R&D Health
1.4m Ekiti residents still practise open defecation – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund on Tuesday said no fewer than 1.4 million residents of Ekiti State still engage in open defecation.
Read more1,727 children reunite with families in Borno – UNICEF
Geoffrey Ijumba, the Chief of UNICEF (D) Field Office in Maiduguri, made the disclosure at the formal separation of 461 children from rank and file of the CJTF in Maiduguri.
Read moreI’m optimistic Nigeria will achieve polio-free status in 2020 – NPHCDA Chief
Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will be declared polio free by 2020.
Read moreIhedioha to sanction government health worker charging fees for HIV services in Imo
The governor gave the warning in Owerri on Tuesday at the official launch of the Anti Retroviral Therapy Surge Response organised by the state government in collaboration with the United...
Read moreNMA President says it will take 25 years to reduce doctors’ shortage in Nigeria
The NMA National President, Dr Francis Faduyile, made this known on Tuesday at the ongoing a week-long Annual Symposium organised by the Health Writers Association of Nigeria in Lagos.
Read moreLagos to become Africa’s biggest innovation hub
Lagos State Government says its investment in technology and innovation was a deliberate effort to make Lagos Africa’s foremost centre of innovation.
Read moreSwine disease: Lagos begins disinfection, decontamination of live bird markets
The Lagos State Government says it has commenced the statewide disinfection and decontamination of 17 major live bird markets across the State.
Read moreLagos shuts 24 pharmacies, patent medicine stores
No fewer than 24 pharmacies, patent medicine shops and unlicensed premises at Abule Egba, Alagbado, Kola, Meiran, Ekoro and Oko-Oba in Ifako Ijaiye and Alimosho Local Government Areas of Lagos...
Read moreFG takes steps to promote alternative medicine
Federal Ministry of Health says it is taking steps to promote Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the country.
Read moreLagos extends clean up of Marina to additional streets
The State, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, declared zero tolerance for street traders, operators of food courts on the roadsides,...
Read moreWorld Soil Day: Lagos warns against illegal sand mining
In a press parley as part of activities marking the day, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, also advised residents to desist from indiscriminate tree cutting,...
Read moreNiMet predicts sunny, hazy conditions for Thursday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted Sunny and hazy conditions over the country for Thursday with chances of thunderstorms over coastal cities.
Read moreStanbic IBTC attracts highest capital inflow into Nigeria for third quarter of 2019
Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has emerged as the financial institution that attracted the highest amount of capital investment in the third quarter of...
Read moreSouth Africa’s Desmond Tutu hospitalised due to ‘stubborn infection’
South African Archbishop, Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a prominent anti-apartheid activist and Nobel laureate, is back in hospital due to a “stubborn infection,” his foundation said on Wednesday.
Read moreIPAS Nigeria calls for review of abortion laws
IPAS Nigeria, an NGO, has called for the review of abortion laws in Nigeria to further protect the rights of women.
Read moreDoctors reject new minimum wage in Lagos
Doctors in Lagos State, under the aegis of Medical Guild, have rejected the new minimum wage paid to workers by the state government, saying it is below the expectations of...
Read morePrevalence HIV/AIDS rate: Niger lowest in North Central
While addressing a press conference as part of activities to mark this year's World AIDS Day in Minna, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Makusidi Muhammad, said out of the 67,137...
Read moreCurbing asthma: Alumni donates N1m worth of smart boards to Oyo alma mater
It has been established scientifically that calcium carbonate and Plaster of Paris chemicals are contained in the production of chalk and inhalation of its particles being sprinkled from the black...
Read moreOyo kicks against environmental saboteurs in Ibadan
The Oyo State Government has said it has the mandate to enforce the Environmental sanitation laws, stressing that it would henceforth wield the big stick of the law against saboteurs...
Read moreCholera: Five die in Ogun
The Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr. Adesanya Ayinde, said at a news conference in Abeokuta that one person died in the hospital and four in the...
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