[ad_1] Oladele Orimoogunje, the director of the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has passed away. The varsity, in a statement published on its website, disclosed that Orimoogunje died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in the early hours of Tuesday. The cause of his death was, however, not revealed….
[ad_1] MOREHEAD Access to local medical care is coming to Morgan County. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, brought more than $3.5 million in state funding for Rowan and Morgan counties, including money to help St. Claire Regional Medical Center build an $11 million clinic in West Liberty. Called St Claire Healthcare-West Liberty, the downtown building will…
[ad_1] FRANKFORT A Wall Street billionaire and crusader for charter schools is bankrolling media attacks on Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear in Kentucky’s race for governor. Jeff Yass, an options trader based in the Philadelphia suburbs, has provided the overwhelming majority of the money to two conservative super PACs that are behind a new multimillion dollar advertising…
[ad_1] BY AKEEM AKINNIYI The unfortunate incident that took the life of Vwaere Diaso, a medical intern at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, some weeks back has again brought to the fore the poor maintenance culture of facilities in Nigeria. Sadly, it is always the poor citizens that pay with their lives and properties…
Hadiza Ibrahim The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arrested an Abuja-based businessman, Stephen Akpa, over an alleged N500m fraud. The commission made this known in a statement issued by its head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren. According to the commission, Akpa was initially arrested on December 2, 2022, at his office…
Hadiza Ibrahim The Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday said Commissioners of Police (CP) posted to Oyo State are carefully chosen due to its peculiarity in terms of insecurity. He made this disclosure during his visit to the Alarere residence of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, in…
[ad_1] By HELLEN SHIKANDA A new global study is now rooting for the inclusion of men in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programmes. This has been informed by an analysis of the global prevalence of HPV infection in males aged 15 years and older. Publishing their findings in The Lancet Global Health, the researchers found that…
[ad_1] By XINHUA Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday launched the national polio vaccination drive targeting 7.4 million children under the age of five as part of efforts to safeguard the health and wellbeing of its young population. Mary Muthoni, the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards, said the…
Gom Mirian In a bid to tackle the growing issue of irregular migration, the Libyan government has repatriated a total of 161 Nigerian migrants back to their home countries. The development was disclosed in a statement signed by the Interior Minister of the UN-recognised administration, Imed Trabelsi, on Tuesday. He stated that out of the…
[ad_1] Uncertainty: The NHI’s actual economic pros and cons remain unclear (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Earlier this month, the Council of Medical Schemes (CMS) — the body that regulates private medical aids in South Africa — announced that 2024 monthly premiums should best not increase by more than 5%. But if schemes get permission,…
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