The Jigawa State Executive Council on Thursday approved the construction of three new general hospitals in Gagarawa, Gwiwa and Kirikasamma local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Bala Ibrahim, made this known in a statement in…
Women’s Right and Health Project (WRAHP), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), says it recorded 198 cases of domestic violence in 2020. Miss Abisoye Ajose, WRAPH Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, disclosed this during a sensitisation programme on Social and Gender Based Violence…
The Ondo State Ministry of Health has urged members of staff of the State Infections Diseases Hospital to rededicate themselves to duties and contribute toward development of the state. Mrs Folukemi Aladenola, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, made the…
Gombe State Deputy Gov., Mr Manassah Jatau, on Wednesday said no fewer than 44 people, including two health care providers, died of COVID-19 complications in Gombe State in one year. Jatau, who is also the chairman of COVID-19 Management Committee,…
The University of Calabar has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Health Management Organisation (HMO), United Healthcare International Limited (UHCI), for the provision of healthcare services to its students. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Florence Obi, and…
Akwa Ibom has vaccinated 25, 039 frontline workers against COVID-19, Commissioner for Health, Prof. Augustine Umoh, said in Uyo on Wednesday. “The total number of persons vaccinated in Akwa Ibom State as of April 19 is 25, 039,’’ he said.…
The Edo Government has released N1.5 million to offset the medical bills of three Persons with Albinism (PWA) suffering from skin cancer in the state. Miss Joy Odigie, the Assistant Edo Coordinator of The Albino Foundation, disclosed this in an…
…Records Zero case of blood clothing The federal government said it has recorded 8,439 mild adverse cases out of 1,071,346 vaccinated people since the AstraZeneca vaccination started in March. Also said there is zero case of blood clothing recorded from…
The Niger Government has donated three buses to the Committee Against Substance Abuse and Other Related Crimes recently inaugurated by Gov Abubakar Bello, according to Mr Haruna Kwetishe, NDLEA commander in the north-central state. Kwetishe told newsmen on Friday in…
Akinlabi Afolabi, Ibadan The Chief Medical Doctor, University College Hospital, Prof. Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo has disclosed that the health workers in country are unpaid as only God can reward them for their work but he is rest assured that the…
