Faced with perennial inadequate public water supply, residents of the highbrow Lekki area of Lagos State or the middle-class populated Ago Palace Way and Ejigbo areas of Isolo, residents continue to grapple with dirty, rusty, oily, and smelly water from their taps, raising concerns about their safety. However, a six-week investigation carried ...
•Photos for illustration purposes only In Igbokofi, a sleepy community nestled in the Yewa North Local Government of Ogun State, no functional healthcare facility exists, thus leading to high maternal and child mortality. SODIQ OJUROUNGBE writes on the harrowing experiences of residents, especially pregnant women and the high price they pay in...
•A health worker The coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate has dismissed the rumoured resurgence of COVID-19 in the country, stating that there is no scientific research record to back the claims. Professor Pate disclosed this at the maiden public lecture series of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otu...
•Ademola Adeleke Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun says his administration is creating an enabling environment to retain health professionals in the state against the “Japa syndrome”. Adeleke said this at the official inauguration of Osun Health Insurance Scheme (OHIS) Office Complex in Abere, Osogbo, reports NAN. “We have targeted action...
Word Health Organisation, WHO, has announced 25 cases of fresh Coronavirus disease, COVID-19 infections, in Benue State, advising people to take advantage of the availability of vaccines to protect themselves because the virus is still very prevalent. The World Health Organisation, WHO, Surveillance Officer, for Benue state, Ogechukwu Chigbo m...
•Condom As the price of condoms skyrockets in Nigeria, medical practitioners and other concerned stakeholders fear that it could lead to low demand and force many people into unsafe sex, which could increase sexually transmitted infections including HIV and a boom in unplanned pregnancies, reports Sunday PUNCH. Stanley Uba was shocked to the m...
•Adimenu In South-West Nigeria, many people are consuming Adimenu, a local herbal mixture made from extracts of selected plants, touted as an all-purpose medicinal remedy without knowing that they are consuming a killer cocktail processed with tobacco extract and fermented cow urine, reports Sunday PUNCH. For years, Mrs Mercy Taiwo, 58, suffer...
•Akeredolu Ondo State Government has dismissed a reported court order which granted an order mandamus compelling the House of Assembly and its Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, to constitute a medical panel to assess Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s health. It described the report which was viral as fake and not a true representation of the ongoing court p...
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) says that Nigeria recorded a total of 77,000 new HIV infections and 43,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2022. The National Programme officer of the organization, Doris Ogbang made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja during the commemoration of World AIDS Day (WAD), by the UN system in Nigeria, re...
•FMC Abeokuta The federal government has approved the recruitment of 200 medical and clinical staff at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The recruitment, it was gathered, is part of the government’s efforts to replace health workers who have migrated to foreign nations from the FMC in Abeokuta in recent times, reports ...
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