From Abel Abogonye, Lafia The Dalhatu Arafat Specialist hospital (DASH) in Lafia, Nasarawa State has lost two senior consultant Gynecologists to lassa fever. The two consultants contracted the disease during an emergency caesarian operation conducted on a woman who was admitted into the hospital bleeding but unknown to the doctors she had lassa fever. A Source told our reporter in Lafia that the pregnant woman was rushed to the hospital over complications arising from lassa fever but unknown to the medical experts they attended to her believing it was pregnancy related complications. The woman died some hours after the surgery…
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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has applauded the review of the National Social Protection Policy. (2017-2020) The special adviser to the minister on media Nneka IKem Anibeze in a Statement in Abuja on Wednesday quoted the to have given the commendation at a High Level Discussion on the Draft Revised National Social Protection Policy held at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. Umar Farouq stated that Social protection is at the forefront of the development agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, given its positive social and economic impact and its ramification and life…
There was disagreement on Tuesday over constitutional mandates and extant laws between the Chairman of Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Ellias Mbam and the Minister of Finance , Mrs Zainab Ahmed and the Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr Muhammad Nami.There were divergent opinions among the heads of the various agencies on powers for collection and monitoring revenues accruing into the Federation Account and the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).This came to the fore in their separate submissions to the Senate Committee on Finance on the 2021 Finance Bill.While the Chairman of RMAFC in his submissions, faulted…
***Launches multi hazard analyses dashboard, website The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs , Disaster Management and Social Development has launched a National Risk Analysis Tool Dashboard and website designed to improve disaster risk preparedness and response plans among others. Special adviser Nneka Ikem Anibeze said the Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq launched the dashboard on Tuesday after a presentation by the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA and UNICEF in her office in Abuja. Unveiling the platform, the Minister congratulated NEMA and UNICEF’s emergency team for their collation and harmonization of baseline data and development of the resource-base. Umar Farouq stated that the…
***Reappoints INEC National Commissioners, National Population Commissioners President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of Mr Muazu Sambo as a minister-designate from Taraba State for confirmation by the senateMr Sambo is to replace the former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, who was sacked in September, along with Sabo Nanono, ex-agriculture minister.Buhari’s letter seeking the confirmation of the nominee was read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan at the commencement of plenary on Tuesday.Buhari’s letter seeking the confirmation of the nominee was read by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan at the commencement of plenary on Tuesday. Similarly, President Buhari reappointed Malam Mohammed…
From Naseer Mijinyawa Minna. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Niger State Chapter, has decried the incessant assault and attack on practicing medical doctors in the state. The secretary of the association in Niger State Dr. Idah Mohammed in a statement issued in Minna on Tuesday said some law enforcement agents are quick to assault their members even without any provocation He disclosed that a senior police officer in Suleja Area Command by name ACP Sani Badarawa had on the 8th of December, assaulted a medical doctor in the premises of Suleja General Hospital.According to the secretary, two members of the…
No fewer than twenty one senators on Tuesday accompanied Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele to the All Progressives Congress, APC Secretariat in Abuja to pick his nomination and expression of interest forms for Ekiti Governorhip Elections scheduled for June 18, 2022. The senators, who arrived the secretariat in a coaster bus at about 3:30pm said it was a show of solidarity with one of their own in the upper legislative arm. Bamidele is the current Chairman of the Southern Senators’ Forum and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Right and Legal Matters. The senators accompanied Bamidele to the office of…
Unknown gunmen have struck again in Kogi, abducting the mother of Governor Yahaya Bello’s Chief of Staff, Pharmacist Abdulkareem Asuku at her residence in Adavi Local Government Area of the state. The mother of the Chief of staff, Mrs Seriya Raji, residing in the new layout of Nagazi community, Adavi LGA was abducted around 7:40pm on Monday evening after observing her prayer in a Mosque within her compound. Residents told our correspondent that the community was thrown into panic mood when the gunmen numbering 6 stormed the place in a commando style. The abductors, according to the source, were dressed…
A serving Nigerian governor has allegedly withdrawn N60billion from his state’s purse. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that he has lifted about N60 billion cash from state coffers in about his six years in office. The governor remains unnamed and his state, partially identified as domiciling in the North Central of the country. In the latest edition of its in-house magazine named “EFCC Alert”, the agency’s czar, Abdulrasheed Bawa, was quoted as saying that Nigerians would soon hear more, about the developing sleaze story. Bawa’s interview, originally given to TVC, was published under the “Setting the records…
**Ekiti Concerned Professionals Present to him Expression of Nomination Cheque Chairman of Southern Senators Forum, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has expressed confidence that direct or Indirect primary his ambition of becoming Governor Ekiti state in 2022 remains unshaken. Bamidele who made this known while the Ekiti Concerned Professionals presented the expression of interest Nomination Cheque to him in Abuja led Lekan Ajisafe said he is coming on board with something usual. He said, “As to my own aspiration in Ekiti, I have no doubt that whether it is direct primary or it is indirect primary you know, I stand a good…