By Mohammed Baba Busu The Niger State Government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) would partner the Nigeria Consulate and Montefiore Medical Centre in New York, to improve access, technology and human resources for health sector in the state. The governor’s Special Adviser on Digital Media andContinue Reading
Aluta News Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has promised to increase funds allocation for nutrition intervention in the FCT Administration’s 2025 budget. Wike made the promise when the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister particularly commended the agency’sContinue Reading
Aluta News Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu, has mobilised 50 medical personnel to provide medical support services to victims of the flood disaster in Maiduguri, Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that flood submerged Maiduguri on Sept. 10, following the collapsed of spillways at theContinue Reading
By Mohammed Baba Busu Gov. Mohammed Umar Bago, has awarded contract for the remodeling of Umaru Musa Yar’adua General Hospital Sabon Wuse, Tafa Local Government Area. This is contained in a statement by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Digital Media and Strategy, Abdulberqy Usman and made available to newsmen onContinue Reading
Aluta News The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has provided essential nutrition services to 1.2 million pregnant and lactating women, adolescent girls and children under five years in Kano State. The institute’s Senior Communications Manager, Ms Uzoma Nwofor, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News AgencyContinue Reading
By Mohammed Baba Busu Dr Abubakar Usman, the Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre ( FMC), Bida, says the centre is well known for its standard and will not be compromised. This, the medical director said, would continue to improve on the health status of Niger people and other citizens. TheContinue Reading
Aluta News Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says Nigeria gets the largest intervention fund spent by the foundation in Africa. Gates said this during an interview session with selected journalists on the sidelines of the 2024 NutriVision Dialogue on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him,Continue Reading
Aluta News President Bola Tinubu has approved the conversion of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, to the Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital, Nasarawa. In a statement on Wednesday by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, he said the approval followed a request by the Nasarawa StateContinue Reading
Aluta News The International Research Centre of Excellence (IRCE) at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), hosted a pivotal symposium on advancing care and research for patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). The research centre showcased the advances at its second Annual Scientific Seminar at the IHVN campus on WednesdayContinue Reading
Aluta News The International Research Centre of Excellence (IRCE) at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has concluded arrangements to host its second Annual Scientific Symposium at the IHVN Campus in Abuja. The institute’s Senior Communications Manager, Ms Uzoma Nwofor, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, madeContinue Reading