Health

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, July 11, 2022 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says professors and academics must take a keen interest in issues of education and healthcare, exploring options for reform and innovation in those Human Capital Development sectors. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said …

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto, July 10, 2022 As water scarcity bites harder, Sokoto residents now chase after moving water tankers to get supplies. The Sokoto State Water Board has not been able to pump water through the pipeline network since contractors stopped supplying expensive diesel to pump water. The News …

Med-Direct Africa, a 21st Century retail pharmacy in Nigeria has positioned itself to redefine the health delivery landscape in Nigeria via the launch of its e-Pharmacy services as it commits to reducing the prices of quality drugs in Nigeria, while delivering with speed to the last mile nationwide. With the …

Nigeria’s Super Falcons will miss the services of Asisat Oshoala who is ruled out of the WAFCON tournament with a grade 2 MCL strain. Oshoala sustained the injury in the 82nd minute of Nigeria’s 1-2 loss to South Africa on Monday July 4, 2022 in the opening Group C clash …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, July 6, 2022 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted an application filed by Sen. Rochas Okorocha, seeking an order granting him leave to travel to the U.S. for medical treatment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, while granting the order after Okorocha’s counsel, Ola Olanipekun, SAN, moved …

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday commissioned a 2.17 kilometre road with drainage, and a 30-bed primary health centre, both at Wulari community in Maiduguri. The new road opens up access to Wulari and connects it with Maiduguri’s city centre. The long road begins from around the …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 1, 2022 The UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Muhammed, has tested negative for COVID-19 after testing positive for the virus some days ago. UN Spokesperson, Mr. Stéphane Dujarric, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday at the UN headquarters in New York. Mohammed …

… Governor orders two buses for Doctors’ quarters Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday in Maiduguri, handed over 81 units of three-bedroom apartments along with cheques worth a total of N79m to 81 resident medical doctors. Each of the doctors was given a tastefully built flat at …

By Chimezie Anaso Awka, June 29, 2022 The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Anambra branch, has expressed concern over the rising cases of kidnap, especially of its members in the state. The body, in a statement made available to journalists in Awka on Wednesday, called on Gov. Chukwuma Soludo and security …

By Abiemwense Moru Abuja, June 29, 2022 Dr Eleanor Nwadinobi, the President of the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA), has been reappointed for a second tenure of three years. Information about the reappointment is contained in a statement she issued on Wednesday in Abuja. She stated that the reappointment was …

By Olaide Ayinde Bauchi, June 27, 2022 The Bauchi State Police Command says it has arrested three suspects for allegedly plucking out a teenager’s eyeballs. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the command’s Spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakili, and made available to newsmen in Bauchi. The News …

Umuahia, June 25, 2022 Doctors in Abia State have lamented the seeming nonchalant attitude of the federal and state governments as well as the security agencies towards the rescue of a kidnapped 74-year-old medical Doctor, Professor Uwadinachi Iweha. Professor Iweha was, until his abduction on Sunday, June 5, 2022, in front …

Danger is looming in Kano State over inadequate dialysis machines to handle the treatment of patients with kidney failure. A recent PRNigeria investigation, while confirming that Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is on the rise in Kano, also revealed that over 200 kidney patients in the State depend on only 12 …

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Former Governor Peter Obi, has identified, among other factors, bad governance, Nigeria’s economic woes, frustration and hopelessness as some of the factors fuelling drug abuse among the youths in the country. Obi made the remarks in a Message to mark the International Day …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 24, 2022 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria is one of the countries that have reported cases of monkeypox. It says more than 3,200 cases have been confirmed in 48 countries and in five of its regions globally. “In Nigeria, the proportion of …

From: Ruth Yarnap, Bauchi The Bauchi State Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Integrated Health Program (IHP), Dr Siaka Alhassan, has supported members of Journalists for Public Health and Development Initiative (J4PD) to develop organisational policies, work plans, among others, in its bid to implement …

The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship, Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor, has advised Nigerians, irrespective of state of origin or religion to look inwards and consider the future of the country before casting their votes for the new President of Nigeria. He said that from his knowledge of Mr. Peter …

By Muhammad Nasir Healthcare Sokoto, June 15, 2022 Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad, the Sokoto State Head of Service (HoS), on Wednesday lauded Nurses and Midwives for their contributions to the delivery of healthcare services across the globe. Muhammad made the recommendation at the occasion of 2022 International Nurses Midwives Week celebration …

By Blessing Odega Jos, June 16, 2022 The Plateau government has said that the state has recorded two positive cases of monkey pox in Shendam and Bassa Local Government areas. Plateau’s commissioner for Health, Dr Nimkong Lar, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on …

    The  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) describes the COVID-19 pandemic as a defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge faced since World War II. The UN agency argues that since COVID-19’s emergence in Asia in 2019, the virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica. It …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 14, 2022 World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working with partners on renaming Monkeypox and its variants, and also to put in place a mechanism to help share available vaccines, more equitably, as the need arises. WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto In continuation of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the BUA Cement Company, Sokoto plant has donated a 10,000 litres capacity solar powered borehole to Dagelawa village of Wajeke district in Wamakko local government area of Sokoto State. BUA also donated medical consumables worth 10 million naira …

By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Umuahia, June 14, 2022 Medical Doctors in Abia, under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, began an indefinite strike to protest the abduction of their colleague, Prof. Uwadinachi Iweha. The body announced its decision to withdraw its services at a rally and prayer …

By Folasade Akpan Abuja, June 13, 2022 The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called on Abia State Government and security agencies to redouble their efforts in securing the release of Dr Uwadinachi Iweha. A statement on Monday by the association’s President, Dr Uche Ojinmah in Abuja, condemned the kidnap of …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto June 4, 2022 Sokoto State Government, supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has inaugurated the distribution of ‘Dignity and Mama kits’ to 100 pregnant women in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Goronyo and Rabah Local Government Areas. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …