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 Folasade Akpan The Committee of Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals has called for strengthened security around health facilities following recent bomb attacks in Maiduguri, Borno State. The committee made the call while condemning coordinated explosions that rocked parts of Maiduguri, including the University ofContinue Reading

By Philip Yatai Executive Committee of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has approved the award of a N1.1 billion contract for emergency procurement of communication gadgets and other equipment for security agencies in the FCT. Mr Musa Onsachi, FCTA Director of Procurement disclosed this at the end of theContinue Reading

  By Nefishetu Yakubu   Director-General of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, has identified security as the foundation upon which sustainable development, economic progress and democratic governance are built.   Sulaiman stated this on Thursday in Abuja at a public lecture organised by theContinue Reading