The Enugu Government has achieved 100 per cent success coverage in the just concluded ‘specific-target’ polio vaccination in the state. Dr George Ugwu, Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. … Read more
The White House said on Tuesday that the U.S. would not join a global effort aimed at providing equitable worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines, citing the project’s link to a “corrupt” World Health Organisation (WHO). More than 170 countries are in talks to join the vaccine initiative, known as COVAX, which has already received a … Read more
Rotarian Lovina Okorn-Ntui, the President, Rotary Club of Abuja, Kubwa (District 9125), has urged the Federal Government and rotarians nationwide to put measures in place to ensure Nigeria sustains its polio free certification status. Okorn-Ntui made the call in Abuja during her investiture as the sixth and first female president of the club and a … Read more
Kano State Government has procured two speed boats for health workers to enhance immunisation coverage in riverine areas of the state. Dr Tijjani Hussaini, Executive Secretary, Primary Healthcare Management Board, stated this in a statement issued by the board’s spokesman, Nabilusi Ahmad, on Tuesday in Kano. Read Also: Monarch Of Ikare Is Dead Hussaini, who … Read more
Students who tested positive for COVID-19 during the ongoing 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination have returned to classes after treatment and discharge. The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made this known on Monday in Abuja at the 62nd Joint National Briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Read … Read more
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) says it will be difficult to flatten the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) curve, if testing for the virus is not adequate. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing, on Monday in Abuja. Read Also: Edo Election: Police Will Remain Apolitical, … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has emphasised the need for effective COVID-19 prevention plans as countries reopen their economies and borders. Its Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, gave the advice during a news briefing from Geneva on Monday. Read Also: Edo Election: Police Will Remain Apolitical, Says IGP Ghebreyesus said he had observed the eagerness of … Read more
Rotary International, in collaboration with Kogi Ministry of Health, has trained pregnant and nursing mothers on basic hygiene, nutrition and modern methods of family planning in Omala Local Government Area. Mrs Grace Kato, representative of Rotary International in Kogi, said at the end of the two-day programme at Abejukolo on Saturday, that the intervention was … Read more
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), has urged the youth to desist from drug abuse in order to fulfill their potential and ensure national development. Dr Elijah Mohammed, Registrar of the council, made the call on Friday at the advocacy workshop on “Say no to illicit drugs” among the youth in Bayelsa. The workshop was … Read more
Fifteen patients that have tested for the COVID-19 were discharged from the Infectious Disease Centre, Sobi, in Ilorin. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, the Spokesman of the State Technical Committee on COVID-19, who made this known in a statement on Friday said five new cases of the virus were also recorded in the last 24 hours. Read … Read more
The National Advocates for Health (N4H) had commended the Nigerian Government for approving the 2020 Revised Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) guideline and called for a speedy implementation. The group made the call in a statement signed by its Chairman, Prof. Oladapo Ladipo, on Wednesday in Abuja. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday said Lagos State had tested a total of 95,843 samples for COVID-19 infections as at Aug. 25. The NCDC announced the figures in its COVID-19 Situation Report for Aug. 25. Read Also: Heavy Flooding Might Hit FCT, Bayelsa, Others From Sept 6 -NIHSA It said that … Read more
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mrs Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye has revealed that to destroy a container load of Tramadol cost the agency between N1m and N2m. This is even as she revealed that NAFDAC has taken the fight against the importation of substandard and fake products … Read more
Delegates for the Syrian constitutional reform talks at the UN in Geneva, were on Tuesday quarantined after a few of them tested positive for COVID-19, the Head of the opposition delegation, Hadi al-Bahra, has said. “Health authorities in Geneva ordered the delegates to stay in their hotels for periods ranging from two to 10 days. … Read more
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Tuesday called on Lagos State residents to pray for the quick recovery of Prof. Akin Abayomi, the health commissioner who tested positive for COVID-19. The group’s director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola in a statement issued in Lagos, said that MURIC was sad to hear the news of the infection of … Read more
World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his home in Jamaica after celebrating his 34th birthday with a big bash mask-free. Jamaica’s health ministry confirmed late on Monday that Bolt, who holds world records in the 100m and 200m distance, had tested positive … Read more
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerians to stop the consumption of an organic apple and black currant originating from Australia. Prof. Moji Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the products had been certified harmful for human consumption. Read Also: … Read more
The immediate past Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo Teaching hospital, Professor Etete Peters, have expressed dismay over the funding of healthcare institutions in the country, saying the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the lapses in the sector. Professor Peters stated this at the UUTH while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the … Read more
The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says he’s responding positively to treatment after testing positive to COVID-19 pandemic, and I remains committed to discharging my duties. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, had in a statement on Monday disclosed Abayomi’s COVID-19 … Read more
A Plant Physiologist, Dr Olufunmilayo Idowu, has advised Nigerians to eat mushrooms because of its antioxidants content that could protect the human body against cancer. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Monday, Idowu of the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) said some species of mushrooms have selenium and … Read more