Health

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) will, this year, spend $10 million to procure ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF). This is among the global agency’s efforts to combat disabilities and deaths resulting from acute…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it remains committed to the promotion of sustainable environment across it operations, stressing that its energy transition programme and support for carbon neutral projects are…
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The Federal Government has approved a 600 per cent increment in hazard allowance for senior health workers and 350 per cent for their junior counterparts. According to Guardian report, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris…
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By Teddy Nwanunobi The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and the United States’ Agency for International Development (USAID) have sealed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to make Bonny Island an operational base, malaria free,…
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted approval for a conditional emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to prevent COVID-19. It is to be administered to…
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As Nigeria grapples with the challenge of a looming threat of third wave of COVID-19 hitting the country, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and a renowned professor of Virology and infectious disease control, Prof. Olawale Tomori,…
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The federal government borrowed about $5.9 billion in 2020, to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and implement its budget. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, revealed this yesterday. A statement issued by…
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The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC experienced 73 oil spill incidents across the Niger Delta, as a result operational failure and sabotage in the second half of the year 2020. The Dutch oil firm experienced…
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By Teddy Nwanunobi In its desire to address the cost implications and psychological impacts on staff due to the current practice of mandatory 710 days isolation to and from offshore/remote locations, the Department of Petroleum…
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Founder, Valuechan Sickle Cell Foundation, Alhaji Musa Bashir Usman, Chairman Society for Petroleum Engineers International Abuja Chapter's 10th Anniversary organising committee, Dr Ikechukwu Okafor, leading other dignitaries on a…
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