Abimbola Abatta The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has called on Nigerians to join in the war against drug abuse, noting that it is not an exclusive fight of the anti-narcotics agency. The agency disclosed this on Thursday at…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed on Wednesday that bed capacity utilisation in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centres have dropped to zero per cent. Abayomi made this known on his Instagram page while…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Waheed Odusile, has lamented the apathy of Nigerians towards COVID-19 vaccine despite huge investment of the government and its development partners to make these vaccines available. Alhaji Odusile revealed that…
Dr Okai Aku, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) on Tuesday said Nigeria had the human and material resources to deliver on the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines. Aku, a public health expert, said this in an interview with…
…J&J vaccines donated have two-year expiry date — Hawkins …A total of 12m doses of J&J vaccines currently in stock — NPHCDA ED By Gloria Akudoro, Abuja The European Union has officially handed-over 2 million doses of Johnson and Johnson…
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) have suspended their two-day warning strike. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday in Akure by the president of the association,…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Thursday, described female genital mutilation (FGM) as a human rights violation that must be stopped. Country Representative of UNFPA, Ms Ulla Mueller, said this at public awareness campaign, organised by United Nations to…
A Senior Registrar in Psychiatry, Dr Samuel Aladejare, has identified uncontrolled sugar level, hypertension, high cholesterol and smoking, as risk factors for memory loss irrespective of age. Aladejare, also the President, Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, stated…
The number of Coronavirus infections detected worldwide has risen to more than 400 million since the pandemic began, according to the latest data on Wednesday. The Johns Hopkins University monitor recorded the latest grim milestone just over a month after…
…launches health insurance scheme for informal sector Ogun State government says it has paid up a total sum of N200 million grant to the Basic Health Care Provision Fund as part of its resolve to take advantage of the health…
