Category: Health

WaterAid, PepsiCo, others partner Lagos State govt, to implement WASH Project ….173,000 people in 5 Communities to benefit

By Omolara Akintoye   Lagos State is one of the largest cities in Sub-Saharan Africa and the most populous city in Nigeria. The rapid unpredictable and unplanned...

Ekweremadu’s daughter in court on human trafficking charges

  Sonia, the daughter of federal lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday appeared in court accused of trafficking a homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest his...

Revisit original intention of NDDC birth, Uzodimma tells visiting Acting MD

….Commission donates drugs to Imo State government   Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has decried what he calls marginalisation within marginalisation in...

FG

FG clears arrears of medical lecturers’ salaries

  The Federal Government has cleared the backlog of salaries of medical lecturers at the Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto. In a statement on Thursday, the...

Ebola: Avoid Uganda for now, NCDC warns Nigerians

…As country records 128 cases and 34 deaths By Michael Babatunde The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has cautioned Nigerians and other residents in the...

Buhari

Buhari off to London for medical check-up

    President Muhammadu Buhari leaves for London, United Kingdom, October 31, 2022, for routine medical check-up. Three months not short for change on...

Second round of 2022 maternal, newborn, child health week begins in Ogun Monday

Determined to reduce child morbidity and mortality rates, the Ogun State Government will hold the  second round  of 2022 Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH)...

Health centre,termite infested – Pregnant women

  Pregnant women and residents of Agada community in the Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State have decried the state of the health centre in the community....

Unprecedented brain drain: UK registers 91 Nigerian doctors within 15 days

…Nigeria now has 10,387 doctors practising in UK The brain drain on Nigerias health personnel has continued to increase on a daily basis as United Kingdom’s...

Flooding:NMA raises alarm over outbreak of water borne disease

  The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has raised the alarm over the floods across Nigeria, warning the country was at a high risk of waterborne diseases....