By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has disclosed that no fewer than 594 communities have renounced the act in Nigeria in its drive to achieve zero tolerance policy on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Nkiru Maduechesi, the…
A former governor of Ogun, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has called on Nigerians, particularly the elderly, to shun misgivings surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines. Osoba made the call in an interview with the Newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos, following confirmation that elder…
A Mental Health expert, Prof. Badru Fatai, has described the high prevalence of drug abuse among youths in Nigeria as a threat to the society and economic development of the nation. Fatai, also a Professor of Nursing at the College…
Nigeria on Monday recorded 565 new COVD-19 cases and eight deaths, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC stated this on Tuesday. The centre said that this brings the total infections, since the index case in…
…Ngige hails Court ruling …NARD, NMA in collision course over MoU with FG By Tobi Adetunji. The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment said Abuja Division of the National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the National Association of Resident Doctors…
By Moses Adeniyi Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the Government is being careful to issue new stringent directives to enforce safety protocols in curtailing the spread of the third wave of the COVID-19 virus in the State.…
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described as significant, the donation of medical equipment to the Kwara State Government by Saliu Mustapha Foundation. The governor said this on Monday in Ilorin while receiving Orthopaedic beds from the foundation, which is the brainchild…
The Federal Government on Friday says it had trained more than 1,500 health care practitioners for the adequate provision of evidence-based drug treatment services. Dr Adeleke Mamora, Minister of State for Health, said this in Abuja, at a news briefing…
The federal government has again appealed to resident doctors to sheath their swords and return to the hospitals. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, along with the Minister of state for health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, made the appeal at…
Dr Oyeniyi Oyewole, a retired Consultant Anaesthetist at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja, has urged the Federal Government to extend the retirement age of medical practitioners to 70 years so as to impact more knowledge on the upcoming doctors. He…
