A public health expert, Dr. Kenechukwu Igwegbe has alerted that the rate at which kidney failure is occurring among young people is now alarming. He noted that urgent measures are needed to curb the incidence. Speaking in an interview, the physician who works with University College Hospital, Ibadan, said it is quite worrisome that young people are coming down with kidney failure. Igwegbe said he is concerned that kidney failure is causing deaths among young people. He blames the careless lifestyle of the youth for the increase in kidney failure cases, noting that addiction to alcoholic drinks is a major.…
Author: Temitope N.
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has pledged to support the Rotary Club of Lagos intervention projects with the sum of five million naira. The Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, made the pledge at the induction of the 61st President of the club, Rotarian Babawale Agbeyangi, on Friday night in Lagos. Adeduntan, the chairman of the occasion, said the bank was committed to the development of the education sector. “I am pleased to inform you that FirstBank will be supporting your intervention projects in upscaling basic education and literacy by supporting the provision of school libraries with…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has begun the issuance of new certificates of ship registration. The agency is at the same time phasing out old permits. Dr Bashir Jamoh, the Director-General of NIMASA, disclosed on Sunday in Lagos in a statement signed by NIMASA’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Edward Osagie. Jamoh said that the development was aimed at strengthening security and preventing the entry of unseaworthy and sub-standard ships. “We are restructuring the Nigerian Ship Registration Office to serve us more efficiently and effectively. “We are determined to grow our national fleet and tonnage to an…
Social media giant, Facebook, has hit a $1 trillion valuation, following a dismissal of two antitrust lawsuits against the company. Facebook’s stock closed higher on Monday at $355.64 per share which contributed to the trillion-dollar valuation, Business Insider reported. The rise came after a United States court dismissed complaints by the Federal Trade Commission and a group of state attorneys generals against the social networking company. The FTC has claimed that Facebook is exercising monopoly as the social media giant controls over 60% of the social-networking market. In the ruling of the case, US District Judge James Boasberg in Washington…
A sexual and reproductive health expert, Dr. YemiAdeyemi has said that using sex toys could reduce stress and give relief from menstrual cramps. According to Adeyemi, sex toys can also help boost moods and release sexual tension. Speaking in an interview, the sexual reproductive health expert, however, warned that sex toys should not be shared because they could be a rich source of sexually transmitted infections. According to Health Shots – an online health information medium – sex toys can help reduce chances of STDs to almost zero, as there is no human intervention in its use and thus prevents…
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company has warned that meter deployment and installation by its field officials remain free and not for sale. A statement signed by KEDCO Head of Communications, Ibrahim Shawai, on Monday, in Kano, said the clarification had become necessary in view of the recent claims by some online platforms that customers in Kano franchise were made to pay ‘indirectly’ for meters. “This is totally out of place as we have never collected money for meter or installations. “It is as a result of our support for the Federal Government Mass Metering programme where thousands of meters have…
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and former Presidential Candidate, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has joined the advocacy for economic diversification, which he described as a matter of existential importance given the current realities in the Nigerian economy. In a paper titled: ‘Economic Diversification and the Wealth of Nations: Lessons and the Path Forward for Nigeria’, delivered at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economics Students Association (NESA) the University of Port Harcourt, on Thursday, Moghalu, pointed out that Nigeria had very little hope of escaping a poverty trap given the realities of a population of over…
Nigeria ranked 47th out of 182 countries on the Global Cybersecurity Index for 2020 and occupied the fourth position in Africa. The GCI is an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations specialised agency for Information and Communications Technology. It was first launched in 2015 by the ITU to measure the commitment of 193 ITU member states and the State of Palestine to cybersecurity. It was to serve as means to help the member states identify areas of improvement and encourage countries to take action, through raising awareness on the state of cybersecurity worldwide. The evolution of cybersecurity…
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has presented the concept note for Nigeria’s first aviation and aerospace university, as a provisional approval has been granted for the commencement of the institution. Also, the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rashee, who received the concept note from Sirika in Abuja, announced that the university would be in place by the end of this month. Rasheed was quoted in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Director, Public Affairs, Federal Ministry of Aviation, James Oduadu, as saying, “I can assure you that by the end of the month (July),…
The African Development Bank has stated that the risk of debt defaults is increasing among African countries. This statement was contained in the Strategy for Economic Governance in Africa, which was launched on Friday by AFDB. The economic strategic document stated that countries have developed debt vulnerabilities due to decline in economic output, which was triggered by certain policies and measures to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that public debts had exceeded 50 per cent of GDP. It stated, “Declining economic output as a result of containment measures against COVID-19 and policy measures to stimulate the economies have heightened debt…