The Ondo State government, says over 800 health workers have been employed to fill the gap in the health sector in the state in the last year. Dr Francis Akanbiemu, Permanent Secretary, State Primary Health Care Development Agency (OSPHCDA), revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on Sunday. Akanbiemu explained that the health workers were recruited in 2021 to ensure effective and quality service delivery at the primary healthcare level. He explained that the focus of the government was to ensure that the primary health centres were attractive so that people would patronise them. The permanent secretary said the government had equally provided 212 incinerators to ensure proper waste management in the health centres.
Source:The Guardian
May 01, 2022 14:53 UTC
Carbon Cleaning Nigeria, the country’s leading solution for eliminating carbon buildup in internal combustion engines, is setting out to tackle the growing Tokunbo challenge with the launch of a dedicated program. To register for ValueCare, visit www.carboncleaningng.com/valuecare, or learn more about Carbon Cleaning Nigeria at www.carboncleaningng.comAboutCarbon Cleaning Nigeria uses a unique hydrogen-powered decarbonizing machine to remove carbon buildup in an internal combustion engine in as little as 30 minutes. Over the years, we’ve learned and continue to learn how to make Tokunbo cars work better and last longer. The addition of specially formulated fuel and oil additives from our OEMs completes our secret recipe to transform any Tokunbo engine. Carbon Cleaning Nigeria helps Nigerians save money by extending the lifespan of their vehicles and reducing the need for costly replacements.
Source:The Guardian
May 01, 2022 13:17 UTC
Famous photographer and visual artist, Wale Visuals has said freezing moments and bringing them back to life with his camera are the most fascinating aspects of his job that he truly appreciate. Speaking about what inspires his craft, Visuals said: “My inspiration comes from thinking, sometimes from what I see and also from God. I love how photography helps me to freeze moments and bring them back to life, most importantly, the happiness and joy it gives to the people I shoot.”Wale Visuals began his journey as a professional photographer in 2015, emerging as a creative visual artist who specialises in lifestyle portrait, fashion, wedding photography and videography. When asked about his muse, Wales Visuals was cagey and didn’t stick his neck out, perhaps out of deference to some or a certain business philosophy. “Your muse is someone who inspires an idea in you; a muse helps to bring your ideas to life and helps you to be more expressive,” he said.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 01, 2022 12:27 UTC
MTV has announced that the 2022 VMAs will air live and around the world in more than 170 countries on August 28. Returning to New Jersey’s famed Prudential Center, this year’s show will surprise and delight with show-stopping spectacles, epic performances and a fan-filled audience to celebrate the biggest stars in music. “After an extremely successful event in 2019, we are very excited for the VMAs to return to New Jersey’s “Town Hall” for entertainment,” said Sean Saadeh, EVP of Entertainment, Prudential Centre. We look forward to a night of celebration, as we enjoy and honour today’s most relevant music artistes on a world stage. “New Jersey is honoured to once again host the MTV Video Music Awards at one of our many world-class entertainment and sports venues,” said Governor Phil Murphy.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 01, 2022 12:19 UTC
Police in central China announced the detention of nine people on Sunday over a collapsed building, as increasingly desperate rescuers comb the debris for any survivors. The building, in Changsha city, housed a hotel, apartments, and a cinema. At least 18 people were trapped and another 39 were incommunicado, according to city mayor Zheng Jianxin. Another five people, all members of a private building inspection firm, “provided a false safety report after conducting a building safety audit of the hotel”, the statement on Twitter-like Weibo said. Building collapses are not uncommon in China, due to weak safety and construction standards as well as corruption among officials tasked with enforcement.
Source:Punch
May 01, 2022 09:55 UTC
• ‘Life More Challenging Than Ever For Average Nigerian Worker’• Wabba Tasks Taraba, C’River, Zamfara, Abia Govs On Minimum Wage, Pension Arrears• Labour To Mobilise Workers For Active Participation In Politics• Threatens 3-day Warning Strike In Solidarity With ASUU• PENGASSAN, NUPENG Canvass Better Work Conditions• ASUU Demand Living Wage For NigeriansAs workers across the world today mark this Year’s Workers’ Day, otherwise known as International Labour Day, organised labour has expressed deep concerns that the country is still struggling in its quest for good governance several years after independence. While noting that successive regimes, administrations, and political leaders across different strata have promised good living and working conditions, as well as improved economy over the years but failed ultimately, the labour movement bemoaned the pitiable condition in which Nigerians eke out their livelihoods. Labour representatives, who spoke with The Guardian ahead of today’s celebration, highlighted the high rate of unemployment, galloping inflation in the economy, devaluation of the naira, low wages, widespread insecurity, the rising cost of living, a near-comatose education sector, and a failing healthcare sector, as some of the indices that have made life more grueling for workers.
Source:The Guardian
May 01, 2022 05:05 UTC
The sheer number of persons burnt to death at the scene of the incident, as well as the number of vehicles that were razed down, were enough to clear the doubt that the Abaezi Forest artisanal refinery, in Ohaji/Egbama Local Council of Imo State, was a nondescript enterprise. No, it was not. How security agencies, including the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) feigned ignorance or looked the other way, while such a mind-boggling act of economic sabotage went on, needs to be a subject of a serious inquest at the behest of the Federal Government. “All we could do at that time, was to rush them to hospitals around for treatment, but many of them later died because they were rejected by the village health centre where we rushed them to on account of the severe burns,” Ikedi said. With tear-filled eyes, Mr. David Chibuike, a relative of one of the victims who were at site of the explosion in search of the remains of his elder sister, lamented that he returned home sadder after his inability to recognise her remains.
Source:The Guardian
May 01, 2022 04:41 UTC
In the new Bakassi Local Council, which was carved out of Akpabuyo Local Council, infrastructure is sparse, just as life is more grueling for the returnees as governments at different levels continue to give excuses. Right now, we have Bakassi in Nigeria and Cameroun, so clearly, there are issues that both governments should be addressing. NOT only is the well-being of the people of Bakassi being compromised, but they are also suffering economically and politically. As a matter of fact, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) still maintains the old Bakassi wards in its Atlas and Directory of Registration Areas (RAs). After the main Bakassi was ceded, the Cross River State government had, in an attempt to legalise the affected wards in Nigeria, and ensure that elections are conducted there, enacted a law, creating three Ikang wards of Bakassi, through Law Number 7, 2007 of Cross River State.
Source:The Guardian
May 01, 2022 04:19 UTC
He is besieged by a horde of APC presidential candidates who are in essence political debt collectors. For one thing, that’s a cogent explanation of the anomaly of Goodluck Jonathan’s probable APC candidacy and Buhari’s apparent nod to it. Though Buhari rewarded Amaechi by appointing him to head the revenue-rich Ministry of Transportation, that’s apparently not enough. But enough about Buhari’s political debt as a pivot in this drama. Talking of the first lady, how about Aisha Buhari’s ground-breaking hosting of APC presidential candidates for some serious talk?
Source:Punch
May 01, 2022 02:11 UTC
Sir: Not long after I boarded a taxi, the driver having sighted a road safety checkpoint ahead, tugged at his seatbelt to escape being booked. The grin on his face mocked his violent obstinacy with a seatbelt that was programmed to yield only to a gentle pull. The mechanism for effectively dealing with civil protests and agitations is programmed like the seat belt of a car. At times, authorities faced with such civil situations tend to restore ‘peace’ with coercion. Could an agitating civil rights group have been engaged without neutralizing its leadership or sponsoring a counter-protest?
Source:The Guardian
May 01, 2022 01:59 UTC
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. has completed the acquisition of a 71.69% stake in Honeywell Flour Mills Plc. Honeywell Group disposed of a 71.69% stake in HFMP to FMN at an equity price of N4.20 per share. Together, Flour Mills of Nigeria and Honeywell Flour Mills will be able to achieve rapid growth while maintaining high-quality products serving the evolving needs of our consumers. As we entrust Flour Mills of Nigeria with building on Honeywell Flour Mills’ strong legacy, we will work closely with them to ensure seamless integration, setting the combined company up for a successful future.”
Source:The Guardian
April 30, 2022 22:32 UTC
In its determination to boost tertiary healthcare provision and encourage health education, the Bauchi state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium, HP Capital for the establishment of a State University Teaching Hospital worth about 1billion US dollars. Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed, made the disclosure while speaking at the official signing of the MoU held at the Government House, Bauchi saying that his administration is resolute in bringing quality and qualitative healthcare services delivery to the doorsteps of the citizens. The Governor also said that his administration is opening up Bauchi State to the global world to make sure that it has provided opportunities not only for the Bauchi people but everywhere. Bala Mohammed while assuring the investors of his government’s readiness to protect their investment, said that, his administration will not take HP Capital for granted. Speaking earlier, the Managing Director of HP Capital limited, Mr. Vandishwar Kausal said that the project is meant to address the existing shortfall in the healthcare system across the world.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 30, 2022 20:12 UTC
The Abia State Government has sealed off a hotel in Aba, the state capital, Merry-home Hotels Limited, located around 7up axis of Ogbor Hill following a series of allegations of criminal activities taking place on the hotel premises. Briefing newsmen in Aba after the exercise, the state Commissioner for Information, Dr Eze Chikamnayo, said the seal off was in view of “repeated reports to security agencies about a series of deaths under questionable circumstances within the premises of the hotel”. The Commissioner revealed that reports available to the state government disclosed that there have been other incidents of death that have taken place in the hotel, especially around the swimming pool. The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Okey Ahiwe, the Commissioner for Homeland Security, Sopuruchi Bekee, and other security chiefs were part of the exercise. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
Source:Punch
April 30, 2022 20:11 UTC
These days, with new banks such as Kuda, Nomba, Prospa, and Brass, the quest for frictionless financial transactions has broken new dimensions. Customer shares positive reviews of the bank’s services online and by word of mouth. Fifty-three percent of them trust the financial services industry. So, by bringing the halo of tech to financial services, fintech companies win more converts to their services. As great as these services are, digital banks still largely depend on internet connections and a tech-savvy customer base.
Source:The Guardian
April 30, 2022 14:45 UTC
So, back pain, neck pain and spondylosis, what is the link? Howbeit, other things can cause neck pain. Neck pain can arise from tension headaches. Some people have had injuries or other conditions such as inflammation in the throat that causes pain in the neck. So, spondylosis causes back pain but there are several other causes of back pain.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 30, 2022 10:50 UTC