Author: Esther Aye

The Bercy Arena was filled with star-studded spectators as Simone Biles led the dominant U.S. women’s gymnastics team to Olympic victory on Tuesday night. A-list celebrities Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, and Serena Williams were among those present at the Olympic venue to witness history in the making. Olympic legends Spike Lee, Michael Phelps, and Nadia Comaneci were also in attendance, marking the U.S. women’s triumphant return to the top after relinquishing their title in Tokyo three years ago.Williams, who recently carried the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony, sat alongside Paris Games chief Tony Estanguet. Nicole Kidman and her husband…

The health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Workers Unions (JOHESU), earlier today was in a meeting with the Federal Government over salary adjustment, outstanding arrears, overall state of the health workforce and the establishment of timelines for forming boards at tertiary health institution. Prof Muhammed Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare made this known on Thursday through his X handle. “The government is working seriously to resolve the outstanding issues that have been lingering for years extending his gratitude to the leaders from the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria as they are…

Introduction of the French curriculum to Nigerian students will foster a unique learning experience that bridges cultural barriers according to the Lycée Français Louis Pasteur, Lagos State. The principal of the school, Mr. Sylvain Malrieu, emphasized that the main goal of French government-affiliated organization was to provide top-notch French education as well as make it more accessible to Nigerians and Africa at large. The goal of our French government-affiliated organization is to provide top-notch French education in Nigeria and throughout Africa. French is the primary language of instruction complemented by the learning of other languages such as Spanish, English, German,…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, revealed that workers have been receiving an extra ₦35,000 in payment allowance since January. “The civil servant and all public officers in Lagos know that since January, we have continued to pay the wage allowance of a minimum of ₦35,000 over and above what they were earning before,” he said. “What this means is that people that are earning a minimum of ₦35,000 or more before are now earning over N70,00. That is what they have been enjoying since January. “So it is important for people to know that we make these things…

In order to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the state, the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital has launched a Caregiver Academy. The state government helped built the new academy to train and equip healthcare providers within LASUTH and beyond in order to enhance the skills and knowledge needed to give high quality care to patients. Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, the Chief Medical Director, at the inauguration ceremony expressed excitement on the establishment of the academy. He said, there was a major shortage of professional caretakers in both the domestic and international labor markets especially those who could not stay…

Despite the acceptance and growing use of medicinal herbs during pregnancy, experts have warned against consuming herbal medicine, including almond fruit leaves during pregnancy particularly in the third trimester or during labour. It is used in the treatment of hypertension, cough, diabetes, jaundice and indigestion while the bark is used to treat diarrhoea, dysentery and abscesses. The almond fruit tree leave is also called Terminalia catappa. The aqueous leaf extract of Almond fruit trees is relatively safe for pregnant rats in a recent study. Although it is not harmful to the unborn baby but it may slow or stop the…

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, on Thursday, strengthened their collaboration to support the Nigerian Home Grown School Feeding Program. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Home Grown School Feeding Programme, Yetunde Adeniji, spoke at the stakeholders workshop in Abuja, stating the partnership on the school feeding scheme was part of Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Action plans. The purpose of the workshop was to introduce the Value for Money Study aim to calculate the National Home School Feeding Program’s cost and consider its multi-sectoral advantages as well as effects on…

The “Eko Cares” Initiative, a social intervention program designed to reduce the burden on residents amid economic hardship, has been launched by Babajide Sango-Olu, Governor of Lagos State. To drive the initiatives, the governor established a non-partisan Special Dispensation Advisory Council comprising notable Nigerians as religious authorities, youth advocates, opposition party leaders and human rights advocates to help monitor the events. “Eko Cares,” Ounje Eko market initiative, which is being unveiled today, is an aggregate of all the measures designed to relief suffering of our most vulnerable residents with no support as some of the foodstuffs will be distributed to vulnerable people…

Space travel poses severe risks to astronauts, not just from the rigours of zero gravity and prolonged weightlessness but from the adverse impact on gut health as well. Space missions are associated with a notable increase in “leaky gut” Syndrome, where the intestinal lining becomes more permeable, potentially allowing harmful bacterial and toxins to enter into the bloodstream. Akinsuyi Oluwamayowa, a microbiology health researcher from Nigeria, carried out a study which was written up in the Journal of Life Science in Space Biology. The study uncovered that a breach in the intestinal barrier permits bacteria and toxins to enter the…

GSK, in partnership with Save the Children has launched a new $1 million project to empower local organisations in Nigeria and Ethiopia to tackle barriers against children immunization ahead of the World Immunization Week. In a statement released by Rhoda Ndahi, Save the Children’s acting media and communications manager for Nigeria, Africa has the highest recorded number of yet-to-be vaccinated children in the world. This signals an extension of Save the Children and GSK ten-year collaboration for an additional five years. GSK invested £15 million to support two new immunization initiatives in Ethiopia and Nigeria that aims to lower the…