Abuja: Vice-President Kashim Shettima has announced that Nigeria is on a new growth trajectory, welcoming investments across different sectors. Shettima made this declaration on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, during a meeting with some Ministers and Heads of agencies ahead of the forthcoming Nigeria-Brazil Strategic Dialogue Mechanism. According to News Agency of Nigeria, the […]
Month: March 2025
NCDC Confirms New Lassa Fever Case in 31-Year-Old Physician, Urges Enhanced Surveillance
Abuja: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed a new case of Lassa fever in a 31-year-old physician who had recently travelled to the United Kingdom. NCDC Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Idris stated that the […]
Catholic Bishops Demand Urgent Reforms in Nigerian Correctional Centres
Abuja: The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, has decried the deplorable state of correctional facilities in the country. Speaking at CBCN’s first plenary in 2025, in Abuja, Ugorji called for urgent reforms to address overcrowding, inhumane treatment of inmates, and delays in the judicial process. According to News […]
Shehu Sani Urges 10th National Assembly to Uphold Legislative Independence
Abuja: A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has called on members of the 10th National Assembly to be firm and audacious in carrying out their legislative functions. Sani, a human rights activist-turned-politician, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He emphasized the necessity […]
HIV Treatment Remains Free in Government Facilities – NACA
Abuja: The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has dismissed recent social media claims regarding the withdrawal of subsidy for Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs as false. Dr. Temitope Ilori, Director-General of NACA, clarified in a statement that the information suggesting ARV drugs would now cost N250,000 per dose, with patients paying N500,000 monthly, is […]