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Nizamiye Hospital: Money is not our priority but we are open to help people- Medical Director Says

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2025

Prof İbrahim yanmış, the Chief Medical Director of Nizamiye Hospital, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has revealed that the main priority of the hospital is not money, but to offer help to people who are in dire need. Professor Yanmis stated this during a recent national television programme,

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Democracy Day: Zulum makes cash donations to patients

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2025

… Commissions 20 road projects, begins two hospitalsMichael Olugbode in Abuja Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has commemorated the Democracy Day with an early morning visit to hospitals in Maiduguri, arriving at the State Specialist Hospital at 5:00 a.m, sympathising with patients and donating cash support. The Governor donated N50,000 cash to each patient […]

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Ban GMO Foods in Nigeria Now, Groups Tells FG

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2025

A group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, and the GMO-free Nigeria Alliance have insisted that the Federal Government should ban the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their products in Nigeria. This call was made yesterday, during a media briefing in commemoration of World Food Safety Day, […]

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Plastic waste tops agenda as Sterling One Foundation marks World Environment Day

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2025

With plastic pollution still threatening lives, coastlines, and ecosystems across Nigeria, the Sterling One Foundation is taking concrete steps to confront the crisis through community-led cleanups, strategic partnerships, and ongoing policy engagement. Earlier this year, the Foundation led a major cleanup at Elegushi Beach under its Beach Adoption Programme, a national

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Menstruation Is Not a Taboo — It’s Time the World Treated It That Way

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2025

Every single day, more than 300 million women and girls around the world aremenstruating. Yet, for something so natural and vital to human reproduction,menstruation remains cloaked in shame, silence, and stigma, particularly inmany parts of the world where girls are taught to hide, suppress, or beembarrassed by their monthly flow.This narrative needs to change. And […]

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REJOINDER: Nigeria’s Transformative Strides in Maternal Health

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2025

By: Isah Abuh Yusuf I write in response to the article published on June 3, 2024, titled “Nigeria is world’s most dangerous country to give birth, says BBC.” While the report highlights past challenges, it does not reflect the remarkable progress Nigeria has made in maternal and child health under the leadership of the Coordinating […]