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Umahi Announces N5m Tuition Fee as Medical Varsity Commences September

30Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Umahi Announces N5m Tuition Fee as Medical Varsity Commences September

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has disclosed that academic activities will begin in September 2021 at the new state-owned Medical University Uturu, in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in his speech during the inauguration of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund and State Health Insurance Scheme in Abakaliki on Tuesday, noting that the institution was top-notch. Umahi said. “Medical students will be paying N5m, while non-medical students, would be paying between N2m and N3m for tuition and other fees in the university.” Read Also: Police Launch Investigation Into Death Of Dowen College Pupil He said, “Our resolve is to work tirelessly with all relevant stakeholders in Ebonyi State and at the federal level to ensure well-equipped and funct...

Strike: FG Set to Meet Doctors Tuesday, Buhari Postpones UK Checkup

26Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Strike: FG Set to Meet Doctors Tuesday, Buhari Postpones UK Checkup

Following a looming strike by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctor, NARD, the Federal Government has scheduled a meeting to preempt an industrial action. President of NARD, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi told Punch that a meeting to resolve their differences has been fixed for Tuesday. In a related development, President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed his medical trip to the United Kingdom earlier planned for Friday. This was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari postpones London trip.’ The statement read, “The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom earlier scheduled for today, Friday, June 25, 2021, has been postponed.” “A new date will be ann...

Buhari Jets Out to London for Medical Check-up

25Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Buhari Jets Out to London for Medical Check-up

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday depart the country for London, the United Kingdom (UK), for a scheduled medical appointment. A statement on Thursday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the President is expected back in the country in the second week of July. “President Buhari will proceed to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, June 25, 2021, for a scheduled medical follow-up. “He is due back in the country during the second week of July, 2021,” the statement said. The President, early in the year, left the country for a medical check-up in London, from March 30 to April 16, 2021.`

World Refugee Day: Red Cross, NCFRMI, SCORP organizes free medical outreach in Enugu

23Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fitness and Wellbeing, News, Nigeria

World Refugee Day: Red Cross, NCFRMI, SCORP organizes free medical outreach in Enugu

In commemoration of this year’s World Refugee Day, the Nigerian Red Cross Society in Enugu in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI, and the Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace, SCORP, University of Nigeria Medical Students Association have organized a free medical outreach for persons of concern in the state. Declaring the event open, NCFRMI South-East Zonal Coordinator, Barr. Mrs Jane Molokwu stated that World Refugee Day was an annual event to celebrate and honour refugees around the world. “Today we recognise the strength of refugees who have fled the conflict and persecution in their country in the hope of safety and a better life. Refugees and displaced persons belong to the most marginalized and vuln...

Buhari Receives Second Jab of COVID-19 Vaccine

29May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Buhari Receives Second Jab of COVID-19 Vaccine

President Muhammadu Buhari has received the second jab of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine. A statement by the Presidency Twitter handle said President Buhari received the jab on Saturday (today) at the State House in Abuja. The tweet read, “President @MBuhari receives the second dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford #COVID19 Vaccine, at the State House, on May 29, 2021. #AsoVillaToday #YesToCovid19Vaccine.” The president had in March received the first dose of the vaccine which was administered to him by his personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi.

ASUU Lost 30 Members to COVID-19, Ogunyemi Says During Farewell Speech

28May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Lost 30 Members to COVID-19, Ogunyemi Says During Farewell Speech

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said that about 30 members of the union died as a result of the COVID-19 virus. This was contained in his speech to mark the end of his three-year tenure as the supremo of the academic held on Friday, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State ASUU conference hall. Ogunyemi lauded the cooperation of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, the Nigeria Labour Congress and others. He said, “In line with the provisions of our constitution, we are here to review our activities in the last three years with a view to charting a new course at this critical juncture of our national life. “As a point of departure, we must place on record that COVID-19 did not spare our ca...

House Of Representatives Queries NHIS Over N152 Million Spent On Sanitisers, Face Masks, Others

25May

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

House Of Representatives Queries NHIS Over N152 Million Spent On Sanitisers, Face Masks, Others

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance has queried the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Mohammed Sambo, over how the scheme had been spending its resources, particularly during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. Members of the committee scrutinised the books of the NHIS at an investigative hearing on revenue generation and remittance by ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government on Monday. The lawmakers, who expressed anger, took turns to query several items on the list of expenses provided by the scheme in its written submission to the committee, The Punch reports. Deputy Chairman, Saidu Abdullahi, and members of the House Committee on Finance criticised the N152,487,900 said to have been spent on procurement of hand sanitisers...

BREAKING: Nigerian Musician, Sound Sultan Suffers Throat Cancer

12May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Music, News, Nigeria

BREAKING: Nigerian Musician, Sound Sultan Suffers Throat Cancer

Popular Nigerian rapper, Olarewaju Fasasi, alias Sound Sultan has been diagnosed with throat cancer in the United States of America. The musician has begun chemotherapy in a hospital in the US, SaharaReporters gathered. Chemotherapy which is a form of treatment for cancer entails chemical drug therapy meant to destroy rapidly growing cells in the body as cancer cells grow and divide quicker than other cells. Sound Sultan came to the limelight in the 1990s, when he organised shows to raise money for studio sessions. He released his first single "Jagbajantis" in 2000, which was a hit in Nigeria. After independently releasing other singles and featuring in hit songs of other artists, he was signed by Kennis Music. Sound Sultan began a working relationship with Wyclef Jean wh...

COVID-19: FCT Minister bans Prayer at Eid Ground

12May

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

COVID-19: FCT Minister bans Prayer at Eid Ground

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has banned Eid prayers at the National Eid prayer ground on the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Expressway, Airport Road. The prohibition, Bello said, is due to the battle against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that is still ravaging some parts of the world. The minister on Monday chaired a meeting of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and a delegation from the FCT League of Imams Initiative led by its Chairman, Dr Tajudeen Adigun and discussed measures on how to curb further spread of the pandemic and modalities of holding Eid prayers. Based on presentations made by officials of the Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCTA and the Implementation guidelines for Phased Restriction of Movem...

COVID-19: FG extends Work-from-home Directive for Workers tíll June 11

11May

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

COVID-19: FG extends Work-from-home Directive for Workers tíll June 11

As part of measures aimed at preventing the spread of deadly strains of COVID-19 in the country, the Federal Government on Monday extended its work-from-home directive for civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below. According to the Presidential Steering Committee On COVID-19 domiciled in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, civil servants will continue to work from home till June 11, 2021, after which the directive may be reviewed. Amid concerns about deadly COVID-19 strains in India, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil, the government also reintroduced some measures which were put in place during the second COVID-19 wave in Nigeria which include restricted gatherings at worship centres and banned night clubs. It was earlier reported that the World Health ...