Category: News
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Funding Needed: Institute’s Cancer Research Appeal
Dr. Usman Aliyu, the pioneer Director-General of the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu for financial assistance to address the escalating prevalence of cancer in the country. He emphasized the need for the Federal Government to prioritize cancer research by allocating funding for the center in the upcoming…
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Uncertainty in House of Reps as Speaker, Abbas Re-appoints Gbajabiamila’s Chief of Staff, Olanrewaju, Names 33 Other Aides
BY Lateef Taiwo The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has appointed Olanrewaju Smarth as his Chief of Staff. Until this recent appointment, Olanrewaju Smarth was the Chief of Staff to the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. Gbajabiamila was also recently appointed as the…
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UNILORIN don warns on danger of heart failure
*Says prevention remains best strategic option By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Philip Manma Kolo, has warned that there is no effective treatment for advanced stages of heart failure, saying prevention remains the best strategic option. Prof. Kolo, who delivered…
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Drug Abuse: NDLEA, others task parents on child monitoring
By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara Command, has rued the alarming incidence of drug production and abuse among young people in the state. NDLEA’s State Acting Commander, Mr. Odewale Adebimpe, who spoke during the Walk organised, in collaboration with the Kwara State Drug Control Committee and office of the…
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Crisis looms in OAU over CMD’s appointment
*Urges President Tinubu to wade in Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Members of the Joint Action Committee of Unions (JAC), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals (OAUTH) Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun state have urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to wade into the ongoing crisis over the appointment of the Chief Medical Director (CMD) for the hospital. In a…
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Governor AbdulRazaq’s Special Interventions Will Make Kwara Polytechnic Self- Sustaining, Says Rector
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Dr Abdul Jimoh Mohammed has hailed the numerous special interventions of Governor AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq aimed at making the state’s pioneer tertiary institution self-sustaining. The elated Rector listed such special interventions by Governor AbdulRazaq to include the 1,000- seat capacity Muhammed Alabi Lawal Auditorium and…
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NPC Holds Media Interractive Session On 2023 Census In Bauchi
The National Population Commission NPC has today organised a one day media discussion for media executives on the postponement of 2023 Population and Housing Census in the State. Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission, Hon Ibrahim Mohammed Darazo while briefing the gathering said the aims of the meeting was to inform them about the Commissions’ postponement…
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NDLEA Arrests 463 Suspects , Convicts 42 In Edo In 12 Months
FROM lateef taiwo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has disclosed that the agency has arrested 463 suspects allegedly involved in drug trafficking in Edo State between June 2022 and May 2023. The State NDLEA Commander, Buba Wakawa who disclosed this yesterday in Benin, while speaking with journalists as part of activities commemorating the United…
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Suspension Of Benue Council Chairmen In Line With Nigerian Constitution- Speaker
From Lateef Taiwo Speaker Benue State House of Assembly Mr Hyacinth Dajo has advised suspended chairmen of Local Government Areas in Benue State to rather cooperate with the ad-hoc committee set up by the State House of Assembly to investigate them by appearing to clarify allegations levelled against them to further prove their innocence if…
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Governor Inuwa Yahaya Appoints Sole Administrator For College Of Health Science And Technology Kaltungo
By Lateef Taiwo Following the expiration of the second term of Principal Officers of the College of Health Science and Technology Kaltungo on 10th June, 2023, the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON has approved the appointment of Dr. Ahmed Wali Doho of the Federal University of Kashere as Sole Administrator of the…