Category: Health

Fayemi

Ekiti government merges health agencies for better result

  Ekiti State Government has taken a bold step aimed at repositioning the health sector in the 16 local government areas. Towards this end,the Kayode Fayemi...

Ekiti seals illegal hospitals, warns residents against patronising quacks

Residents of Ekiti State have been charged to desist from patronising quack doctors that run unauthorised hospitals not to endanger their lives. The Commissioner for...

El Zak Zaky broke travel rules-FG

The federal government have accused embattled leader of the Islamic Movement of D Nigeria (IMN),of breaking the rules of his travel for medical treatment in India by...

Amuwo Odofin LG to offer free surgeries, screenings during medical week

  Amuwo Odofin Local Government in Lagos State says it will offer free surgeries and screenings for over 2000 residents of the area during its Medical Mission Week....

Ministry of health is the best in Ekiti State – Commissioner

  Ekiti State government has commended the health practitioners over the height that has been attained by Ekiti state as the state with the lowest prevalence of HIV...

SDGs

Breastfeeding, key to achieving SDGs – Foundation

As the World marks the 2019 Breastfeeding Week, STAND Foundation, says breastfeeding is key to attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The foundation’s...

I’m ashamed Kwara recorded 50% new polio cases, AbdulRazaq

…….   Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday said it was a shame that the state recorded 50% of the new polio cases in Nigeria, saying...

Years after, DSS bows to court order to release EL-Zakzaky

The Department of State Service has decided to comply with Court order to release leader of Shi’ites, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky. The Kaduna High Court had ordered the...

Ekiti Government trains traditional birth attendants

  * The Ekiti State Government has expressed its readiness to train all relevant stakeholders, individuals and partners in the health profession so as to ensure...

Ekiti State Government organises sensitisation workshop for traditional birth attendants

The Ekiti State Government has charged the Traditional Birth Attendants operating in the State to take notice of dangerous signs of Pregnant women while trying to take...