[ad_1] No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead while two others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident involving a Sino truck and a Toyota car at Saapade on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun confirmed the incident to newsmen…
[ad_1] Some experts in the health sector have called for improved efforts from government at all levels and other stakeholders towards vaccinating children in the country. They said doing so would help protect the children from vaccine preventable diseases. They made the call yesterday in Abuja during a dialogue session organised by the Save the…
By Gom Mirian The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 is no longer considered a ‘global health emergency,’ and warned that the removal of the highest-level alert does not mean the danger of the virus was over. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO, who disclosed this at a media briefing in Geneva, Friday…
By Kazeem Akolawole The federal government has disclosed that it has evacuated 506 Nigerians from the war-prone Sudan as of Friday. It also disclosed that no fewer than 132 returnees comprising 124 adults and 7 infants are expected to arrive at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Saturday aboard the Sudanese TARCO Airline…
[ad_1] Sonia, the daughter of former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, has reacted to the news of her parents’ conviction. In an interview with BBC, Sonia said she feels guilty that her parents were convicted because they were looking for ways to find a solution to her health condition. She said although she understands why her…
By Juliet Jacob The Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaibu said the low demand for Primary Healthcare services in the country has remained sub-optimal due to poor quality of care, low level of trust in the health system occurring to its misinformation, disinformation, and social-cultural and geographical barriers. Shuaibu…
[ad_1] Leukaemia, lymphomas, tumours on the rise 40,000 cases recorded yearly – Zainab Bagudu Most cases end in death Illness deserves more attention in NHIS – Experts Hundreds of children are increasingly suffering from various types of cancer in Nigeria, Daily Trust Saturday investigation revealed. This has made the burden of childhood cancer…
By Gom Mirian The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Colleges of Education, Professor Paulinus Okwelle has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to extend funding support to private colleges of education to improve their quality of learning. Okwelle made the submission in Abuja, Thursday at the TETFund book distribution during the…
[ad_1] The World Health Organization has said COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency. A statement on Friday stated that the decision was reached at WHO’s International Health Regulations Emergency Committee held Thursday at its 15th meeting on the pandemic. WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also agreed with the committee’s resolution that COVID-19…
[ad_1] There was a fire outbreak at the Enugu zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the early hours on Friday. It was learnt that the incident, which occurred at about 12:30am affected one of the buildings of the command. A source at the command told Daily Trust that the fire…
