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A new push to bring free medical care closer to communities got momentum on August 13, 2026, as the leadership of PBAT Medic Plus Outreach met with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Isolo, Lagos. Led by Lead Coordinator Prince Matthew James Avabee, the delegation engaged NAFDAC Director-General Prof. Mojisola Christiana Adeyeye on a strategic partnership to deliver consultations, screenings, medications, and health insurance to underserved Nigerians under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda. The meeting brought together the PBAT Medic Plus team, South-West Zonal Liaison Officer Hon. Dominic Odigo Shanu, and other zonal committee members with senior NAFDAC directors.  The core of the discussion was how both institutions can work together to scale community-based medical interventions and strengthen regulatory support for outreach activities. Prince Avabee opened with commendation for Prof. Adeyeye's leadership in safeguarding Niger...

A new push to bring free medical care closer to communities got momentum on August 13, 2026, as the leadership of PBAT Medic Plus Outreach met with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Isolo, Lagos. Led by Lead Coordinator Prince Matthew James Avabee, the delegation engaged NAFDAC Director-General Prof. Mojisola Christiana Adeyeye on a strategic partnership to deliver consultations, screenings, medications, and health insurance to underserved Nigerians under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda. The meeting brought together the PBAT Medic Plus team, South-West Zonal Liaison Officer Hon. Dominic Odigo Shanu, and other zonal committee members with senior NAFDAC directors.  The core of the discussion was how both institutions can work together to scale community-based medical interventions and strengthen regulatory support for outreach activities. Prince Avabee opened with commendation for Prof. Adeyeye's leadership in safegu...

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has empowered over 200 young Kogites with business grants, describing the intervention as a strategic investment in the entrepreneurial capacity of the youth and a catalyst for job creation and economic growth across the state. Governor Ododo made the declaration on Wednesday at the Kogi Youth Entrepreneurship and Business Grant Programme, held in Lokoja as part of activities marking the 2026 International Youth Day celebration, where grant cheques were presented to beneficiaries drawn from across the state. The Governor said his administration was deliberately shifting the focus of youth development from dependency on government employment to enterprise, innovation and value creation, stressing that government could not employ every citizen but could create the environment and provide the support required for young people to build sustainable livelihoods. According to him, the grant programme is not charity but an investment by the Govern...

I warmly congratulate my leader and brother, Hon. Yakubu Siyaka Adabenege, Kogi State Auditor-General for Local Government, on his emergence as Chairman of the Conference of Auditors-General of Local Government in Nigeria at the 30th Conference of the body held in Lokoja, Kogi State. This is more than a personal achievement. It is a significant feat for Kogi State and, particularly, for Okehi Local Government, which can once again take pride in producing a son whose competence, dedication and leadership qualities have earned national recognition. Your emergence as Chairman of the Conference reflects the confidence your colleagues across the country have reposed in you and demonstrates the quality of leadership you have continued to provide in public service. I am equally proud that this historic achievement came at a time when you successfully hosted the 30th Conference of the body in our dear Kogi State. The successful completion of the conference and your subsequent emergence as its ...

I warmly congratulate my leader and brother, Hon. Yakubu Siyaka Adabenege, Kogi State Auditor-General for Local Government, on his emergence as Chairman of the Conference of Auditors-General of Local Government in Nigeria at the 30th Conference of the body held in Lokoja, Kogi State. This is more than a personal achievement. It is a significant feat for Kogi State and, particularly, for Okehi Local Government, which can once again take pride in producing a son whose competence, dedication and leadership qualities have earned national recognition. Your emergence as Chairman of the Conference reflects the confidence your colleagues across the country have reposed in you and demonstrates the quality of leadership you have continued to provide in public service. I am equally proud that this historic achievement came at a time when you successfully hosted the 30th Conference of the body in our dear Kogi State. The successful completion of the conference and your subsequent emerg...

History was made at the College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, with the emergence of Prof. Ejiroghene Martha Umuerri as Provost, shattering a longstanding glass ceiling as the first woman to occupy that office. For the Delsu Medical School Alumni Association (DUMSAA), the news was received with immense joy, boundless pride, and a deep sense of shared triumph. DUMSAA, under the dynamic leadership of its President, Dr. Kennedy Oberhiri Obohwemu, has extended its heartiest felicitations to Prof. Umuerri on this landmark achievement, describing her emergence as both a personal victory and a historic moment for women in academic leadership in Delta State and across Nigeria. Prof. Umuerri is no stranger to DUMSAA. The association counts her among its most distinguished Honorary Members, and her election to the provostship now confers on her the additional honour of statutory Patron of DUMSAA, a role the association believes she will grace with the same distinction that h...