The Nigerian Medical Association in Anambra has suspended its 13-month old strike following an agreement with the state government The Chairman of the association in Anambra, Dr Emmanuel Ekwesianya, said in Awka on Monday that the agreement was arrived...
Prof. George Akpede, the Chief Medical Director of Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo, says that Lassa fever has claimed 22 lives in the hospital since last year. Akpede, who made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in ...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said on Thursday that it destroyed more than N279.7 million worth of drugs, which were either fake, sub standard, expired or unwholesome. Dr Paul Orhi, the NAFDAC Director General, ...
The Federal Government on Thursday signed an agreement with the Japanese Government to increase water supply coverage in the rural communities in Enugu, Kebbi, Niger, Ondo and Taraba states. The agreement between the Government of Japan and the Federal...
Two new wild polio cases have been discovered in two Fulani settlements in Bukkuyum and Bakura local government areas of Zamfara, bringing the number of new cases to five in the state. Confirming the new cases in Gusau on Wednesday, the state Immunisat...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has launched its campaign against fake and Counterfeit Drugs in some local government areas in Rivers. Briefing newsmen at the end of a routine inspection on Tuesday in Okrika, ...
The Federal Ministry of Health says more than 40 people have died as a result of the outbreak of Lassa fever in 12 states of the federation. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Muhammed Pate, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. &nb...
A total of six million children in Kano state are expected to be immunised against poliomyelitis during the three day immunisation exercise which began on Saturday. The state Immunisation Officer (SIO), Alhaji Abdurrahman Yakubu disclosed this while an...
Dr Abiodun Awolusi, Assistant head of Emergency Unit of the National Hospital, Abuja, has warned Nigerians against having indiscriminate sex with partners who imbibe the habit wearing unsterilised pants. Awolusi gave the warning in an interview with ne...
Environmental Health Officers will soon embark on house to house visits to ensure cleaner homes and environment in the FCT. Alhaji Ali Kaka, the Assistant Director, Environmental Health and Safety Department of the FCT, made this known when he visited ...
The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu and the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday regretted the high rate of cancer in the country, saying it was exacerbated by so many years of bad leadership in the country. The duo, wh...
The Minister of Health, Dr Onyebuchi Chukwu, has announced plans by the Federal Government to build 10 Cancer Care Centres in the country's six geo-political zones. Chukwu made the announcement on Wednesday at a lecture, in Lagos, organised b...
The Hausa/Fulani Development Association in Jos North Local Government of Plateau plans to build a N250 million modern hospital in Jos, the association's patron, Alhaji Mansur Nakande, has said. Nakande said on Wednesday in Jos that the money for t...
Professor Sam Aluko, one of Nigeria's foremost economists has died at the age of 83. Aluko passed away on Tuesday, in a hospital in the United Kingdom. He died from an undisclosed ailment. The great economist served as the chairman of the National ...
Maryam Abubakar, the wife of the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, is dead. She died on Monday morning, after a brief illness at a hospital in Kano. She was buried according to Muslim rites this afternoon.