Author: Esther Aye

Nigeria is the first nation to receive a shipment of the new MenFive meningitis vaccine from the worldwide stockpile supported by the Vaccine Alliance, this delivery was made by the United Nations Children’s Fund. Meningitis is an infection of the meninges, the thin membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, and is spread from person to person by respiratory and throat secretions. According to the World Health Organization, the illness can be brought on by fungus, viruses, or parasites and is known to result in death, brain damage, seizures, limb loss, and hearing loss.The 26-country African meningitis belt, which…

According to the Federal Government, the Nigeria Education Loan Scheme recipients’ repayment process will start two years following the National Youth Service Program. This was disclosed on Thursday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria by Dr. Akintunde Sawyer, the Executive Secretary of the NELFund. President Bola Tinubu signed the Access to Higher study Act, 2023 into law on June 12, 2023, allowing impoverished students to apply for interest-free loans at any Nigerian postsecondary institution to further their study.Sawyer clarified, that the two-year grace period following NYSC was intended to provide the beneficiaries adequate time to…

THE University of Ibadan (UI) has started a campus obesity campaign in honor of World Obesity Day in an effort to reduce overweight and obesity among its student body. According to a recent research, the percentage of overweight and obese students at the institution is 18.7% and 7.2% respectively. Under-nutrition and overweight/obesity coexisted among the students in the study, “Temporal Trends in Overweight and Obesity and Chronic Disease Risks among Adolescents and Young Adults. The lead researcher on obesity, Dr. Abayomi Oluwasanu, stated that dietary and lifestyle changes such as a rise in the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and fast…

The Association of Resident Doctors, (ARD) at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has commenced a three-day strike over alleged assault on one of their members by relatives of a patient in the hospital. The president and vice-precident of ARD-UCH Ibadan, John Oladapo and Sunday Adegbite, respectively, issued a statement stating that the doctors are requesting a public apology in two nationally circulated newspapers. He claims: “On Sunday, a patient’s relative intentionally, premeditatedly, and with great fury attacked one of our members. The doctor was seeing a known patient with sickle cell who was experiencing a painful crisis at the emergency department…

The 2023 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership Award goes to Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. The renowned award was given to the former minister of agriculture from 2011 to 2015 on Wednesday at the Lagos Continental Hotel on Victoria Island, Lagos, during the 2024 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership Award. Former heads of state from both inside and outside of Nigeria, state governors, royal fathers, and other notable Nigerians graced the occasion.Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Retd.), the former head of state, spoke about the occasion and called Adesina a great guy who “represents the best of Nigeria.”…

The 2024 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination is scheduled for Thursday (Today), March 7, 2024, according to the Joint Admissions and Matriculations. Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokes person stated on Wednesday that the clarification was required in response to numerous questions from candidates and the general public on whether or not HB pencils could be used as writing instruments in the exam room.”Note that the Board has previously forbade the use of pencils and other prohibited materials due to the nefarious purposes that these materials are put to.” However, the Board has approved the use of regular HB pencils for…

Human rights advocate and social critic Aisha Yesufu has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration intends to pretend until it gets the United Arab Emirates, UAE, to relax the restriction on Nigerian visas.The announcement follows rumors that the UAE has removed its ban on Nigerian nationals obtaining visas. Recall In October 2022, the United Arab Emirates(UAE) implemented a ban on the entry of Nigerians and citizens of 19 other African nations into its borders. Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Advisor on Information and Strategy, who is purportedly the author of the report, has clarified that the restriction hasn’t been removed…

In April 2027, Nissan, a global automotive corporation based in Japan, plans to launch a self-driving taxi service in the country. The business is said to begin testing the commercial service in April of the next fiscal year in a part of Yokohama that is south of Tokyo. The service would be conducted using minivans.”As a result of an aging population, local communities have been facing several mobility challenges, such as driver shortages.” Therefore, as part of the initiative, it will collaborate with local government agencies and transportation companies to offer a wide range of new services that facilitate free…

The Lagos Doyen Lions Club and the Dorcas Cancer Foundation (TDCF) has join the global celebration of Childhood Cancer Day to create awareness to support cancer-stricken children with cancer while paying a courtesy call and donating care kits to those afflicted with the disease at the Pediatric Oncology ward. Alima Atta, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. Dr. Adedayo Joseph is the founder of TDCF claim the survival rate for juvenile cancer is between 80 and 90 percent in other nations, Nigeria is far from reaching similar figures due to a high rate of ignorance about the illness among the populace. In…

The Taraba State University branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities made a request to Governor Agbu Kefas on thursday to release the N1.7 billion in earned academic and promotional allowances that university staff members had been due since 2014. The non-payment of promotion arrears and withheld salaries, according to ASUU Chairperson Dr. Garba Mbave at the Taraba State University, not only puts financial strain on members but also erodes their morale and reduces their trust in the fairness and integrity of the institution. “The circumstances to which we have been exposed possess the capacity to disturb labor peace…