Covid-19: Nigeria Risks Fourth Wave As South Africa Detects Deadlier Variant
As the world slowly pulls out of the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic with increased vaccination, South African scientists have detected a new COVID-19 variant in...
AFDB Board Approves New Water Strategy For 2021-2025
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank AFDB said it has approved a new Water Strategy for 2021-2025.In a statement issued in...
Nigeria, Senegal, Pakistan Sign Pharmaceutical Trade Agreements
Nigeria and Pakistan have signed trade agreements on affordable cardiovascular pharmaceuticals and other antibiotics at the ongoing trade exhibition by Pakistani companies in Lagos.The...
Malami Urges NDLEA New Cadets To Be Patriotic, Good Ambassadors In...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has urged the new cadets of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA...
FG Moves To Tackle Neonatal Mortality By Launching Operational Guidelines –...
The Federal Government has launched three new-born guidelines and a training manual to tackle neonatal mortality.Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, made this known in...
PSC To Host National Covid-19 Summit To End Pandemic By Dec....
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, says it will host a National COVID-19 summit aimed at ending the COVID-19 pandemic and build better health...
World Awareness Week: Professionals Decry Over- Prescription Of Antibiotics By Health...
Some experts have raised worries over the persistent prescription of antibiotics by health workers, saying it could lead to increased fatalities from infections and wounds....
Cancer: Insurance Scheme, Swiss Drug Coy Sign MoU On Care Reimbursement...
The National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS and a Swiss drug giant, Roche Product have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU on cancer care reimbursement...
Bilateral Relations: Nigeria Int’l Partnership Forum To Become Regular Feature –...
The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says the Nigeria International Partnership Forum, NIPF recently held in Paris will be a regular feature.He...
HIV/Syphilis: FG To Distribute 4m Test Kits To Stop Mother-Child Transmission
The Federal Government has introduced the use of test kits to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission as the country plans to distribute four million test...
Non-Compliance: NAFDAC Seals 27 Sachet Water Companies
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has sealed-off about 27 packaged water companies over substandard Good Manufacturing Practices, GMP,...
Drug Addiction: NDLEA To Establish 6 Standard Rehab Centres In Nigeria...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA says it will establish six standard rehabilitation centres in each geo-political zone of Nigeria starting from 2022.The...
Cholera Outbreak: Nigeria Records 3,208 Deaths, 88,704 Cases In 10 Months...
Nigeria has recorded over 88,704 cholera cases and 3,208 deaths in 2021.Secretary-General of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, NRCS Abubakar Kende made the announced...
NGO Charges Women To Embrace Family Planning To Stave Maternal Mortality
A health-based NGO, Pathfinder International today in Abuja advised Nigerians, especially women, to access family planning services as a way of addressing maternal mortality.A...
Beijing Marathon Postponed Indefinitely Due To Covid-19
The Beijing Marathon has been postponed indefinitely after Sunday’s race was called off amid rising COVID-19 cases in China.Organisers said they were cancelling next...
COVID-19: Labour Congress Rejects Compulsory Vaccination
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected Federal Government planned enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination on workers and Nigerians.The NLC President, Ayuba...
World Polio Day: Kwara Records Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus
A health expert, Michael Oguntoye, said a new case of circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus CVDPV had been recorded in a child at Kaiama Local...
COVID-19: NCDC Reports 165 New Infections In Nigeria, Total 210,460
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC has reported 165 new infections and 26 additional deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.This report follows data released...
WHO, Partners Call For Action To Protect Healthcare Workers From COVID-19
The World Health Organisation WHO and partners issued an urgent call for concrete action to better protect healthcare workers worldwide from COVID-19 and other...
Kaduna Mandates Covid Vaccination For Civil Servants
The Kaduna State Government has warned that anyone who wishes to enter any of its offices must comply with Covid-19 protocols such as wearing...
