Health

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s bid to establish a renal and cardiac hospital in Sokoto received a major boost Wednesday when the Indian government said it will play an active role in ensuring the success of the project. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, B.N Reddy, stated this when he visited Governor …

The N350 million Lassa Fever Virology Diagnostic and Treatment Centre built by the Ebonyi State Government has been inaugurated by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole. Adewole, who was in company with his Agriculture counterpart, Chief Audu Ogbeh and Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi, during the ceremony, said he …

Ebonyi State Governor,Engr. David Umahi, has launched a N1 billion comprehensive health programme for the state. Umahi announced this during a meeting he held with major health stakeholders,and development partners at the Government House in Abakaliki last Wednesday. He said, “With gratitude to Almighty God and appreciation of your commitments …

From: Ruth David , Bauchi Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Agency has disclosed that one person has died and two suspected Lassa Fever cases have been reported in the State. The chairman of the Agency, Pharmacist Ibrahim Gamawa confirmed it to newsmen Saturday in a press briefing at the Emergency Operation …

The Senators’ Wives Forum (SWF) has contributed towards fortified foodstuffs and body care products for weaned infants and children at the various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in some parts of the country. The Forum, represented by Hajia Hadiza Ali Wakili and Mrs. Louis Gyunka from Bauchi South and Nasarawa …

CHINEDU WOSU YENAGOA The Monarch of Ovom Community in Bayelsa State, His Royal Highness Matthias Arabs Simeon has hailed the authorities of the Central Naval Command ( CNC ) for offering free medical Rhapsody to his subjects. The Paramount Ruler also lauded the Nigeria Navy for rendering security assistance to …

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has condoled with the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Senator Stella Oduah on the death of her son whom he said was plucked at his prime. In a condolence message to the Senator, Governor Obiano stated, “I received with deep regret …

In a bid to mitigate the effect of malaria infection across Sokoto state, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has flagged off the house-to-house campaign for the administration of preventive drugs which targets an estimated 1.8 million children. Speaking in Isa LGA of the state during the flag off, Tambuwal said “government …

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has appealed to traders of Ogbete main market, Enugu for understanding and calm over the unfortunate incident of overflow of sewage from Federal Prisons, Enugu to the market, which poses health hazard to the traders and the public. Gov. Ugwuanyi who made the appeal …

In a bid to assist the North-East Nigerians who continue to face constant attacks of Boko Haram, Nestlé Nigeria has donated products worth two million naira (2,000,000.00) to support Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, whom are victims of these crisis. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …

Governor Kashim Shettima has explained reasons for fresh cases of polio in Borno State blaming it on impossibility of accessing communities to administer polio preventive vaccines from December, 2013 to end of 2015 as well as the earliest part of 2016. The Governor spoke on Sunday in Mainok village in …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday commissioned the first state-owned Helipad for medical emergencies in Nigeria at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, adding that the upgrading of the 247-bed and five Theatre Suits for pregnant women, popularly called Ayinke House, would be ready for use …

Dennis Udoma The management of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) in Akwa Ibom state has again appealed to the striking doctors in the hospital to be calm, as it is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring speedy payment of their salaries and other entitlements. The appeal came on …

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged rich countries to do something urgent to save the Lake Chad from extinction, arising from effects of climate change. Receiving the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, in Abuja on Thursday, President Buhari warned that failure to regenerate Lake Chad will lead to another round …

Wife of the Senate President Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has called on all key policy and healthcare professionals in Nigeria to increase efforts at improving breastfeeding rates, “in order to greatly reduce child mortality and to attain a healthier nation, through the improved social and economic benefits of early and exclusive …

AGENE GODWIN,Benin A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Ambrose Lawani, has written a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alleging the withholding of his promotion arrears dating back to November 2014 by the Acting Medical Director (AMD) of the Federal Neuro-psychiatric hospital , Uselu near Benin City. In the …

The wife of the Governor of the State Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has called on mothers and pregnant women in the state to take advantage of the ongoing New Born, Maternal and Child Health week which began August 9 – 12, 2016 to immunize themselves and their children against all …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday commended the pledge of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to continue providing relief assistance to millions in the North-east, despite last Thursday’s (June 28th, 2016) attack on a Its relief convoy that left two aid workers, one contractor and two soldiers …

LAGOS, Nigeria, July 31/– The Federal Ministry of Health and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) are exploring partnership opportunities in healthcare delivery. At a just-concluded Health Concepts Validation Exercise organised by SNEPCo in Lagos, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole identified potential areas of collaboration in the …

Four persons who hitherto were inmates at the Home for mentally challenged Nteje, Anambra State were Saturday handed over to their kits and kin through the government of Ebonyi state after healing and rehabilitation. The four were part of the 27 inmates certified fit and proper by medical authorities at …

The Lagos State Government has refuted the claim being circulated in some print and online media that 10 teachers in the Post Primary Teaching Service Commission die monthly. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, stated that that trend of death was …

Ruth David Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Halima Mukkadas has revealed that about 2000 skilled health workers out of the 4000 trained by the State government have absconded. Dr Mukkadas disclosed this while answering questions from Journalists during a one day Journalist’s Round Table organsanized by the Bauchi State …

Award winning actor and film maker, Stephanie Linus, was a keynote speaker at the ‘African Child Campaign’ organized by the Canadian High Commission in Abuja, Nigeria last Thursday 21st July. She spoke alongside the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Perry John Calderwood under the theme “Empowering African girls to reach …