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Buhari Calls For More Modern Contraceptives Over Rising Population

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday called for the expansion of access to modern contraceptive methods across the country to address the nation’s rising population. Speaking...

Buhari Launches N62.1bn HIV Trust Fund

President Muhammadu Buhari has launched a N62.1 billion fund to improve efforts towards sustaining the country’s HIV response, addressing killer diseases and public health...

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Exposed Nigeria’s Health Institutions, Says Gbajabiamila

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said that COVID-19 has exposed Nigeria’s health institutions, which necessitated some interventions from the...

500 blood units compromised due to power outage – NBSC

The National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) says 500 blood units were compromised due to disconnection by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). This is contained...

Gombe Partners West African College Of Surgeons, To Begin Residency Training in O&G/ Family Medicine

The West Africa College of Surgeons has described the structures and facilities at the Gombe specialist hospital as ones that bear all the hallmarks...

U.S. Mission Nigeria Welcomes Latest Arrival of COVID-19 Vaccines In Nigeria

The united States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard has visited the National Strategic Warehouse to welcome the latest delivery of U.S.-government donated COVID-19...

Data is crucial in accelerating Nigeria towards HIV epidemic control – U.S. Ambassador

The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, described data repository programs such as the U.S.-supported National Data Repository (NDR) platform as a crucial...

Omicron: UK government to remove Nigeria and 10 other countries from its red list

The UK government has removed Nigeria and 10 other countries from its red list. UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid,...

U.S. Donates an Additional 2.5 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines to Nigeria

The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria has welcomed the arrival of 2.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses in Abuja this week. This is contained in a statement...

Saudi Arabia Bars Nigerian Flights Over Omicron

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended flights from Nigeria due to the the new Coronavirus variant, Omicron. Earlier on Wednesday, there were unconfirmed reports...

Nigeria records three new cases of Omicron variant

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday afternoon announced that three additional cases of the Omicron variant have been reported.   According to the...

Omicron: UK Red Listing Nigeria Is Unjust, Discriminatory – Lai Mohammed

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has condemned the red listing of Nigeria by the UK government over the two cases of...

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FG Converts Kumo General Hospital to Federal Medical Center

The Federal Government has taken over the General Hospital, Kumo, in Gombe State, converting it into a Federal Medical Centre. The newly established Kumo Federal...

International Women’s Day: NUJ Gombe Celebrates Women Journalists

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Gombe State Council, has joined the global community to celebrate International Women's Day, a day set aside to...

Benefits of NWDC to North-West Region

By Ibrahim Sani Shawai The establishment of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) in a broader sense aims to support the region's...

Rivers Assembly Gives Fubara 48 Hours To Present 2025 Budget

The Rivers State House of Assembly has given Governor Sim Fubara 48 hours to present the 2025 budget to the lawmakers. They made this...