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Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday unveiled two schools and a primary healthcare centre in Askira Uba. The schools are a Comprehensive Junior Secondary School in Yamirali and Government Secondary School in Rumirgo, both in Askira Uba Local Government Area. Zulum also opened a 50-bed capacity Primary Health …

Nestlé Nigeria and Lagos State Ministry of Environment have planted 60 trees across six primary schools and communities in Lagos. This is the first step in their collaboration on Ecosystem Restoration which aims to plant 50,000 trees in the state in 2021. Safeguarding the environment is a collective responsibility and …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, May 29, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government has, over the years, deployed significant resources to address challenges in education and healthcare. He said that the Federal Government was committed toward addressing human capital development and related issues in the country with the …

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By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, May 28, 2021 United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres says the world was far from achieving equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, describing it as a tragedy that must be avoided at all costs. António Guterres said this on Friday at an online Global Solutions Summit …

William Attah, Gombe An outbreak of Cholera has claimed the lives of seven persons including a two year old with six others still receiving treatment in some health facilities in Gombe. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Habu Dahiru, disclosed this to newsmen Thursday afternoon and added that 32 others …

From: Ruth Yarnap,  Bauchi An outbreak  of  Cholera  has  resulted in the death of at least 20 people in Bauchi state, the State Ministry of Health has confirmed. Disclosing this to news men at a press conference  on  Tuesday in Bauchi, the State Commissioner of Health, Dr Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro …

The  State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Akwa Ibom, Mrs Chinyere Ekwe,  has assured the 1, 268 corps members deployed to the state of safety against COVID-19’s third wave. Ekwe said this on Friday during the Swearing-in Ceremony of the 2021 Batch ‘A’ Stream II corps members …

Accra, May 22, 2021 The European Commission (EU) has named Ghana as one of its possible manufacturing hubs of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. A statement signed on Friday by Mr. Eugene Arhin, Acting Director of Communications at the Office of the President, said the announcement was made during a two-day …

William Attah, Gombe Critical stakeholders in Gombe have alerted that Gombe is sitting on a time bomb following increasing spate of malnutrition. They are therefore calling on all to join hands with Government in addressing the ugly trend. According to the latest NDHS report (2018), stunting rate of children under …

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) today signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID) to make Bonny Island, its operational base, malaria free. The MoU was signed by NLNG’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Tony Attah on behalf of NLNG and the United States Ambassador …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, May 14, 2021 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday stated that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were found to be 94 per cent effective in health care workers. CDC said in a statement that mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) were found …

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, May 11, 2021 The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, has clarified misrepresentation in the briefing of the PSC on Monday. Mustapha, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on …

Emirates has set up a humanitarian airbridge between Dubai and India to transport urgent medical and relief items, to support India in its fight to control the serious COVID-19 situation in the country. Emirates will offer cargo capacity free of charge on an “as available” basis on all of its …

Ruth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.   On Wednesday May 5, the US moved to back a Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver that was being debated at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The proposal, first put forward by South Africa and India in October 2020, seeks …

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) on Friday called on the three tiers of government to participate more and take ownership of HIV/AIDS response in the country. The Director-General of NACA, Dr Gambo Aliyu made the call at the ongoing 4-Day HIV Media Advocacy and Social Behaviour …

Harvard Law Professors Terry Fisher and Ruth Okediji propose changes to bolster global south’s ability to produce pharmaceuticals By Jeff Neal/HLS News Staff, May 4, 2021 Since vaccines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 were first approved only months ago, more than 40% of people living in the United States …

The Bayelsa chapter of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) on Monday lamented the acute shortage of nurses in the state. They noted that the dearth of nurses has grossly hampered the achievement of the SDGs goal three which is healthcare delivery to the doorsteps of the people. …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, April 29, 2021 The Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN), an NGO, on Thursday distributed Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) against COVID-19 to Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in three endemic local government areas in Sokoto State. Hajiya Hafsatu Halilu, the Sokoto State Coordinator of PPFN, said during …

Nigeria has fared fairly well with the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when compared with its counterparts in other parts of the world and against the backdrop of some worrisome predictions which pegged the country’s shabby public health care system as a potential source of concern. India, for instance, is battling a …

By  Okuanwan Offiong Lagos, April 28, 2021 Nestlé Nigeria on Wednesday commissioned an additional Water and Sanitation project at Salvation Army School 2, Edu, Agbara in Ogun. The facility is expected  to provide access to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation for no fewer than  1,000 more people including …

Abuja, April 28, 2021 Nigerian authorities should thoroughly investigate the attack on journalist Frederick Olatunde Odimayo and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On April 16, in Lokoja, the capital of the northwestern state of Kogi, five men attacked Odimayo, a freelance reporter and …

By Rachael Abujah Abuja, April 26, 2021 The, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria will receive 29.8 million doses of the single shot Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines. The NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib made this public on Monday during the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) …

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, April 23, 2021 The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Nigeria needs over a trillion naira to effectively combat malaria in the country. Ehanire noted that the country required more than N350 billion to fight the disease in 2021 alone. The Minister disclosed this on …