Action unpatriotic, ill-timed – NiMSA By Kazeem Akolawole Instead of addressing issues that have put the health sector in a poor state, the House of Representatives has jumped the gun by proposing a bill to prevent medical doctors and dental practitioners from relocating abroad. A bill to prevent Nigeria-trained medical…
Ehanire By Gom Mirian Nigeria’s Federal Government says over 4,000 Primary Health Care facilities of the 10,000 earmarked for revitalization across the country have been revitalized. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Thursday at the commemoration of World Health Day and World Health Workers Week, in Abuja. The theme…
By Gom Mirian Nigeria’s Federal Government says over 4,000 Primary Health Care facilities of the 10,000 earmarked for revitalization across the country have been revitalized. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Thursday at the commemoration of World Health Day and World Health Workers Week, in Abuja. The…
[ad_1] Lassa fever has killed 144 persons across 24 states since the beginning of this year, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, has said. The NCDC, in a situation report released on Thursday, said 823 confirmed cases and 4,108 suspected cases of Lassa fever were recorded within the period. The states include Ondo,…
[ad_1] Outrage has continued to trail the announcement by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, that the federal government has borrowed $800 million (about N368.2 billion in official rate or N596 billion in black market) from the World Bank to use as palliative ahead of the total removal of petrol subsidy…
By Kazeem Akolawole The Federal Government of Nigeria has said it has completed establishing National health workforce registries in 25 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in order to continuously generate and maintain comprehensive data on Nigeria health workforce. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, in his speech…
[ad_1] Benue State governor-elect, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has hinted at reviewing the anti-grazing law in the state. He spoke to reporters yesterday after his thank-you visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. Asked what how he would address the animosity over the anti-grazing law in the state, Alia said: “Benue people…
[ad_1] Country Director, Pathfinder International in Nigeria, Amina Aminu Dorayi, yesterday decried that the women’s health in Nigeria had been for over the years neglected. She stressed the need for investment to target communities on midwifery service schemes. She spoke in Abuja at a media briefing by the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) on…
[ad_1] Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to the Chief court Clerk in London, United Kingdom over the trial of the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu who was convicted of organ trafficking in the UK alongside his wife, Beatrice. Last month, Ekweremadu, his wife, and their doctor Obinna Obeta, were found culpable…
By Gom Mirian The Federal Government has approved a total sum of N320,345,040, 835 as the 2023 intervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono disclosed this on Wednesday at the Fund’s annual strategic planning workshop…
