EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has approved the recruitment of 200 medical and clinical staff at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The recruitment, it was gathered, is part of the government’s efforts to replace health workers who have migrated to foreign nations from the FMC in Abeokuta in recent … Read more
Gunmen have attacked a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) in the Felele axis of Lokoja, Kogi state capital. Eko Hot Blog reports that the church came under attack on Sunday evening. EDITORS PICK Insecurity: Matawalle Orders Closure Of All Media Houses Nigerian Legion Corp Stabs Man To D3ath In Lagos Lagos Govt Develops Environmental Plan … Read more
President Buhari has made a new appointment. EKOHOTBLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Usman Abubakar as the new Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Bida, Niger State. The approval of the new FMC Medical Director was made known via a letter signed by the Minister of State for Health, Dr (Senator) Adeleke … Read more
Imo PDP Chairman has been confirmed dead. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mbaise Local Council in Imo State, Obinna Onuamah, has been pronounced dead. The PDP Chairman was said to have died of COVID-19 complications at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Owerri, the Imo State capital last Friday. A source … Read more
A member of the House of Representatives from Kogi, Tajudeen Yusuf, has appealed to Federal Government to reopen the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, in the interest of the people of the state The lawmaker, representing Kabba-Bunu/ Ijumu Federal Constituency, made the appeal in a statement obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday … Read more
The Kogi State government has described the attack on the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja as unfortunate. Disclosing reasons behind the attack, the state government in a statement by Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, said the attack was as a result of “scuffle between the staff of the health facility and some of … Read more
The Federal Medical Centre located in No 1, Salihu Ibrahim Way, Lokoja, Kogi State is now under lock and key. The FMC was locked after gunmen in their numbers stormed the hospital to rob staff and patients of their valuables. The operation lasted for about 30 minutes and phones, laptops were stolen by the armed … Read more
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, announced that a two-and-a-half-year-old girl tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. It was gathered that the child was brought into the hospital for shortness of breathe, which is one of the main symptoms of COVID-19. The spokesperson of FMC, Abeokuta, Segun Orisajo, was on scene to … Read more
A medical doctor with the Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kudu in Jigawa State, Dr. Naseer Adam, has died after contracting coronavirus disease from his patient. The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Kano State, Dr. Sanusi Bala, confirmed the death of the deceased in Kano on Sunday. The deceased who died on Saturday was said … Read more
Coronavirus in Nigeria on the rise as Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Idi-Aba, Abeokuta records one death and two new cases. The Head, Public Relations and Information of the hospital, Segun Orisajo, confirmed the incident. The deceased, a 58-year-old was a known patient with a history of hypertension and diabetes. He said, the patient was admitted … Read more
Dr. Ifegbike Kalu, a medical doctor, who works with the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, has today dropped his opinion on the possibility of transmitting COVID-19 through sex. Kalu who spoke with newsmen today said it’s possible to find COVID-19 in semen hence the possibility of transmitting the virus through sex. READ ALSO: JUST … Read more
A Nigerian man has allegedly killed his own wife by beating her to death in Akure, Ondo state. The man identified as Olabode Oluwasanmi beat up his 8-month pregnant wife who is also a nurse, Anya Adaeze, aka Mummy David, to death sometime last week. It was gathered that the tragic incident took place following … Read more