By Folasade Akpan Stakeholders have called for urgent, coordinated action to sustain HIV response, warning that declining funding, stigma and health system gaps threaten progress toward ending infections globally and undermine hard won gains. The call was contained in a communiqué issued on Wednesday at the end of aContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Dr Asabe Vilita-Bashir, outgoing Director-General of Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development (MBNCWD), has urged Nigerian women to actively contest elective positions ahead of the 2027 general elections. Vilita-Bashir made the call while announcing her resignation during her induction into the MBNCWD Hall of Fame onContinue Reading
By Daniel Oyeleke/Folasade Akpan The Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) has unveiled a seven-year project aimed at expanding access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services for women, adolescents and marginalised groups. PPFN President, Mr Bitrus Laori, said this at the official unveiling of the Strengthening Health SystemsContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Prof. Assan Jaye, Professor of Global Health Education and Research Leadership at the Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia, has called on African governments to prioritise funding for health research to ensure sustainability. Jaye made the call in Abuja at a high-level workshop on Pan-African HealthContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Experts have called for greater investment in girl-child education to reduce gender disparities and improve access, retention, and completion rates for millions of Nigerian girls, stressing the need for systemic reforms. The call was made on Tuesday in Abuja during a high-level policy dialogue organised byContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Okapi Children Cancer Foundation (OkapiCCF) has intensified efforts to curb rising childhood cancer mortality through a targeted school-based awareness campaign across the Federal Capital Territory, officials said Monday in Abuja. Ms Kemi Adekanye, Founder and Chief Volunteer of OkapiCCF, disclosed this in an interview with NewsContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, says pandemics now pose significant threats beyond public health, impacting economies and national security across countries worldwide. Pate spoke at a one-day high-level public health symposium themed “Lessons on Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Insights from ChinaContinue Reading
By Talatu Maiwada Rev. Daniel Mbaya, President of Ekklesiyar ‘Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN), has stated that the Church will not align with any political party as the 2027 electioneering season approaches. He made the declaration at the 79th General Church Council (GCC) conference, tagged Majalisa 2026, on Friday in HongContinue Reading
By Aderogba George Mr Felix Haala, spokesperson for the German Embassy in Nigeria, has said that women’s empowerment is essential for building an inclusive and resilient democracy. Haala made the remark in Abuja at a one-day capacity-building workshop for selected women journalists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), themed “EmpoweringContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has taken delivery of media equipment from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to boost the operations of its radio broadcast. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NDDC, Mr Samuel Ogbuku, said the gesture was a deliberateContinue Reading
