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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, on Thursday, trained women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the FCT, Abuja, on prevention of transmission of the virus to infants. The organisation’s Country Director, Dr Echey Ijezie, said during a one-day workshop for participants across the six area councils of the FCT, that the initiative is…
22 Mar
Ahead of the World Tuberculosis (TB) Day recognised annually on March 24, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria is raising awareness on one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases that is the leading cause of death for people living with HIV, yet 100 per cent preventable and treatable. AHF Nigeria in partnership with other stakeholders, particularly…
7 Mar
To commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD), AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria will be holding engaging and purposeful IWD conversations with women on its program across 154 facilities in the seven states of operation in Abuja - FCT, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Kogi and Nasarawa states. The engagements with the women at these locations…
8 Feb
AS the world looks forward to the International Condom Day (ICD), AHF Nigeria has urged Nigerians to use condom for protection from the consequences of casual sex. ICD, which is celebrated on February 13, on the eve of Valentine's Day, was established by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a U.S.-based non-profit founded in 1987…
2 Dec
The Chairman House Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria (ATM) Control, Amobi Ogah, has said the House of Representatives would ensure full operationalisation of HIV/AIDS Anti-Discrimination Act (2014) to address discrimination at workplaces. Ogah disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, during an awareness walk organised by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) saying the intervention is the…
9 Oct 2023
Country Programme Director of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria, Dr Echey Ijezie, has said the foundation consistently marks the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) to create awareness to the challenges young women face in the society.
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The Oyo State Government says it demolished the building belonging to the Yoruba Nation agitators in its capital, Ibadan, over alleged illegal and nefarious activities in the house.
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Landmark Group said the Lagos State government is yet to consult it on the Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction and beach sand filling. Landmark made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday and said the issue of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road passing through Landmark Beach remains a topic of wide-reaching discourse. The Group said it wants…
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The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Hassan Dada, has expressed concern about the high number of weapons in unauthorized hands in Nigeria.
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The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has secured an exparte injunction restraining further action on his purported suspension as member of the party. In an exparte motion granted by Federal high Court in Kano, Wednesday, Justice A. U Liman ordered the purported suspension of Ganduje as member of the…