Nigeria’s Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, FNSE, has called on France to join in the efforts of keeping the Lake Chad alive in order to guarantee the survival of over 40,000 people living within the Chad Basin. The Hon. Minister made the call when the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Denys GAUER led […]
Continue ReadingContrary to reports that the Lagos state government has abolished the monthly environmental sanitation, the government has said the monthly exercise is still in force. Although, earlier at the monthly media chat of his ministry, Babatunde Adejare, commissioner for environment, had said it was not productive to shut the city for three hours in reference […]
Continue ReadingA consultant cardiologist to University of Lagos Teaching Hospital, LUTH, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Lagos, Dr Amam Mbakwem, has expressed worry about the growing incidence of hypertensive disorders in Nigeria, warning that currently, no less than 40 percent of adults in the country are hypertensive. Speaking, in Lagos during the […]
Continue ReadingThe hospitalisation and survival battle of Kenneth Nweke, who hails from Effium community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, is because he was raped through the anus by a 26-year-old man, Lawrence Anyigor. Mr. Kenneth Nweke is currently battling for survival at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA). The culprit, Anyigor, is a […]
Continue ReadingMedical doctors in Ogun State are to commence a week long warning strike on Monday to press home their demands.The doctors, under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, Ogun chapter, made this known in a communiqué issued on Sunday. The communiqué was on issues discussed at an emergency meeting […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s health minister, Isaac Adewole, has assured that his ministry will deliver free healthcare to 100 million Nigerians in the next two years. In an interview with Osasu Igbinedion on The Osasu Show, Mr. Adewole said Dangote and Gates were committing $100 million towards the eradication of malnutrition in the the country. He commended the […]
Continue ReadingA widower, Aare Femi Adebayo, who is a businessman, is staging a legal battle with the management of University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, for the death of his wife, Mrs Funmilayo Adebayo. According to Mr. Adebayo, the death of his wife was caused by incompetence and negligence on the part of medical experts that conducted […]
Continue ReadingFirst death resulting from Lassa Fever has been recorded in Ogun state. Disclosing this at a press conference in Abeokuta, Ogun State, the state’s Commissioner of Health, Babatunde Ipaye, said the government did its best to save the victim, who died on Sunday, and has contacted the deceased family for approval to bury the victim […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman, Child Survival and Development Organisation of Nigeria, Mrs. Onari Duke, has decried the number of Nigerian women and children dying of cancer. Duke, who spoke at a dinner organised by CS-DON, as part of activities to mark the World Cancer Day in Lagos, urged stakeholders to take collective responsibility towards creating awareness and […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has distanced himself from the 2016 budgetary allocation for his ministry, maintaining that his ministry did not submit what was presented before the national assembly. Mr. Adewole said that the state house clinic, which was allocated more money than all federal hospitals, is not under the supervision of the […]
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