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Faridat Ogundairo A pregnant woman has tragically lost her life as a result of disrupted healthcare services during a five-day strike led by resident doctors at the state government-owned Dalhatu Specialist Hospital in Lafia. The deceased woman had been scheduled for a cesarean section at the hospital, but unfortunately passed away while waiting for medical attention from doctors. The resident doctors initiated the strike as a warning measure, aiming to compel the state government to address critical issues pertaining to the welfare of healthcare professionals. This strike followed a 21-day ultimatum issued by the Nigerian Medical Association to the state…

Adejoke Adebiyi President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have completed their defence in the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The counsel for Tinubu and Shettima, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, informed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that they were closing their case following the testimony of their sole witness. The counsel for the APC, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, also informed the court that they did not have any witness and relied on the witnesses called by other respondents. After the conclusion of their defence, Justice Haruna Tsammani,…

By Onomiguren Agbamu Worries by the increase and to fight against Sickle Cell Anemia, Delta state government has made it compulsory for every new born babies in the state to through screening within 48-72 hours after their birth This was disclosed in Asaba by Dr. Uche Okwe, sickle cell focal person, during her lecture at a one-day seminar organized by the Delta State Ministry of Health for media practitioners titled ‘Sickle Cell Control And The Role Of The Media’. She noted that the mandatory screening for babies became necessary for early detection and to help solve a lot of associated…

Fawaz Adebisi The World Health Organization,  along with UNICEF and the Vaccine Alliance, has announced plans to deliver approximately 18 million doses of the initial malaria vaccine to 12 African countries by 2025. During a briefing, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, highlighted the severity of malaria in Africa, stating that it remains one of the continent’s most fatal diseases, causing the deaths of nearly half a million children under the age of five each year. According to WHO, Africa accounted for 96 percent of the global malaria-related deaths in 2021, emphasizing the significant burden of the disease on the…

Faridat Ogundairo The Rivers State Election Petition  Tribunal has been relocated to Abuja to ensure a secure and unbiased environment for the resolution of the March 18, 2023 Governorship Election dispute. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress,Tonye Cole  and the Beatrice Itubo, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party are challenging the victory of the People’s Democratic Party. However, the tribunal on Wednesday reconvened in Abuja to begin hearing the  candidates that  are contesting the victory of Siminalayi Fubara, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Cole had previously obtained ex parte orders from the court, alleging that the…

Israel Adeleke The Ekiti State government has issued a ban on a planned three-day kissing marathon aimed at setting a Guinness World Record. A group known as Sugartee had advertised the event on social media and around the state, scheduling the event to take place on July 7th at a popular amusement park in the state capital. The state government in a letter, from the Ministry of Arts and Culture addressed to the Ekiti State Hoteliers Association, announcing the prohibition of the scheduled competition. The letter, signed by the Director of Tourism, Adebanji Adelusi, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary…

The Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Mr Elvert Ayambem, has asked security operatives to go after organisers of a drag gay party recently held at hotel in the Ekorinim area of Calabar, the state capital. The gay drag party which was held on 30 June has continued to generate controversies in the state, with many condemning it. While adding his voice to the condemnation on Tuesday, Ayambem in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Matthew Okache, in Calabar called on the relevant agencies to bring the organisers and collaborators to book. He said this will…

Enugu State government has threatened to shutdown indefinitely any school, market or shop that complies with the one week sit-at-home order declared by a faceless non-state actors in the state. The government further threatened to revoke with immediate effect license of any school that refused to function normally following alleged directives by proprietors of private schools in the state to their pupils and students not to come to school from Monday because of the illegal sit-at-home order. the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia in a public service announcement said this . Onyia reiterated its ban on any…

The Federal Government would from September introduce human papilloma virus vaccine to prevent the spread of papilloma virus, often responsible for cervical cancer. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the government plans to do this in collaboration with other development partners in the health sector. Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the quarterly review meeting of the South West traditional leaders committee on Primary Health Care delivery organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Shuaib said the vaccine would prevent the spread of cancer, especially among…

An Ekiti State Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ado Ekiti District, on Tuesday, remanded of a 23-year-old woman, Adejoke Adegbite and her alleged lover, Olasunkanmi Olowoyeye over accusations of killing Adegbite’s husband, Matthew Akinsulie, in the state. Magistrate Dolapo Kay-Williams ordered the two defendants to be remanded to the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ado Ekiti, pending issuance of legal advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions, adjourned the matter till August 7, 2023, for mention. The charge against the defendants read, “That Olowoyeye and Adegbite on June 26, 2023, at Ogotun Ekiti, reasonably suspected to have committed an offence of conspiracy to murder…