The late Eze had been in the medical profession as an obstetrician for over 30 years
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Ahmed said it was unfortunate that Nigeria contributes 92 per cent of the polio burden in African region, which makes the country one of the three countries in the world where poliomyelitis remains major health issue
Mobile phone applications are making ‘early warning’ a matter of seconds instead of weeks for animal disease outbreaks, and essential veterinary care can be tracked with pinpoint accuracy and speed, thanks to the Global Positioning System function now directly integrated in most cell phones
The USAID Country Director, Dana Monsuri, said that the partnership in 2013 is expected to lead to the training of 500 sorghum farmers in Kwara State on modern cultivation methods, group dynamics and leadership in order to build their capacities, while cassava farmers would also be trained on cassava production and field management, as well as access to credit facilities
Oshiomhole, who noted that tax evasion is a criminal offence, warned that the state government will not yield ground until the hospital settles its tax liability
Abubakar, who made a donation of $250,000 to the Rotary Foundation the previous year, thereby becoming the highest individual Nigerian donor to the causes of the philanthropic club, upped his act on Saturday night when he announced a further donation of $250,000
The Summit was organized for stakeholders in the water sector to discuss on how to source additional funding for the sector
The hardest pill to swallow for even the most successful African nations is this: giving life to the continent’s next generation is one of the biggest killers’ of Africa’s women
He said that the time has come to end the small-minded conspiracy theories of the past and place our children before the politics of the moment
Edun, who was with Harvey when she passed on, told The Eagle Online that the late BBA star suffered from a pneumonia shortly before her death at Reddington Hospital on Victoria Island, Lagos State
Ahmed disclosed this in Abuja when he signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of the state government with a health insurance fund provider for the expansion of Kwara Community Health Insurance Programme over the next five years
Chime, who spoke with newsmen in Enugu, Enugu State, said that he discovered he had cancer last year August and decided to treat it
They were alleged to have incited the violence following their airing of a programme, Sandar Girma, which content was anti-immunisation
Ki-Moon offered his “sincere condolences” to the families of all the victims a statement by his spokesperson said on Tuesday
The doctors, whose nationalities could not be authoritatively confirmed as at press time, were beheaded in Potiskum, where they work in the state’s General Hospital and then travel around to other state-owned hospitals
The proposal of a pharmaceutical plant is one of several initiatives aimed at giving the UNESCO Category 2 centre for biotechnology a strong footing, as disclosed by Prof. Maciej Nalecz, the Director of Basic Sciences and Engineering of UNESCO, while speaking on “Biotechnology: Prospects and Challenges in Africa.”
Mark said that a public hearing on the new NHIS would be held on next Monday in the National Assembly
Akpabio, who bared his mind during a meeting with chairmen of the 31 local government areas in the state, directed the Executive Chairman of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area to stop motorcycle mechanics and block moulders from working on the covered drains as dirts from repairs or moulding could deface their aesthetic value
The Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who lamented the rising cases of accidents on roads in Nigerian, which has claimed numerous promising lives, vowed that government would procure more ambulances to cover all accident flash points in the state
Aregbesola disclosed that there is no cause for worry as Osun is polio free despite that there are 119 cases of polio in the country, spread across 13 high-risk states