Health

By Peter Okolie Owerri, Sept. 22, 2021 Imo Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bartholomew Okorochukwu, on Wednesday dismissed rumours that 37 persons died of COVID-19 in Mbitolu Local Government Area of the state. Okorochukwu told a news conference in Owerri that the rumour was unfounded. He said that an investigation by …

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has confirmed Governor Babajide of Lagos State and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, as chairman and keynote speaker, respectively at its fifth annual conference. A statement signed by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, said Mr. Mustapha will speak …

By Ijendu Iheaka  Aba (Abia), Sept. 21, 2021 Residents of Aba in Abia have cried out to Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) over its alleged refusal to evacuate the mounting refuse in the city, with the fear of epidemic. Some of the residents who spoke to NAN in separate …

MIDDLE BELT FORUM Press Statement The death of the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja, this morning came to us as a great shock. As someone who relentlessly participated in the activities of the Middle Belt Forum …

By Fortune Abang Abuja, Sept. 18, 2021 A U.S.-based non-profit medical outfit, Open Hands Amazing Charitable, has pledged to carry out medical outreach programmes in Nigeria to bolster healthcare delivery in the country. The Founder of the organisation, Dr. Magdalene Nwaka, in a statement on Saturday, said that necessary measures …

By Peter Uwumarogie Gombe, Sept 18, 2021 Seven employees of Kwami and Billiri Local Government Primary Healthcare Departments in Gombe State are currently in police net for diverting 5,450 Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) meant for free distribution in their communities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state …

By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, Sept. 18, 2021 Sancare Biomedical Ltd, a Chinese Medical and Laboratory Equipment manufacturer, has berthed in Yenagoa in response to the Bayelsa government’s investment drive. The Manager of the company Mr. Elijah Ehika, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, on the side …

Nestlé volunteers  and participants clean up The Arena Market, Oshodi, Lagos State, Nigeria  to mark the World Clean-up Day 2021 on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 (NAN) By Abiodun Azi Lagos, Sept. 16, 2021 No fewer than 200 Nestlé volunteers cleaned up seven markets across Nigeria to mark the World Clean-up …

Early this month the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, revived a controversy he had spurred in April 2009, to wit: that there are not just adequacy in the number of doctors in Nigeria but that there is a surplus of them. For illustration, in 2019, he asserted that just …

By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Sept. 14, 2021 The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa says the use of credible data is essential in the fight against drug abuse. Marwa said this at the inauguration of the “West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) …

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, Sept. 13, 2021 Prof. Maurice Iwu, Nigerian Professor of Pharmacognosy, has said that Nigeria should not be compared with other African countries, on Traditional Medicine, rather Nigeria should be compared with countries like Indian and China. Iwu said this on Monday in Abuja, while delivering his …

  Bags of Cannabis seized in Edo By Moses Omorogieva Lagos, Sept. 12, 2021 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted more than 24,311 kilogrammes of different hard drugs at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MIIA), Ikeja and the Tin-Can Seaport, Apapa, Lagos. Mr Femi Babafemi, Director, Media …

Respite has come for air travelers to Nigeria who are having difficulty filling their Health and travel history into the Nigeria International Travel Portal (NITP). A memo by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to All Airlines Operating International Flights into and Out of Nigeria said that they are now …

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja called on health workers to return to their duty posts, urging others contemplating strikes to opt for settlement of issues by negotiation, no matter how long it takes. “The lives of citizens that could be lost or damaged when doctors withdraw services, are precious …

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, has congratulated the newly appointed Director-General of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, a 1997 medical graduate of the institution. Dr. Adetifa will lead the Federal Government agency that has been at the centre of …

Washington, Sept. 9, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden plans to require all federal employees and government contractors to get vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. In July, Biden said federal workers had to get vaccinated or face regular COVID-19 testing and such other …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, Sept. 9, 2021 The Sokoto State House of Assembly has passed a Bill for a law to establish the state Malaria Elimination Agency (SOSEA) for Chemo Prevention treatment, prevention and elimination of malaria. The development followed a motion moved by Alhaji Bello Ambarura, the All Progressives …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, on Tuesday made a donation of N100 million to Shanahan Specialist Hospital, Nsukka, Enugu State, for their School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Technology, over the next three years. He appreciated the Governor …

..Flags off distribution of 2.3m treated nets William Attah, Gombe Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has declared that the State Government will continue to work through relevant agencies in the State to ensure malaria burden is reduced and eventually eliminated. He made the declaration at the flag-off of distribution …

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said the Federal Government will continue drawing from the expertise, partnership and consistency learnt from the eradication of Polio in the country to strengthen the health sector. President Buhari, who received Rotary International President, Mr. Shekhar Mehta and some officials, at the State House, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee to commence the development and implementation of a Health Sector Reform programme for Nigeria in collaboration with the State Governments and the FCT administration. This is sequel to a Health Sector Diagnostic Review Report developed by …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Sept. 3, 2021 A crippling earthquake followed by plummeting rains have put some 540,000 children in southwest Haiti at risk of life-threatening waterborne diseases, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. “The lives of thousands of earthquake-affected children and families are now at risk, just …

Hajia Munirat Marwa By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Sept. 4, 2021 The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), is in support of having pre-marital drug test. According to him, it is a key factor to having a stable home. Marwa made his view known on Saturday …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, Sept.1, 2021 USAID has trained at least 65 members of Sifawa Community in Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State on how to prepare nutritious meals using locally-available food. The training, conducted in collaboration with an NGO, Breakthrough Action Nigeria, aims at saving pregnant women and …

By Chioma Ugboma Lagos, Sept. 1, 2021 A political economist and presidential aspirant, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, says Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu’s appointment by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is well deserved. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ihekweazu, the  Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),  has …