East […]
A medical doctor, Dr Gbemisola Daramola, says poor menstrual education, both in schools and at home, remained a big challenge facing the girlchild in Nigeria. Daramola made this known at a sensitisation programme on menstrual hygiene in Ibadan, Oyo State. The programme is organised by Female Professionals’ Book Club, a Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO). Organised for selected […]