FG To Begin Health Insurance Deductions From Workers’ Salaries
The Federal Government says deductions made from the October 2025 salaries of civil servants were due to the commencement of statutory contributions to the National Health Insurance Scheme. In a circular seen by The PUNCH in Abuja, the government explained that the mandatory NHIS deductions began in October, leading to the reduction noticed across Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The circular was...
Don’t Go Near Those Who Have Been Vaccinated, They’ve Become Homosexuals — Iran Cleric
Iran’s regime has executed 4,000 to 6,000 gays and lesbians since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, according to a 2008 British WikiLeaks cable. An Iranian regime cleric in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday issued a homophobic rant against people vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that they become gay after receiving the vaccine. Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian wrote on his Telegram social-media...
FG Places Travel Ban On 100 Nigerians
The Federal Government has placed a travel restriction on 100 Nigerians from international trips for flouting COVID-19 guidelines. This was announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 via its Twitter handle on Tuesday. The PTF also released the passport details of the defaulters, adding that they have been restricted from travelling for six months. READ ALSO: After Authentication Of Hon. Ossy...
Five Persons Get Infected, Die In Sokoto While Conveying Body Of Cholera Victim
Five persons have died while conveying their brother who died of cholera in Lagos state to Sokoto. The deceased were seasonal migrants to Lagos state where they worked as scavengers. Daily Trust learnt that, they were living at Ojota, an area said to be worst hit by cholera in Lagos state. It was learnt that, one of them got infected and died...
We’re Ready To Employ You In Our Military Hospitals, Lagbaja Tells Doctors Returning From Overseas
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has assured Nigerian Doctors abroad willing to return to the country that the Nigerian Army is ready to absorb them into its military hospitals. Lagbaja gave this assurance while receiving Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and top management team of the Commission at Army Headquarters, Abuja. According to...
FCT Doctors Launch Three-Day Strike Over Unpaid Salaries, Unmet Demands
On Wednesday, the Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory Administration launched a three-day warning strike in protest of unpaid salaries, allowances, and other unmet demands. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, the President of ARD FCTA, Dr George Ebong, said the strike followed the expiration of the three-week ultimatum issued last year. Recall that the association issued...
NAFDAC Warns Lagos, Onitsha, Aba Medicine Vendors Over Fake Drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned medicine vendors operating in open drug markets nationwide to prepare for immediate relocation to the Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC) in their respective cities once it becomes operational. The agency said the move became important because the open drug market is a major source of substandard and falsified (SF)...
NAFDAC Dismisses Social Media Video, Says, Says Semovita Contains Contains No Plastic Materials
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Monday dismissed a social media video that claimed semovita contains plastic materials. In press statement, the Agency said a scientific analysis of the semovita content revealed that it does not contain plastic materials. According to the statement signed by the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Christinah Adeyeye, the attention...
Abia Gov’t Discharges One COVID-19 Patient, Awaits Results Of 44 Others
The Abia state government has announced the discharge of one of the two confirmed patients of COVID-19 in the state as at about 4:35pm on Monday. The discharge from the isolation centre according to the State Government came after the patient tested negative to the disease two consecutive times, adding that the other is in a stable medical condition. In a...
Nigeria Confirms 15 Cases Of Monkeypox
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 59 suspected cases of monkeypox with 15 confirmed, its director-general, Dr. Chikwe, said yesterday in Abuja. Ihekweazu was reacting to the Dallas, Texas resident who recently returned from Nigeria and tested positive to the disease. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that it was the first confirmed case of the virus in...
