Insecurity: Over 8 years of education collapse in Benue
Jan 5, 2024 · The heightened insecurity in Benue state has put immense pressure on education, resulting in the closure of numerous schools due to attacks. Consequently, this situation has led to a significant increase in the number of out-of-school children, especially in LGAs like Guma, where militant herdsmen and bandits have laid siege.
2024: Tackling Nigeria’s new, recurrent epidemics
Jan 6, 2024 · In its December 18, 2023 report, the Centre noted that Nigeria might have recorded the highest number of Lassa fever cases, with 8,542 suspected cases, 1,170 confirmed cases, and 200 deaths across 28 states.. Meanwhile, as of December 24, the number of suspected Lassa fever cases stood at 8978, out of which 1227 cases were confirmed, and 216 deaths were reported across 28 states.
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Key issues in Nigeria's new National Health Insurance Authority Act
Jun 20, 2022 · ON May 19, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill (2022) into law. The ICIR’s Marcus Fatunmole x-rays the law vis a vis the current state of health insurance coverage in the country while highlighting what could be contentious sections of the new law, written in 10 parts and 60 sections.
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UN predicts worse global unemployment rate in 2024
Jan 14, 2024 · THE United Nations (UN) has predicted that the global unemployment rate would worsen in 2024. The UN, through its labour agency, the International Labour Organization (ILO), stated this in the World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2024 report released on Wednesday, January 10.. According to the report, at least two million more workers will search for jobs in 2024, as the global ...
Tinubu’s one year: companies that have exited Nigeria
Jun 4, 2024 · The company, a significant supplier of vaccines, cited Nigeria’s economic challenges, particularly the foreign exchange crisis, as the reason for this decision. However, Sanofi aims to increase efficiency and sustainably reach patients and the medical community through this new model, which involves partnering with a single strong distributor with extensive geographic coverage.
Twelve different online scams you should know
Feb 26, 2022 · According to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) fraud analysis, web channels account for 51 per cent of fraud attempts in 2019 and 47 per cent in 2020.. The FactCheckHub, a fact-checking arm of The ICIR, in a report, highlighted some ways of recognising phishing websites to avoid becoming a victim.. 2 – Another method is what can be termed card skimming fraud.
Four doctors to 10,000 population, Nigeria's highest in two …
Mar 17, 2022 · The WHO’s data capture countries’ ratio of available doctors to 10,000 people in each nation. Mauritius (27 doctors in 2020), Tunisia (13 in 2017), Cape Verde (eight in 2018), South Africa and Egypt (seven each in 2019), Gabon (six in 2018) have more doctors to attend to their populations than Nigeria.