adolescents health rights
3 Apr
A civil Society Organisation (CSO), Hacey Health Initiative, has solicited the support of South-West state governments towards achieving sustained Sexual and Reproductive Health Rightsof female adolescents. The Hacey Initiative, which said that there were laws already enacted by these states, urged them to enforce the laws. The Programme Officer of Hacey, Tomilola Oni, who spoke,…
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to establish an emergency and trauma fund to treat emergency patients free of charge to prevent avoidable deaths. Speaking on Thursday at the Lagos Trauma Conference 2024, themed: "Advancing Trauma and Emergency Response – Enhancing Trauma and Emergency Systems for a Thriving Lagos, Sanwo-Olu underscored the importance…
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The Lagos State Government has announced a night traffic diversion for the installation of a truck barrier at Ojuelegba Flyover Bridge by the Fire Station, between 10:00 pm on Saturday 5th and 5:00 am on Sunday 6th October, 2024. Consequently, motorists are advised to use the diversion route below during the nighttime installation of the…
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The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of food relief donations by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and 18, 653 bags of rice from the Bank of Industry (BOI), to flood victims in 16 states. Flagging off the distribution yesterday in Abuja, Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar, said that…
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has proposed the adoption of public-private partnership in the health sector to enhance sustainability and efficiency in order to reverse medical tourism in favour of the country. This was proposed during a medical expo held by the association yesterday to find ways of strengthening Nigeria's private health sector to be…
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Afrobeats star Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has ramped up promotion for his upcoming album Morayo by actively reposting responses on X (formerly Twitter). His online presence has become even more electric since reigniting his long-standing feud with fellow Nigerian artist, Davido, a spat that continues to captivate fans. On Tuesday, the Grammy Award-winner…
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Available data by the West and Central Africa Wheat Development Network (WECAWheat) has shown that Nigeria spends $3.03 billion annually on wheat importation despite increased production. The network, while raising concern over the widening demand and supply gap, noted that over 200,000 metric tonnes of wheat are produced annually as against the 6 million metric…
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Nigeria has secured a $500 million loan facility from the World Bank to boost livestock production, commercialisation, and resilience across the country. The project, tagged the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), runs from 2022 to 2028, funded with a loan of $500 million granted in 2021 and complemented by $46 million in counterpart…
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The Enugu State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Thursday asked its national President to expediently rein in some members of the National Officers' Committee (NOC) to refrain from unlawful and embarrassing actions in Enugu and other state branches. It regretted that the actions of some members of the national committee are greatly…
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Recently, there's been a buzz on social media, especially on X (formerly Twitter), where some people, mostly men, claim that women get pregnant just to gain weight and then abort the baby. But is this really true? The conversation online suggests that some unexplained weight gain in women might be caused by abortions. But does…
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The Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) Kwara State chapter has urged the state government to pay adequate attention and encourage the state's Chief Justice, Abiodun Adebara, to ensure the timely prosecution of the growing number of inmates at correctional centres across the state. Comrade Afolabi, speaking at a press briefing marking this year's…