Health
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Journalists, CSOs appeal for adequate policies for prevention of malnutrition in Gombe
Journalists and Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) in Gombe have called on the Gombe State Government to adopt adequate policies for…
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FG allocates land to Afreximbank to establish medical centre
By Lucy Nwachukwu Abuja, Feb. 8, 2019 The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated a 5.12-hectare piece of land in…
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Only 500 pathologists in Nigeria’s healthcare sector – CNP
Pathologists in Nigeria have cried out over the rising incidence of the fall in the number of pathologists working in…
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Congo’s Ebola outbreak exceeds 600 cases, WHO says
Vienna, Jan. 4, 2019 The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said there are now more than 600 confirmed or…
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Ambode’s wife welcomes first baby of the year ….Renews call for immunization of children
Robert Awokuse Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode on Tuesday welcomed the first baby of the year…
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Kids in Britain eat 18 years’ worth of sugar before they reach 10 — report
London, Jan. 2, 2019 (Xinhua/NAN) Children in Britain consume 18 years’ worth of sugar by the time they reach their…
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Atiku saves 13-year-old orphan
Robert Awokuse The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has come to the rescue of…
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Drug Abuse: Youths using embalming oil, paint, petrol – NDLEA
Robert Awokuse The rate of drug abuse in Adamawa and some other parts of the country is on the increase…
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Ambode launches Lagos State’s Health Insurance scheme
ROBERT AWOKUSE Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday launched the much-awaited health insurance scheme of the State…
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FMC Doctors threaten strike over kidnapping
Robert Awokuse Following the spate of kidnapping of medical workers in Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, resident doctors of the Federal…
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Why malnutrition is higher in northern Nigeria – Dr. Davis Bamidele
A nutrition consultant, Dr. Davis Bamidele Omotola has attributed the activities of Boko Haram insurgents as the greatest driving…
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Donor apathy, ignorance, reasons for rising cases of malnutrition in Gombe
WILLIAM ATTAH, A brainstorming session organized by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has identified decreasing Government counterpart funding of…
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Udoma calls for concerted efforts to fight malnutrition
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, on Monday in Abuja flagged off the 2018 Nutrition…
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Back from Paris, President Buhari bags Polio Champion Award; Receives Rotary International, Guinea Bissau Presidents; LADOL Logistics team (See pictures)
Back from the Paris, France Peace Forum, President Muhammadu Buhari has had a busy schedule, including hosting the Rotary…
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More Nigerians dying from cardiovascular diseases—UCH CMD
By Ibukun Emiola Ibadan, Nov. 14, 2018 Prof. Temitope Alonge, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University College Hospital…
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Total Exploration and Production ends TB Awareness campaigns for A/Ibom communities
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo Total Exploration and Production, Port-Harcourt District has ended a One-Day Healthy Living Awareness Campaign at Ikot…
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216 poisonous frogs found abandoned at Colombian Airport
Bogota, Nov. 7, 2018 (dpa/NAN) Colombian Police found 216 live poisonous frogs hidden in a bathroom at Bogota Airport, the…
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Marie Stopes to train community health workers in Gombe
An international Non-Governmental Organization, Marie Stopes, says it will soon begin the capacity building of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEW)…
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Niger Govt. raises alarm over sell of contaminated livestock, meat to unsuspecting buyers
By Obinna Unaeze Minna, Nov. 7, 2018 The Niger Government on Wednesday expressed concern over health hazards inherent in the…
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Benola Cerebral Palsy Initiative holds 2nd Annual Public Lecture, Awareness Walk
The Benola Cerebral Palsy Initiative held its 2nd Annual Public Lecture and an Awareness Walk, on Thursday and Friday, October…
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Malnutrition: Gombe to benefit from $10 million funding in four years
Gombe State is among twelve other States worst hit by malnutrition that are expected to benefit from an intervention aimed…
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Prof. Titus Ibekwe emerges vice-chairman of Int’l Advisory Board of American Academy
By Felicia Imohimi Abuja, Oct. 11, 2018 Prof. Titus Ibekwe, the National Secretary of the Otorhinolaryngological Society of Nigeria, has…
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Nigerian Veterinary Council decries emerging diseases confronting Nigeria’s livestock industry
Dennis Udoma The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association has decried the challenges facing the association in recent times, calling on the…
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Gov. Emmanuel woos investment in agriculture
Dennis Udoma, Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has called on the private sector to take advantage of the…
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