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 By Ijeoma Umeh May 19, 2021 members of the Media Advocacy Group, at the instance of The Challenge Initiative, TCI, embarked on a road trip to two public owned healthcare facilities in Benin City to ascertain the progress of uptake of family and life planning services in the Primary Healthcare Centres, PHC, visited.  At the Obstetrics and Gynaecology unit of the Central Hospital, Benin City,  Mrs Sede Bamidele, Director of Nursing Services, received the media group, and fielded questions on Sexual and Reproductive Health, SRH services.  On the uptake of services, she stated that at no other time than at this moment of economic instability are members of the public more interested in planning their families while the zeal by youths and adolescents to plan their sexual lives are equally being heightened.  "People are now using all the services more than ever before. All the methods, hormonal, mechanical and surgical are being used.  Oral pills, IUDs, injectab...

 The Federal Government has declared Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th May 2021 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Eid-il-Fitr celebration.  Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore announced this in a statement Monday in Abuja. He said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola while making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government congratulated the Muslim faithful and called on Nigerians to use the period to pray for peace, stability and economic transformation in the land. “Aregbesola who believes that development cannot thrive in a rancorous atmosphere urged all Nigerians to be law-abiding and embrace the spirit of love, self-discipline, kindness, and tolerance, as taught by the Holy Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him)”, the statement noted.  The minister also called on all security agencies in the country to be more courageous and patriotic to surmount the ongoing battle against resurging insecurity and activities of cri...