Category: Health

JBN’s  Roll-Back-Malaria CSR initiative spreads in Abuja

·         Excitement as the nation’s engineering construction leader Donates more Treated Mosquito Nets to Kindergartens, Primary School Pupils in FCT...

JBN increases CSR efforts to operational communities

  ·         Distributes treated mosquito nets, pamphlets on Malaria prevention guidelines In continuation of its determination to touch the lives of...

Alarm! 76.2 million Nigerians are hypertensive — Experts

  As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the World Hypertension Day (WHD) today, May 17, medical experts have warned that no fewer than 76.2 million...

COVID-19:Remittance inflows to Nigeria declines by 28% in 2020- World Bank

    The World Bank says remittance inflows to Nigeria declined by 28 per cent in 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank also said remittance flows fell...

COVID-19: FG extends work-from-home directive for workers tíll June 11

  As part of measures aimed at preventing the spread of deadly strains of COVID-19 in the country, the Federal Government on Monday extended its work-from-home...

COVID-19: Nigeria records 49 new infections

Omolara Akintoye Nigeria has recorded 49 new cases of the COVID-19 virus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,468 as at Momday. The Nigeria...

FG approves administration of second dose of COVID-19

    The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, has said the Federal Government has directed states to...

COVID-19:  FG reintroduces restrictions, shuts bars, recreational centres, limit gatherings

    In its bid to prevent the new spike of Covid-19 virus in the country,the Federal Government has reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and...

Private doctors make case for FG’s bailout, specialized bank for healthcare sector

  By Ife Osemedua Nothing in recent history has exposed the dire nature of the health sector in Nigeria as COVID-19 pandemic has done since the outbreak of the...

Okoroji leads fight against drug abuse, trafficking and fake drugs

By Omolara Akintoye As the World Malaria Day is commemorated globally, Lagos State Medicine Dealers Association (LSMDA) has set up a drug Monitoring body to tackle drug...