Health
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Biden to require all federal workers to be vaccinated – Source
Washington, Sept. 9, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden plans to require all federal employees and government contractors to get vaccinated…
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Sokoto Assembly passes Bill to establish Malaria elimination agency
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, Sept. 9, 2021 The Sokoto State House of Assembly has passed a Bill for a law…
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Obi donates N100 million to Shanahan Specialist Hospital, Nsukka
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, on Tuesday made…
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Eliminate malaria burden… Gov. Inuwa charge Agencies
..Flags off distribution of 2.3m treated nets William Attah, Gombe Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has declared that the…
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Buhari seeks Rotary Club’s support for vaccination drive
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said the Federal Government will continue drawing from the expertise, partnership and consistency learnt…
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Buhari sets up health reform committee, names Osinbajo Chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee to commence the development and implementation…
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Haiti earthquake: Waterborne disease poses new threat to 540,000 children — UNICEF
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Sept. 3, 2021 A crippling earthquake followed by plummeting rains have put some 540,000 children…
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Marwa harps on importance of pre-marital drug test
Hajia Munirat Marwa By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Sept. 4, 2021 The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba…
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USAID trains Sokoto community on making nutritious foods
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, Sept.1, 2021 USAID has trained at least 65 members of Sifawa Community in Bodinga Local Government…
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Ihekweazu’s WHO appointment well deserved – Moghalu
By Chioma Ugboma Lagos, Sept. 1, 2021 A political economist and presidential aspirant, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, says Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu’s…
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UNFPA, stakeholders in Sokoto hail COVID-19 response project
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, Aug. 20, 2021 The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Civil Society Organisations and stakeholders in Sokoto…
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A/Ibom acquires 63, 336 doses of modena vaccines; Records 796 active cases
Dennis Udoma, Uyo Akwa Ibom COVID – 19 active cases as at Thursday August 20, 2021 has hit 796. Secretary…
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When will medical doctors stop going on strike? By Bola Bolawole (Comrade Issa Aremu (mni))
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Between doctors who habitually go on strike, with the attendant costs in lives and limbs, to…
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Malaria: Makinde flags-off distribution of five million insecticide-treated nets
…. says govt ‘ll continue to deliver affordable, qualitative healthcare for residents … ‘We’ll restore Oyo as Mecca of…
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Nostalgia as Canadian Adolescents’ development programme comes to an end in Gombe.
William Attah, Gombe Traditional rulers, Government officials and adolescents were among many other stakeholders who called for the extension of…
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SNEPCo, NNPC build paediatric ward, lab in Bauchi
The Jama’Are Local Government Area in Bauchi State, in the embattled North East of Nigeria, has taken delivery of a…
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Tinubu, with walking stick, visits Buhari in London; President’s son weds August 20
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Nigerian High Commission, London shut
The Nigerian High Commission in London, United Kingdom has been shut down. It will remain closed for the next 10…
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WHO announces 3 new drugs for COVID-19 clinical trials; 203 million cases of disease recorded globally
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Aug. 11, 2021 Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of…
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Travails of Nigerian-born South African Doctor: NiDCOM to report matter to SGF-led PTF-COVID-19; We want it probed – Dr. Ugwu; Regulations to be revised – source
The travails of Dr. Ayokunle Akanbi, a South Africa-based medical practitioner in the hands of Nigerian officials is being referred…
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Cholera outbreak claims four in Gombe
William Attah, Gombe An outbreak of cholera has claimed the lives of four persons with 48 others affected in Gombe…
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Obi hailed for commitment to better health sector, society
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has been praised for…
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I Cry for My Beloved Country Nigeria By DR. AYOKUNLE AKANBI
When renowned author Alan Paton wrote the award winning novel cry my beloved country; it was against the background of…
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High rate of COVID – 19 worries Akwa Ibom Government
*Says influx of persons from neighboring States responsible for increase in cases Dennis Udoma, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Government has said…
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Erectile Dysfunction: In limbo of sexlesss marriage By Michael West
August 6, 2021 Only recently, it dawned on me that not a few married women are in limbo of hopeless…
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