Health
Aiyedatiwa partners World Bank to build 203 health centres
Ondo state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, said his administration has partnered with the World Bank to build 203 health centres across the state. Governor ...
Health
Cholera death toll hits 30 as 1,141 hospitalised
The National Biosafety Management Agency has called on the general public to exercise caution over the recent cholera outbreak in some states across ...
Health
Lassa fever: NCDC registers 411 cases, 72 deaths in six weeks
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it registered 411 confirmed cases and 72 deaths from Lassa fever across 21 ...
Health
Oyo seals six hospitals for hiring unqualified personnel
The Oyo State Government has shut down six health facilities due to quackery. The government disclosed this in a statement made available to ...
COVID-19
Frontiers Healthcare Services debunks wrongdoing allegation
A multinational, Frontiers Healthcare Services (FHS), has debunked allegations of wrongdoing or corrupt practices in its operation of the COVID-19 testing project at ...
Health
Lagos Govt. Shuts Private Hospital Transfusing Unscreened Bloods
The Lagos State Government’s Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) has closed a private hospital in Ago-Okota, Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area, for engaging in the ...
Health
Diphtheria Kills 600 In 19 States, NPHCDA Recommends Face Mask
Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Agency, stated on Wednesday that 19 states and ...
Health
Diphtheria: Yobe records 117 deaths, 1,796 suspected cases
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) reported Monday that 117 children had died as a result of a Diphtheria outbreak in Yobe ...
Health
COVID-19 vaccine scientists win nobel prize for medicine
A Hungarian scientist, Katalin Kariko, and her United States colleague, Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule ...
Health
Boy With Missing Intestine Dies
Akin-Bright, the boy whose small intestine is missing in Lagos, has died. He died Tuesday evening, hours after the Lagos State House of Assembly’s ...