Health
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COVID19: NCDC deploys rapid response teams to Lagos
By Abujah Racheal Abuja, Feb. 28, 2020 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has deployed its Rapid Response Teams…
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Nigeria records first case of COVID-19
By Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja, Feb. 28, 2020 The Federal Government has confirmed recording the first case of the new…
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Dangote, Bill Gates commend Ganduje on quality healthcare delivery
By Muhammad Nur Tijani Kano, Feb. 26, 2020 Dangote, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations have commended Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje for ensuring…
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Senate President’s convoy rescues 5 accident victims in Delta State
The official convoy of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday rescued five victims of a fatal auto crash along…
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Poor health indices: Gombe Gov. directs senior officials to supervise immunization; Inaugurates committees
Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has inaugurated his Deputy, Dr. Manasseh Daniel Jatau, and some other senior Government…
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Coronavirus: 46,550 confirmed cases in China as it spreads to Africa
By Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja, Feb. 14, 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says in the last 24 hours China has…
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Save the Children International signs MoU with Gombe, commend education budget
Save the Children International (SCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gombe State Ministry of Women Affairs and…
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China coronavirus deaths reach 811
Beijing, Feb. 9, 2020 The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has risen to 811 in mainland China, the…
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Coronavirus: WHO deploys experts to support Nigeria’s response plan
By Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja, Feb. 7, 2020 Dr Dhamari Naidoo, an official of the World Health Organisation (WHO), says the…
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Coronavirus: U.S. announces $100 m aid for China, others
By Harrison Arubu New York, Feb. 17, 2020 The United States Government on Friday announced its readiness to spend up…
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Kidney failures: Borno summons science researchers to find causes
In reaction to growing cases of kidney failure affecting its citizens, the Borno state government has thrown an open invitation…
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361, 000 children die yearly of Malnutrition in Nigeria; i.e 1000 deaths per day – Survey
From: Ruth Yarnap Bauchi The Head of Monitoring and Evaluation of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre,(CISLAC),Mrs Lovelyn Agbor has disclosed that according to…
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Scientists in Rome isolate coronavirus for study, containment
Rome, Feb. 2, 2020 Italian scientists at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases have isolated the rapidly spreading coronavirus, Italian…
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Coronavirus: Suspected pranksters cause panic in Abuja; Paraded by Police; No case of virus in FCT says Director of Public Health
Suspected pranksters who went to the Wuse District Hospital, Abuja claiming that one of them had been infected by the…
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Gombe, 4 others to benefit from programme aimed at tackling malnutrition
The Gombe State Chapter of the Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (SC-SUNN) is among four other State chapters…
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Halting spread of Coronavirus our highest priority – WHO
By Oluwafunke Ishola Lagos, Jan. 28, 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says halting the spread of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV),…
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Konga Travel advises best time to travel for pregnant women
Konga Travel and Tours, a 21st century lifestyle travel booking agency, has disclosed the best time to travel for pregnant…
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Coronavirus: WHO DG to meet with Chinese govt., health experts
By Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja, Jan. 26, 2020 World Health Organisation (WHO), Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he will meet with…
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Lassa fever: Enugu govt denies remoured death of nurse …Advises residents not to panic … Elaborates on precautionary measures
The Enugu State Government has dispelled the rumour making the rounds that one of the nurses that treated the…
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Enugu govt bans sale, distribution of unauthorized water
The Enugu State Government has banned the sale and distribution of water by water tankers and other vendors from unauthorized…
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37m people affected by lockdowns as China tries to curb new virus
Beijing, Jan. 24, 2020 Some 37 million people in Chinese cities were affected by travel bans on Friday, as authorities…
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Plateau records 5 cases of Lassa fever – Commissioner
By Martha Agas Jos, Jan. 24,2020 The Plateau Commissioner of Health, Dr Nimkong Ndam, has on Friday confirmed five cases…
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Lassa fever: Zulum propels Borno’s emergency response team … Wants tight measures around IDPs … No cause for alarm, team assures
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has stimulated a standing emergency response with a call on the health professionals to…
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U.S. moves to stop `birth tourism’
By Harrison Arubu New York, Jan. 23, 2020 The U.S. Department of State has introduced new regulations to stop “birth…
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