The Ogun State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with APIN Public Health Initiatives, has inaugurated a One-stop Shop to cater for the key population in its HIV response move. Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, at the inauguration on Thursday…
The Kaduna State Agricultural Development Agency (KADA) on Thursday called for increased investment in the agricultural sector to address malnutrition. The KADA General Manager, Dr Abubakar Bayero, made the call when the state’s committee on food and nutrition paid him…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has begun nationwide crackdown on producers of unapproved sex enhancing drugs in the country. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known at a…
…Calls on residents for responsiveness to take advantage By Moses Adeniyi Lagos State Government (LASG) has flagged off the COVID-19 Scales 0.3 Vaccination Campaign aimed at ramping up the records of the 25 per cent profile of its population who…
Kebbi State has injected N3 billion into the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Programme (NG-CARES) in the state. Commissioner for Commerce and Industries, Alhaji Ibrahim Garba-Geza, made the declaration in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday at a one-day sensitisation…
The Kano State Government has revealed that it will collaborate with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to check open defecation. Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad-Sagagi, said this on Thursday while inaugurating the distribution…
Health facilities in the country have been given a 30-day ultimatum by the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) to register their blood bank facilities with the commission or face sanctions. Dr Omale Amedu, the acting Director-General of the agency, gave…
The Osun State House of Assembly Committee on health has brought before the floor of the House the matter of monkeypox disease discovered in the State. The development was brought before the House under a matter of urgent public importance…
Ondo State Government on Thursday in Akure inaugurated a strategy tagged ‘Scale 3.02 to accelerate integrated COVID-19 vaccination’ in the state. Speaking during the ceremony, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, said that COVID-19 remained a public health…
Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Thursday urged stakeholders to engage government towards formulating policies that would promote breastfeeding as a practice in the country. Buhari made the call at the commemoration of World Breastfeeding Week with theme,…
