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President Bola Tinubu has been appointed as the African Union (AU) Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership against the backdrop of his ambitious, innovative, and people-focused efforts in the sector.   In recognition of President Tinubu’s commitment to train 120,000 frontline health workers nationwide within 16 months and to double the number of primary health facilities in communities across all local government areas of the federation from 8,800 to over 17,000 over the next three years; his doubling of health personnel enrollment capacity of accredited nursing and midwifery institutions to accommodate the new demand created by new facilities across Nigeria, and his resolve to establish a paid volunteer youth force of social accountability officers to monitor the functioning and financial integrity of primary health centres, the African Union has identified the Nigerian leader as the right champion for this noble and actionable continental...

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has allegedly rejected a sick newborn baby over the mother’s refusal to remove her veil. It was gathered that the 4-day-old baby brought in around 11:30 pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, was refused treatment at the emergency children’s ward of the hospital. The baby’s father, Sobur Opeyemi Rafiu, who gave the details of the ordeal on his Facebook handle, said he was made to pay some bills before those attending to them informed his wife that she could not be allowed access to the ward with her veil. He said; “I don’t really know how to put this but I can’t let it go. They just rejected my 4 days old baby this night around 11:30pm at the emergency children ward of University College Hospital, Ibadan-UCH just because his mother and our neighbour who followed us there put on a veil. “The most painful part is that they didn’t tell us initially until after I paid some bills at universal laboratory which is ₦15,800 and I was told to come and fi...

The 538th Inaugural lecture of the Nigeria’s premier university, University of Ibadan (UI) under the auspice of College of Medicine, UI, Ibadan, comes up on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at the institution’s Trenchard Hall. Hosted by the University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Kayode Oyebode Adebowale, under the care of the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Science, UI, the Inaugural lecture will be delivered by Professor Akeem O. Lasisi, a distinguished Professor of Medicine, and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Illa-Oragun, in Osun State, Nigeria. Prof Lasisi’s lecture will focus on the theme: “GENES, JINNS, JINX AND PETER’S TRIAL: UNTANGLING THE DEAFENING KNOT,” and will attract hosts of medical communities and the general public far and near. According to a press release from the office of the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, the UI inaugural lecture in its 538th series will untangle some mind boggling issues in the medical world with special focus on ‘Peter’s...

  One of the unfortunately common practice one notice in masājid where Tarawīh or regular daily salawāt are lengthened is to see some individuals seated at the ablution centre waiting for the Imām to make rukū' so that they could quickly join. Some will actually wait for the second raka'ah so that they wouldn't experience the long standing in the second raka'ah. As bad as this is, except that it is not a new thing, the prophet expressly warned against lengthening the salah till things like this happens. A man came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! By Allah, I fail to attend the morning congregational prayer because so-and-so (i.e., Mu`adh bin Jabal) prolongs the prayer when he leads us for it." I had never seen the Prophet (ﷺ) more furious in giving advice than he was on that day. He then said, "O people! some of you make others dislike (good deeds, i.e. prayers etc). So whoever among you leads the people in prayer, he s...

As there appears to be no solution in sight for the religious crisis in the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the religious crisis which has engulfed the institution in order to save it from total collapse.     In a statement made available to newsmen on Friday, 22 nd  September, 2023, the Executive Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, accused the vice chancellor of possessing an incurable persecution complex, lack of the spirit of compromise, desertification of crisis management skill and a fixated determination to deny the Muslim girl-child of her right to education.   Full details of the press release :   “The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has been engulfed in religious crisis for several months without any solution in sight. Wh...

A consultant surgeon at University College Hospital UCH Ibadan, Dr Adefemi Afolabi has admonished patients to be truthful about their medical records such as age and other information to guard against preventable incidence in the hospital. Dr Afolabi stated this on the occasion marking this year’s World Patient Safety Day organized by UCH at Ogunlesi Multipurpose Hall, UCH Ibadan. The consultant surgeon who noted that patients’ safety in the hospital starts from when patients get to the security post of the facility where they are given proper direction on which ward to go, stressed that adequate knowledge to the facility would assist the patients in accessing proper treatment. He called on nurses to be professional and bond with patients so as to get their maximum support for all safety. Speaking in the same vein, Coordinator School of Occupation in Nursing UCH, Dr Pauline Gkobodian, emphasised the need for nurses to undergo training and retraining for them to be equippe...

Following controversies surrounding the selection of the next Alaafin of Oyo, an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has advised the governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, to follow due process. According to the organization, due process involves announcing Lukman Gbadegesin, the candidate picked by the Oyomesi, as indicated in a document signed by the seven Oyomesi authorities.     This was revealed in a press statement issued on Wednesday, 20 th  September, 2023 by the executive Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola.   The statement reads :   “There has been prolonged controversy over the right candidate to become the next Alaafin of Oyo since the demise of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi on 22 nd April, 2022 at the age of 83.     “The authentic kingmakers of Oyo who are known as Oyomesi have kicked against the nomination of Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu who is 85 years old for lack of due process. A document published in various ...